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Having ridden in cars going up and down the Western Ghat mountains in India, this is true. The drivers there have guts - or more accurately, no perception of how dangerous what they’re doing really is.

Am I the only one to notice that the trailer has side skirts, almost 50 years before they became commonplace?

I’m generally not a fan of coupe versions of cars that can be had as sedans, but I’ll be damned if the proportions on that E36 coupe don’t look near perfect.

Wait, what’s the difference between an LS trim and a fleet vehicle?

Yeah, at an average of 40 mph that’s 25000 hours, or just under 3 years continuous running. In industrial gearbox equipment that’s not bad, but not exactly an amazing achievement. That’s in the ballpark of industrial diesel engine rebuild hours too.

Since when is three hundred thousand cars per year ‘not selling well’? Okay, so remove the Taurus and Fiesta, which really don’t sell that well, and you’re still left with two hundred fifty thousand cars per year for just the Focus and Fusion. That is a Very Large Number Of Cars Sold Per Year.

I’m in India on business, and flew Air India the day this happened and again last night... It has been big news here as you can imagine.

People confuse maintenance costs with repair costs, but there’s a distinction. Maintenance is required on low mileage newer vehicles, just as it is on high mileage older vehicles - and this includes things like walnut blasting, plugs, fluid changes, brakes, and even suspension refreshes and some gaskets in the long…

Problems identified with David Tracy’s Jeep Cherokee:

If it’s his own business, then it would qualify as a capital investment as he’s furthering his business objectives.  For personal use and commuting, not really.

Asset. Not investment.

Fancy Kristen would just buy UPS. Problem solved.

As a range extender it would be expected that the engine would run intermittent at full load - no probably not that big of an issue.

You clearly have no idea what it takes to package industrial and construction equipment with engines - especially Tier 4 final diesel engines. Packaging is a huge concern. The goals are only different, and dictate large displacement diesel engines as a result of the need for 10000-20000 hour engine rebuild intervals…

It’s a Firearri engine!

The State of Michigan laughs in the face of your ‘regulations’.

Is not every experience a human has truly analog?

Air BRB.