The what? Where are these things?

American men really are a bunch of self-conscious head-cases, aren’t we? The idea that thousands of men couldn’t bring themselves to consider a car because it was given* away on a ‘women’s show’ is just pathetic. 

Maybe that’s what Raphael would have chosen... If he hadn’t gone completely insane at the last second.

5th Gear:

Who are you guys arguing with?

They both look like products if multi-generational inbreeding?

Concept or Production, The looks of either don’t bother me. Production ‘Defender’ mirrors my mental image of the new Bronco. The function bothers me. It’s just another modern Land Rover now:

“This First Edition orange and white interior looks incredible”

It's likely the best re: feel and action. But "best" is a bit subjective. Ill hold on to my Anansi. The only keyboard I've seen with macro keys where they can be pressed with your thumbb without moving off wasd

It's likely the best re: feel and action. But "best" is a bit subjective. Ill hold on to my Anansi. The only…

I don’t want to buy a car that has a 10% chance of being useless to me. If I need more range than the pack has, or I forgot to fill up yesterday, it’s not like I can stop at the station for a couple minutes to top off. I have to plan 30 min to an hour on top of my schedule to make up for that limitation. 

I’ve been toying with the idea of doing this with an early 90's Suburban, I have a Blazer soft-top in the garage doing nothing. It would probably take about this much to do it well.

Damn

Electric plus AWD is incredibly efficient for the drag strip. I’m glad we have them.

And at only $100k more. Corvette isn’t nearly the bargain it’s been made out to be.

Neutral to 5th Gear: JIMNY!

If you look used, a BMW xCountry is mostly the same bike with a 33" seat. I have the same inseam, and I feel you. But I dual sport a (barely)street-legal dirt bike (Beta Xtrainer). With a lowering link and low seat from SeatConcepts, it’s probably still at about 34" high and it’s not a problem getting both feet down.…

Check out the mid-sized. A relatively new entry (on a proven platform) is the SWM SuperDual. It’s a resurrection of an old brand on the bones of pre-KTM Husqvarna.

These and the big GS-es are so very much the Wrangler Rubicons of the bike world: Big, expensive, gaudy, accessorized, and almost solely used in an urban setting.

Cadillac should go back to pandering to the silver-hairs.

I’m not really with you on the sportscar point. The Mustang, Camaro, and definitely Corvette all compete directly with equivalent euros in any metric.