If they hadn’t left ladders and strings of lights in the vertical stabilizers of some of the planes I’d feel better about flying in them. Just sayin’.

wheels/tires look too small in those photos for its TRD chops, IMO

Yes, and also, perhaps I don’t have to pay six figures for it.

Sequoia is a niche competitor to the US body on frame pickup to SUV vehicles like Tahoe/Suburban, etc and Expedition.   It’s bigger, roomier, and in the same price band.  It’s optimized for towing.    And biggie-sized Americans and their lots of stuff.   Funny enough, I’m sort of not complaining. 

This is true.  There are some things I appreciate about Toyota, but their design ethos is baddd.   And I think they are like “oh we have the best quality, so that means we can go with crappier design decisions and charge more”.  

The Model X needed those doors to tell me to be wary of Tesla. Sadly.
Storytime: one day I was driving home in the rain. I passed a Model X. The doors were stuck. To solve this, someone had shrinkwrapped them around the body of the car with about 15 passes of the stuff to keep water from intruding. Nothing undersells…

You don’t really see these in Europe.  In all honesty, gas there is too expensive, parking options too limited, and seriously, many roads simply cannot accommodate a passenger vehicle this wide.   It’s really inconvenient for all but the really, really wealthy, and they are going to go with more expensive vehicles. 

Not sure if I should get the 60 gallon tank option or the twin 40s for 400 miles of range. So much anxiety.

On a more serious note, just mildly disappointed that they could have done a PHEV and made a vehicle that was just as powerful and had respectable electric only range in efficient mode and probably over 20mpg…

That went through my head.   Those are not bad little cars, but they are really for running about in a small town or local city drives.   That little engine gets wheezy after not too much strain.   And one 300lb American is about too much strain.

The problem is that there’s no correlation and you can’t tell. For your major, some expensive colleges are good and some inexpensive ones are bad and vice-versa, and significantly, some may be better for you and some worse for you and that might have little to do with the program in general. So it’s kind of a crap…

I don’t want a Tesla. But if it has 500 miles of range, um, maybe me?

I’m hoping the day comes in the next 2 - 3 years when all cars will be hybrids, PHEVs, or EVs.    They only exception I would personally allow would be for niche cars like manuals (but I’m pretty sure you could hybridize a manual, at least).   Now for range and charging speed to increase, but that seems to be…

Baby steps may lead to bigger steps, but more often they are the band-aid covering up the bigger problem.  Changing the name is fine, but the problem Legend cites is real, happening now, and is the direct fault of individuals in the industry. 

Yep. I have an 18 foot trailer that is small, but is lightweight and actually has everything, and it cost me, um, just under $14k. Plus, the problem with vans is the same problem with motorhomes. You need a tow along if you want to drive anywhere after you’ve stopped to make camp. 

Not at that price. That’s a maintenance nightmare in waiting. I’m all down with conversion vans, my family had several over almost two decades. I would love one, but I want one of the few that are around that are V8 diesels if I’m going to bother with the hassle and poor fuel economy.  

Mine was a factory manual, maybe that was the difference?  Go figure.

A Garmin is a fine fitness watch.   But that’s such a personal device I’m pretty sure you should not buy any such thing as a gift unless you’ve cleared it with the individual first.  

My sister had one of these on lease. It blew a cylinder. She had moved. We had to drive it 500+ miles home to return it at the end of the lease and wondered why it seemed so slow. Now imagine an engine that I’m pretty sure did not make 80hp to begin with and subtract one cylinder.  Hills were interesting.

1988 Toyota MR2. I loved that car. But it required a lot more care than I thought a Toyota would. The muffler had a bracket welded onto it that attached it to the frame of the car. Because this was a mid-engine design, the exhaust flowed in an S-shaped pipe after it came out of the manifold and into this muffler that…

Honestly, many cemeteries are lonely, desolate places, and I think the presence of people is a good thing. When I’m long gone, I would not mind anyone being around my grave. Again, it’s all about respect. There’s a cemetery where I live that is famous for its park-like setting. They encourage people to visit and it is…