Right but Norwegian politics aren't usually ruled by Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt. (So says my homesick Norwegian friend.)

Go Tesla! As a native (and ex=patriate) Texan, it could use some common sense and real freedom. In 2013, the legislature spent a significant time removing its residents freedom. Now it has the lowest high school graduation rate in the country. Sad.

Haha. I immediately thought of RAM: Random Acts of Masturbation. Missed opportunity...too bad.

Yep. Ticking every option rang it up to $61,405. Not too shabby! We have historically loved our Volvo cars and my parents love their 2007 XC90. (With 140K miles.) Maybe add this to the list of vehicles to look at when it's time to replace the wife's TDI Touareg.

RAM = Random Acts of Masochism.

So Ford has a lovely new small commercial van which is the perfect size for the USPS, and a car with an efficient hybrid drivetrain. Combine the two, and you've got an excellent mail truck.

I presume there's a broken down Range Rover story coming shortly?

As of today, I can officially state things are improving. Case in point: A Prius in the proper Prius lane! (I'm in the second-from-left lane passing.) And yes, I realize it's ironic that I'm driving and photographing but it was just so damned shocking.

<Raises Hand> I don't own a Camry but I do own a Land Cruiser. Getting its 40K mile service cost me a whopping $58. Doing that on the '13 Touareg we own is $646. I'm maniacal about maintaining my vehicles. The Toyota products I've owned are such a non-issue and are so ridiculously easy to own that I can seriously see…

<Raises Hand> I don't own a Camry but I do own a Land Cruiser. Getting its 40K mile service cost me a whopping $58. Doing that on the '13 Touareg we own is $646. I'm maniacal about maintaining my vehicles. The Toyota products I've owned are such a non-issue and are so ridiculously easy to own that I can seriously see…

<Raises Hand> I don't own a Camry but I do own a Land Cruiser. Getting its 40K mile service cost me a whopping $58. Doing that on the '13 Touareg we own is $646. I'm maniacal about maintaining my vehicles. The Toyota products I've owned are such a non-issue and are so ridiculously easy to own that I can seriously…

I had a 4.3L in my 2WD '93 as my first car. It was quite the one-wheel wonder but had plenty of power in the TX hill country. 180K trouble-free miles, and I traded it on a brand new 2001 Dodge Durango SLT+. That was my first horrible experience with Chrysler products.

As a huge Land Cruiser fan, I approve. Today I own a 200 series which is expensive, burns prodigious amounts of fuel, and has TONS of power.

JFC that's disgusting. WTF was Ford/Lincoln thinking?

Yep — I've had our 4XMotion '09 TDI Touareg off road and was blown away. Super blown away with some AT tires on it. The '13 4Motion is good but has no low range here in the US. Still, it's drug its belly on deep snow and kept plowing forward. One of my favorite features of it over most other AWD vehicles I've…

Haven't really experienced the binding problem except in reverse at full lock. Subarus equipped with proper tires are good to great AWD cars. The crap tires that Subaru puts on their vehicles and most people run around with make them a competitor for the bottom rung of the AWD ladder. I've been plenty sideways in…

Subarus equipped with proper tires are good to great AWD cars. The crap tires that Subaru puts on their vehicles and most people run around with make them a competitor for the bottom rung of the AWD ladder. I've been plenty sideways in snow in a Subaru that the quattro Audis can drive through.

Does anyone else find it ironic that an SUV has a "Road Departure Mitigation system?" I have visions of it slamming on the brakes and counter-steering if you get it anywhere near driving it off road.

Blegh. So much for clean and understated. This looks like a combination of a bro-dozer and a pile of cheap stick-on pepboys or ebay additions. Where's the AEM sticker across the back window?

Thank you for the compliment!