4 words that speak a harsh reality.

Work had a Fusion hybrid as sign out transportation. I drove it several times but never could find a comfortable position. Still I miss sedans. Crazy to think the Focus RS and ST are gone too. 

244,000 in my Passat wagon b4 it went to the auto graveyard. original owner and original clutch.

“Trump 2020. Because Biden would have cancelled your rally!”

The car bed is both beautiful and cool. I feel sorry for whomever has to change the sheets. 

At this price it’s some high school student’s first car. Uber cool, cheap and they will be willing to enter the cabin despite what might be lurking. They had better be good at wrenching and washing.

Wind test?  At what point does it blow away?

The question is, “Would you pay $5,000 to drive this car perhaps only once?”

I have news for Tim Kuniskis, I went into an FCA dealership in the fall of 2016 and asked about a new car with a manual. The salesman told me only Challengers had manuals but there were none in the lot and none in the region. He tried to dissuade me as I expected and I thanked him for his time and walked out.

The fact that this thing still exists and runs and drives let alone stops is just short of a miracle. Have not seen one of these in at least 5 years - possibly 10. However, just because it’s almost a miracle doesn’t mean I trust it. Crap Then. Crap Now. Crack Pipe.

Damn.  That’s good help right there in the FOM.

Silly Jason. You just make car top carrying of shit illegal or impractical. Make the center of the roof so weak that it cannot support anything other than the L5 detection equipment and the edges so strong that it meets rollover guidelines. 

True. We find civilian uses for surplus war materials, not the other way around. For a time honored example see the fuel tank becomes a salt flat hot rod article from earlier today.

Best analogy I’ve seen all week.

Sell or give away the Golden Eagle. Get this instead. Still at 5.

I would not want to take this up a hill. Too much weight rear-biased.

Laugh all you want but remember, first they came for the big greenhouse, then the wagons, then the V8s and now the manuals.

Jason do NOT cheap out on the rack and tie down attachments. If anything comes loose it can happen all-at-once and too fast for you to slow down and stop. When that canoe lets loose it will fly in the air and come down somewhere in the lane behind you, becoming a bouncing 12 foot obstacle for the next person. (Don’t…

I’ll star that.  I would never buy it but you are spot on with your customer assessment.

OK the reliability, fit, finish, and NVH sucked but I do love that design.  Trabby love.