NP for the potential EV Conversion

Uh, if you think a real-deal Porsche 356 can be had for $28,000, then, as Rob Halford likes to say, you got another thing coming.

You gotta be kidding. The next time you can find a clean, real Porsche Speedster for 30 grand, you let me know.

Because of that “Musk aura” I did not even consider looking at Tesla when I bought an EV this year. I do not want to be associated with that Trump-in-a- tech-bro suit douche in any way, shape, or form. The shit build quality and dated styling didn’t help either, but it was 90% Musk’s stank that kept me away from the…

It is the Tesla that need to spend on R&D to bring up their vehicles on par to Ford’s vehicles.

Sorry, I don’t see Jim Farley posting crap on social media sites to keep his company’s name in the spotlight

so you’re not going to modify the floor of your car to fit yourself in because in the future you might put old seats back in (something you may very well never actually do), so instead you’re going to sell the thing and no longer have it? that...doesn’t make sense at all

This sort of rant-writing of highly suspect opinions is as jalopnik as brown station wagons, scraped knuckles, and empty wallets.

Well, VW raced and won the Dakar 3 times, but that doesn’t mean much in North America.

“Volkswagen has never produced an off-road SUV worth a single damn, Touareg and Cayenne included. “

The passage of time alone guarantees that the new Scout will be way better than the original in every single way.

Why are you assuming it will be nothing more than a cute-ute window dressing? Why can’t it be a Wrangler EV/Bronco EV/Gladiator/Rivian (or ICE versions) competitor? Have you see the press, wait times and marketing for these three? I would not sell the Scout short yet. For now, I have faith they will be legitimate…

Boomer implosion immenent. 

Go pull a horse trailer with a 70yo pickup with drum brakes and report back. 

Brake shoes, on the second good hard stop.

“Drums are fine” WTF are you smoking?

No offense, but I would take a 1995 over a 2005 F-150 all day. And twice on Sunday. A full 8' bed. Manually selected 4wd (ditch those Ford push-button 4wd motors that love to fail). One of the most reliable engines Ford ever produced. And hey, it’s pre-OBD II, so I don’t have to worry about a check engine light…

That’s an awful big floor shifter for an AOD and most of those “vacuum lines” are either heater hoses or air injection lines. 

Not to mention a full 8-foot bed, and no rear jump seats so, “sorry kids, you can’t come Home Depot with me.  Read a book.”

No bling, no glitter, no crybaby frowny face, no fake nostrils on the hood, no grille the size of an aircraft carrier - and to top it all off, an honest-to-goodness manual transmission.