So, what features does it have inside:

Definitely nice price. I would totally autocross it. Maybe SCCA could create a new class for vehicles with both a chandelier and a shitter?

Whatever Tesla’s largest SUV is. You see, it’s electric and bolts of lightening will just recharge the batteries.

The Astro (especially AWD) is a genuine cult item, but some of their graven images are getting a bit long in the tooth.

I drove a few customer’s Astros, because if you fix on em, you gotta test on em’. 10/10 would hoon. They feel like a short wheelbase pickup. The early/simpler 4300 Vortecs from the 80s-90s were uncomplicated and nicely powerful compared to the other US market mid-size vans. Plus the graphics packages on Astros were…

Cars being fried by lightening happens a lot. I do a few insurance claims a year for it, and typically try to ensure the car is a total loss early. No one wants to deal with a car that has that kind of electrical system damage. Anyways, on to my suggestion.

Used GX’s are a terrible idea. They’re overrated, unreliable, and not at all capable off road. Nobody should buy one, and if you already have one, you should sell it. Immediately. Especially if it has had regular maintenance and the larger 90k service items taken care of. Preferably in grey.

I believe this is the right answer.

If you want to prioritize fun in your fun/practical mix, I’d say go for a Stelvio, which you probably can get a hell of a deal on now

It’s almost as though DT didn’t link to that exact video. Amazing.

Seats 7. Not Vanilla. That’s a hell of a combination to ask for and I don’t think anything new is getting there. Maybe a used VW Eurovan - I think they seated 7 in non-Camper-van form. Of course you’re then buying a nearly 30 year old VW. But... it won’t be Vanilla - and it’ll likely be immune from lightening strikes…

Very true; but I don’t want a car that’s as fit as I am (unfortunately) now. I want a car that’s as fit as I was in my 20's (many years ago). Preferably even more athletic.

It was bad. We walked into a MB dealer for the same car and qualified for 1.9%.

Very true. Cars have just been getting larger. If you really want to reinforce this, take a look at the dimensions of today’s Honda Civic in comparison to the original (1976) Honda Accord.

Careful not to trip over that low bar

Even a Formula Firebird thinks that’s ridiculous.

Pop out door handles are a non-started for me. Anyone in the snowbelt knows why. My friend couldn’t get his Model 3 driver’s handle to pop out (covered in ice) and I nearly ripped the handle off the passenger door until he said “don’t pull to hard, we just need to let it warm up”. We took my car.

I’d like to announce my concept all electric. It gets 12,000 miles on a single charge, charges in 14 seconds and does 0-60 in .4 seconds. It also seats 100 people and has 17 trunks. Deposits welcome. You can even name the thing whatever you want. IPO next week.

Especially considering everyone needs some extra space pretty much all the time. Unless you really truly live in an urban environment, you’re gonna use a minivan or SUV for hauling furniture, landscaping materials, animals, etc. etc. you name it. My parents had a 740 sedan and a 740 wagon before our Odyssey, and now…

Crossover is definitely the right form factor to launch with. Everything seems generally FINE- looks fine, range is ... fine. Two things —-