Matt, this is at about 50,000 ft view of a problem with many issues in the weeds . . . I’d happily pay $4/gallon again and have WTI trading at $75+.

NIMBYs won’t let that happen . . . ever. EPA regs drive CAPEX up, you’ll never see a new greenfield refinery in the US. In fact, I’d be shocked if we ever see a brownfield expansion the size of Motiva Port Arthur CEP.

Gasoline is a market traded commodity. If news of the BP Whiting outage caused market traders to inflate the futures price, that is on the traders, not on BP.

Well the HFE models really aren’t discrete trims, just options extensions of existing trim levels. Same with the Laramie variants as well. Big Horn / Lone Star are the same, just region specific and they are actually variants of the SLT trim. When you get into the “real” trim levels: Tradesman, Express, SLT, Sport,…

Given the leaking sieve that is the government, perhaps they didn’t tip their hand until they had the fix in place. They announced the recall just days after the Wired story which I’m guessing was intentional. Not everything is a ploy by the company to skirt the rules, the may not have wanted the government or anyone…

May be surprised, previous gen ACR had no problem setting track records. Would expect much the same out of the new version.

You forgot the 98 GTS-R . . . seven. :)

2002 WJ: pads and rotors, oil change, rewire passenger tail light so it actually works, replace door cladding on passenger front which blew off on the freeway, find EVAP leak (5 yrs and counting)

I agree 100% about people not overextending themselves. I just think the firsthand accounts are anecdotal is all.

Got any data to support your claim that defaults in high trim pickups occur at a higher rate than industry norm or is it just conjecture on your part?

I really don’t understand everyone’s issue with high-end trim levels on certain vehicle segments. Who cares? There is no reason why a vehicle with a high level of utility can’t also be comfortable and have a nice set of features. For some people, they don’t have the option of multiple vehicles (i.e. a “work truck” and…

Requires lots of capital to start up a captive finance arm. FCA is investing capital in the auto business side of things. Something to keep in mind with all these industry comparisons about margin rates and how FCA makes slimmer margins than others . . . they also don’t have a captive finance arm like the others do to…

Meh, same Randy Pobst who is scared of the Viper. Given that “mental lapse”, I can see why he’s more comfortable in the confines of a GT-R . . .

This while episode is a big dog and pony show for NHTSA to try and appear to be doing their jobs. I have owned plenty of Chrysler vehicles and never once have I had an issue getting a recall taken care of during a standard oil change trip to the dealer. This whole thing is way overblown and just plain silly.

Renegade sold nearly 4900 units last month, 14,400 YTD.

Nice ride, loved the DSMs.

What he likely did was have one of his direct reports submit expenses for reimbursement so that he himself could be the “approver” of that expense. Whereas if Campbell submitted those expenses they would kick up to his boss for approval and then he would be caught.

As a manager of an engineering company in a different industry, I can’t help be notice the parallels. It truly is incredible what was accomplished in a “simpler time”. Really makes one wonder if we’ve lost our edge and let the computers do the thinking for us?

Yeah, believe a few of us posted it. “Biggest” in nautical terms can be measured a few different ways but in at least a couple of those methods the P.S. is far and away the largest ever built.

You missed the Allseas’ Pioneering Spirit . . .