Looking forward to what they bring to the US (this one probably wont. They didnt bring the long Equus over). My current Equus will probably be replaced next year, would love to shop the new stuff vs the usual suspects.

Later engines were better about piston slap, grenading timing sets, etc. Or you are lucky with an early engine. While I commend your experience, keep an ear on that engine on startup, and consider a preventative timing job if you hear valve train noise. It is an interference engine and if timing skips, the engine eats…

I have one sitting in my garage right now that had a small interior fire due to a cheap import USB charger. It’s a 5.9L though, and runs good. Not even worth stripping the interior, dropping in a random pair of front seats and cheap-ass marine carpet, and making into a ‘fucking around’ truck because it would need new…

Except oil sludging really bad. And if it overheats once and isn’t immediately shutdown/taken care of, the engine warps, pops it’s headgaskets, and is done for. They also seem to have valve-train issues and abnormal cylinder wall/ring wear.

Hmm... there are a few weak points, but they are actually very capable. the 5.9L versions can tow like monsters (7500lbs) and are pretty decent as expedition style offroad vehicles when built up some. The interior materials are crap, no doubt, and lots of components tend to fail (door latches, window motors, etc.) But…

With visible fender rot? I kinda doubt it.

Meh, a durango of this vintage goes for around 1500 dollars retail around here. Less if its damaged in any way (interior removed for auction after a crime, etc.) This one has OBVIOUS fender well rust. Probably a northern car with an already shot set of control arms, rotted balljoints, worn suspension, and barely…

Well.. if dodge hadn’t killed the ram runner... I’d say the Dodge Ram Runner :P

Lotta saturn Ion hate. While not a great car, it does have the ecotec in its various incarnations, and can be had as the redline. Take care of it, and that car will HAPPILY drive a great many miles. Cheap to maintain, parts are everywhere, solid mechanicals, and a complete lack of style, while getting pretty decent…

GIVE a middle finger? PLEASE. They charge for that.

The store’s security is already pretty damn tight/high. They have anti-ramming concrete barriers, HD security cameras, and steel reinforced doors. The only way it could be higher is requiring them to lock up every last firearm in the store, every night.

Airplane air is not recycled at all. It is actually completely changed out of the aircraft every 3-4 minutes. They have these oddly handy, ENORMOUS air pumps called Jet Engines.

C-RAM works against artillery, with a pretty good rate. The guns wont stop ALL of them, but it can do well.

Many of them never had a choice, because of where they were born. Into poverty. I’m talking about a handup, not a handout. My primary job these days is on the board of a community credit union that serves high poverty areas in the delta of Mississippi.

Nah, the guns are cheap. They would be bought through straw purchases, scrubbed of serial numbers, and smuggled if the cartels wanted them. While criminals are, of course, criminals, in this case, it seems to be not-well-funded local gang style crime. Mexican gun runners don’t need the attention of an illegal smash…

You balance security with accessibility, and customer appeal in the end. if your shops is as secure as fort knox but doesn’t get attention or look professional, you won’t have a lot of customers. People like display windows.

Concrete anti-smash barriers, bars on every door and window, braces, high grade surveillance system (HD at least..) and given how fast they work, probably an alarm system. The size of the crew means the response time for the PD is going to be fairly quick.

The 3.6L Pentastar is a super tough engine that clearly is made for maintenance idiots.

Security here seemed pretty decent. heavy bars on the doors, high grade surveillance, most likely functional security alarm (hence the ‘speed’ with which they moved.) The front of the store is protected from direct impact by concrete barriers (they look like benches, but are clearly overbuilt, with angled and formed…

FI = Forced Induction.