True, both are dying, though the causes are different. Offroaders are being killed by CAFE, which doesn’t tolerate their unique blend of small footprint and poor fuel-economy. Work trucks are dying because companies are better served to devote their limited resources to show trucks for suburbanite commuters.

I can’t throw scrub brush and firewood over the side of a van. I can’t really stand in the back of a van and shovel manure, nor do I want to smell it while I drive. I can’t camo wrap a Ford Transit and take it hunting.

Drums deserve the hate. They often grab when they get wet, and since drums are often installed on the rear, they cause lovely snow-pirouettes all winter long.

Okay, the headlights are square, but it was still cool enough for MacGyver to drive. What more do you want?

Are they going to make a stripper version for people who actually work or is this just another show-diesel that will be tastelessly-modified to roll coal in 10 years?

I drive mine like a farm tractor, and it never breaks. If you want to become a shade-tree mechanic, you have to drive your TJ like a frat boy or punish it with stop-and-go urban traffic.

Yes. I used the wrong terminology and then failed to proofread.

You’re right. I was daydreaming about my AWD rant and I got sloppy with the terminology. The transfer case is effectively a locked center diff, which is something the AWD crowd doesn’t understand. They have limited-slip center diffs and locking center diffs that are not comparable.

My TJ is unmolested, and it can be yours for the incredibly low cyber-Monday price of $29,995*

Texans know the official meaning of “Don’t Mess With Texas”. The joke is on all of the haters who lose their shit every time someone says it.

You would get a ticket for littering

Welcome to Texas

don’t mess with Texas

Engineers have been trying to do this for decades. They can run the car lower on harder springs, which allows more aero, and they can reduce the mass of every engine part until the vehicle accelerates and decelerates much faster.......

This news story is like a microcosm for America.

Hellcats are a muscle cars. Wheelbases are too long for either Hellcat to be a sportscar.

TECHNOLOGEEEEEEEEEE!

and divorce papers

Lock up your daughters.......and your wives when this kid comes around!!

FWD? Not for my kids!!!