Jalopnik tried to make it ‘what currently new car would you buy for your parents’ which is why this list is so full of meh.

On a 10 year old car? What is this, CarMax? Do they even cover shit like that anymore after DeMuro’s antics?

Well yeah, my only point is that a van is a comfy car.

While I would agree, stupidity doesn’t fix itself. If Brightline has tenfold the fatality rate of SNCF, they should do something about it.

Make a 300 mile long tube and put a tiny cylinder going 600 mph in it! Surely that will be cheaper than a train, right?

I don’t think it’s that simple. If the train is flying along at 150 mph, it would be really difficult to judge how soon it will approach the level crossing by eye alone, and train horns wouldn’t do shit at those speeds either. These are not the usual slow moving freighters that people in the area are used to. That…

Which is ironic seeing as Brightline is a private corporation.

How did the French do it? Can’t we just copy them? Or were California’s budget expectations just unrealistically low in the first place?

And you’re a literalist 😂

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Wow, words have multiple meanings! You really think I’m screaming, crying, throwing up every time I see an Escalade ESV? Hyperbole is a thing, too. People are right, there’s no such thing as nuance on the internet.

terrifying

Wow, love to see it! 😍

I guess I count “15-passenger van” as a category, like “minivan” even though those are far from small these days. I couldn’t find any Sprinter examples, seems everything’s all about #vanlife now.

Isn’t that what 15-passenger vans were designed for?

They should make the wheels body color, that would look fun.

Agreed. Will be waiting for Volvo’s inevitable electric V60 or V90 CC. Porsche’s is just a little too expensive and compromised:

big vehicle is startlingly bigger than already big vehicle. I’m just pointing out how incredible the size difference is. Does that not amaze anyone else? I don’t understand why everyone is so butthurt 😂

I have no idea what you’re getting at. The V70, relative to what I’ve driven in the past, is big. That’s all. The Escalade is even bigger. cool. I never said any absolutes that you seem to be pulling out of thin air. “huge” can be subjective.

wow an bridge