Easier to find than a Transit Connect!

I get the love, but I think that love born of rarity more than anything else. The way they priced these vans up in Calgary, they won't sell any at all. For many thousands less you can get a Dodge Grand Caravan, and it's very hard to justify a Connect after that.

Versus what exactly that made so much more power/liter in a naturally aspirated engine in 1997?

There are always people taking issue with the stories Pinkham presents, usually after misreading them, and it looks like you are this week's participant. Let's review:

Ding Ding Ding! We have this week's illiterate griefer!

And so, Colbert, to sum things up: wagons are cool and rare, while SUVs are boring and ubiquitous. Wagons are fast and fun, while SUVs are large and tippy. And according to car enthusiasts, this makes wagons waaay better than stupid, boring SUVs and the stupid, boring people who drive them.

Meanwhile, the VW dealership had half a dozen GTIs ready to test drive next door.

The local dealership didn't have a single WRX or STi to test drive. Not one. Crazy demand in Calgary.

Nah, BMWs still run away with that one every year.

One funny thing about these planes mentioned by my senior engineer-they actually run those PT6s the 'correct' way around, with the intake facing forwards :-)

Probably 10% thrust, now that I think about it, but yeah, I'd guess so. Gas turbines can be finicky, but you'd also be amazed at how they'll refuse to die even under insane circumstances. Occasionally you'll see a turbine come out for overhaul and find missing pieces, and not only was it making full power, it didn't…

To be fair, the OEM open differential is perfectly safe...it's just slow and frustrating in snow and ice. Hope you were okay!

That's actually the infamous blade failure containment and power test-they run an engine to full power, detonate a charge to cut a turbofan blade (first stage, the ones you can see), and the nacelle has to contain the blade failure while the engine must still make 10% power, I believe. Unbelievable expensive to…

Your first upgrade should be a limited slip diff-unless you really, really like spinning one tire and/or seeing traction control come on.

God, is that what that was? I was getting seasick.

I have trouble with defenders. My wife loves them, having grown up driving them, but they haven't improved in 25 years and foeba long time now they have just been very slow aluminum versions of better vehicles that we can buy here already. A Wrangler is better off-road, faster, nicer inside, easier to modify and more…

I understand that lateral traction and balance can be compromised (depending on the setup of the diff, of course), but the increase in the overall limits of traction is so enormous that I don't agree that an open diff is preferable. Perhaps my ATB style diff has left me jaded?

My wife and I use an old cart as dining room storage-our has two doors, no sliders.

Good article! Glad you emphasized getting to a safe place to do this. Even if you end up ruining your tire and rim driving slowly to get somewhere safe to change your tire, remember: cars are way easier, faster, and cheaper to replace and repair than you are. Stay safe out there everyone!

Some cars even have them in their emergency kits-thank you, Chevy Cruze rental. Also just discovered in them one of my own cars.