The fact that it’s so desolate makes it a great candidate for a much higher speed limit (assuming the pavement issues aren’t too severe). 120mph speed limit or maybe even unrestricted for certain stretches will bring out a bunch of speed junkies who want to test their cars’ limits, and will happily pay a $10 toll to…

Yeah but the Miata’s engine isn’t this smooth:

If I had a spare $25k, I’d be riding the shit out of this.

They didn’t ruin relationships, they merely catalyzed a separation that would have happened eventually anyway.

Neutral: Can We Bring Traffic Deaths To Zero?

Replacing all that stuff with the engine outside of the vehicle, on a rotating stand, is almost like cheating.

In short, he lost a girlfriend over it, because it was either her or the car.

Do not go gentle into that good night, Viper.

Time relentlessly marches on. A decade ago I’d not have called it vintage. But I think 30 years is a very reasonable cutoff point for referring to automobiles as vintage. Something doesn’t have to be rare or upscale to be vintage either.

My 1969 AMC Ambassador was a vintage automobile when I owned it in 2001. It was 32 years old at the time.

in my state, it’s classified as an antique!

it has an M10 4-cyl, it’s vintage

vintage BMWs are best BMWs

They’re useful too

Are there aftermarket options for a front locker?

When viewed in this context, $75,000 for a new top of the line pickup doesn’t sound too bad. They’re more powerful and capable (not to mention more comfortable) than 25 year old medium duty trucks.

Ford’s only diesel engine offering in their (2017) medium duty F-650s and F-750s, is the 6.7L Power Stroke. Why would they put an engine into medium duty truck, as the ONLY diesel engine option, if it was not up to the task?

You’re welcome, to be honest I didn’t know the difference either until a few years ago when I did a wiki walk that ended up on compression/jake brakes. Fascinating stuff.

Are you sure about that? Last I checked, they only had exhaust brakes (as opposed to compression brakes).

The 6.7L Power Stroke and 6.7L Cummins are both considered medium duty diesel truck engines (just like the Navistar DT series), and are in fact used in medium duty commercial trucks. Dunno about the one GM is using.