Oh I know the reasons, but my puzzlement is why I have to point it out. 

This is what puzzles me about these things.   If I can get a pop-top van that sleeps 4, then at least make the bus have a sofa that converts or something.  The vanlife craze seems to be all about couples.   I think any respectable conversion ought to be handle 4 in a pinch at least if not at all times.  To me, bus…

$50K. I paid ~$13K for my rPod. It has a lift kit. I’ve added things like an LiFEPO4 SOK brand battery and a 200W PV panel as well as a Whynter freezer. I can boondock in it just fine. I even splurged for a Honda generator. I’m nowhere close to $50k with my add-ons. I guess my question is if I had a $50k camper…

If they make a camper/weekender and it has decent range, I might be in, even if it’s a bit pricey for that range. We’ll have to see.

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.