HEY.

Is it cool that I actually like this slapped together photoshop better than if you had spent hours meticulously blending Drew directly into Jerry?

Fucking everything, eh?

Given that the “Engineering” guy was Kelly Johnson, the conversation was probably very loud and ended with something along the lines of, “F—- you, you gave me ridiculous spec requirements, I delivered a revolutionary airplane to meet those requirements. Get out of my office.”

“...Lift them up high and they can conquer anything!”

HOWEVER, there is an exception to this. To whit, that the truck rolls into your cul de sac in the evenings with their jingle going...just a bit too slow. There is nothing creepier than a slightly too slow, slightly distorted ice cream jingle at nine in the evening. It’s so wrong.

That makes sense from an equipment perspective, I’m looking at it from an “average owner” perspective, where when people talk about things like “reliability”, replacements also are viewed as repairs and they’re compared against other vehicles instead of the maintenance schedule.

Tom, those of us that have run these trucks for years get it, to a degree. I am amazed still at the capabilities of these little trucks. They are unbelievably reliable and have a huge aftermarket support. But even all that doesnt explain what you are seeing.

What can we take away from this? Personally, I think it’s pretty simple that the midsized truck market is way, way underserved (which we’ve all known). There’s a weird dichotomy, though, since these prices push a lot of people into full-size trucks for the same price, but there are still a small handful of people who…

look out Outback, the Unimogs crazy grandkid is coming for you.

Manual swap this and we’ve achieved peak wagon. 

David, can you imagine, in 40 years, buying one of these (rusted out) and prepping it for Moab in your garage?

This is really really dumb.

I mean, I know it’s not reasonable, practical, or even makes sense at all..but I must have this...

All teenagers are dicks. By hour two a BB gun would probably make an appearance.

How about some goddamn drive by free throw shooting and some drive by assists. Work on the drive by fundamentals first you little pricks!

The meme isn’t complete until somebody hides in the bushes and jumps out to block the dunk.

Yeah, but when you factor in how much well maintained cougar tail you can get with that, it might be worth the investment.

68 year old grandmother daily drives a Raptor, jumps it, nails landing in a swimming pool.