Doug - As a Ford Windstar owner: I can at least note that you’d have plenty to write about during a year of Windstar ownership...

Already covered earlier. Yeah, he looked. No, it wasn’t there...

The driver is from Gonzales, Texas. The hotel he drove through is in Alva, Oklahoma (yeah, that info is kind of tucked away in the first paragraph of the article).

Yup - but the cops would have been from OK.

Things are different in Oklahoma.

So: Will this end up being a good thing for enthusiasts who want to try a Model S - but can’t afford a new one? I like the idea of picking up an older example in the future for a bargain-basement price - and, by then, performing some well understood and documented fixes that keep it on the road.

Actually, I’ve seen worse examples than this, some of which have looked like they’ve slowly grown into the earth. This one is far from pristine, but looks like it could have potential. The big concern: Has it sat with uncorrected leaks for any period of time? Water damage is the ultimate enemy of most RV’s.

Given the other vehicles in the background of the pics, I suspect the neighbors got over the motorhome some time ago. That said: I currently have a project trailer in my driveway - but work to keep on my neighbor’s good side!

After a little research... I think it’s an Airstream 310 Classic.

NP.

I had a beat-up ‘74 X1/9 for one summer, after scoring a deal on it (parked at the side of the road; broken timing belt). You guessed right: It’s an interference engine. That said, a new belt, a used head from a Fiat 128 and a pile of gaskets got that car back on the road. It really wasn’t that bad: Parts were easier…

Yup! There aren’t many car model names out there that include something beyond alphanumeric or “-” characters.

I submit the Fiat (then later Bertone) X1/9. Extra credit for use of a slash character in a car name.

Too true. I find it concerning that it has taken me a fair amount of effort to explain to people who don’t understand this fundamental difference between debit cards and credit cards

Came here to find this. The beauty of it: It’s so well done that the goof doesn’t detract from the scene.

This might be too old for many of you...

Finally: I’m not the only one really annoyed by this...

No reverse engineering is required for this scenario. It’s prudent to test a competitor’s product against one’s own efforts. I believe it wouldn’t take long for a competing OEM’s knowledgeable diesel design team to discover that something wasn’t quite right with VW’s non-DEF 2.0 (the WVU lab discovered it on a…

Sadly, I have known more than one salesperson whose skill set had nothing to do with the product - and everything to do with closing the deal.

More curious: Surely other carmakers - all of whom sample competitor’s products - wondered how VW could build a non-DEF diesel that performed so well. Did they bother to check more closely? Were they fooled too? Or did they figure it out - but had reasons to remain silent?