I have the high roof Transit so it’s 9' 3" to the roof. I’m very conscious about factors that contribute to instability. The Transit handles great (for a really tall van) without much issue with wind, handling, and height. I took an on-ramp at the same speed as my lowered sport suspended Subaru Forester. It made it…

I have a Transit T-250. As others have said, the 3.5 Ecoboost is incredible. I have gone up significant Colorado gradients pulling a 5000lb trailer and 1000lbs cargo in the van. The EB pulled everything like no one’s business. EB Transit definitely beats V10 E-series in the engine category.

Usually atherosclerosis but she seems young for that. There are several inherited syndromes that predispose but she doesn’t “look” like she had those. May be just bad luck; an “arteritis” or inflammation of the aorta given her relatively young age.

It can only help.

Everyone has some bias but CR doesn’t take advertising so they should be unaffected by pressure from car manufacturers. Surprised to hear about “so many people” cancelling their subscription. Their mission is consumer focused and they’ll freely call out corporations that don’t do the same.

Starring the comment now requires you to sell your 135.

What I associate with Chicago pizza is stuffed pizza; Edwardo’s, Giordanos. Which I ate every day while in college. (Unsolicited advice: don’t do that, eat healthy since eating like that for decades has caught up to me 30 years later.)

Good thing the $40 diverted him from the $400,000 in your pocket.

If his comment was spur of the moment, wow, I also bow to his quick wit. It would have taken a day or two, more likely a week to come up with a response like that!

That’s a great line. I bet he’s used it a lot. Not as funny but I was minding my own business standing at the curb next to an airport cop and dog when the dog started expressing great interest sniffing my pants legs up and down.

I drove to Chicago that weekend and there was a deputy at the I-94 curve just north of 7 mile fair for the first time in 10 years and there must have been a spotter operation with deputies lined up to pull people over on eastbound 894. Three cars pulled over one after the other. I usually only drive I-43 and admit I…

Not sure what Clark did with his time; he certainly wasn’t using it to manage the freeways or the county jail.

When Clark was sheriff, there were NO deputies patrolling Milw freeways. Just noticed a dramatic change last week, there were multiple people were pulled over by deputies.

And kinda defeats the purpose of the GMC in my mind - relatively small, low, sleek. Old and therefore simple to fix.

It’s a fiberglass body, not metal. It has a steel frame that tends to rust out. Rear cap to body joint tends to leak. Usual stuff of any 40 year old vehicle. Agree though that this is a great design that was ahead of its time. Artwork still does not raise it’s value to the $19K asking.

A few (ridiculous) owners have actually installed slideouts in their GMC.

Only downsides to the Transit vs the F-150 that comes to mind is if you need to tow 10,000 lbs or haul dirty smelly messy cargo. And the towing capacity would be even worse after the Quigley.

The current E series replacement, the Transit has a 15 seat option and the Transit handles and drives like a regular car. (source: I just bought a T-250 high roof cargo with EcoBoost. EB is amazing). It’s several geologic eras advanced beyond the E series handling. The sanctioning body needs to update it’s regs.

Scared the crap out of me at the EAA when I wasn’t expecting it. yeah, I wouldn’t be doing anything inappropriate with them loitering overhead. But I’d be a bad insurgent; after scaring the new recruits a few times, the insurgents get used to the noise.