The Mirage is the worst car in the universe.
bobrayner
bobrayner
It does happen. I’ve been there myself and had a couple of cars that I couldn’t afford to fix because money suddenly dried up, the cost-cutting shortcut didn’t work, lost my job, &c. Giving up on them would have been terrifying because I needed a car to get an income again.
I’m not usually a “Fight the system! Eat the rich!” kind of guy, but rules like these are designed to punish poor people. It’s not for æsthetic reasons - the rule doesn’t punish ugly gardens, tasteless gnome collections, or people who have a PT Cruiser (the latter group have suffered enough already; have mercy on them)…
A suggestion:
Those are great roads around Ribblehead, though.
In Europe, Ford will sell a few thousand vans with 4x4 (maybe not the leather trim) to utility companies and postal services which have to carry a modest load to the remotest farm-tracks.
In 2025-2030, people will pay a big premium for these ex-postal-vans because they’re 4x4, perfect to take #vanlife a little further…
A lot of double-cab trucks do. Historically, double-cab was a small % of single-cab market share, and truck buyers weren’t so worried about æsthetics, so the manufacturer just reüsed front doors.
Owning a boat is like owning a classic car: Your two happiest days are the day you get it, and the day you get rid of it.
I think we can add Defenders to that list, too.
No; what you really need is a rear window that retracts downward, like your door windows retract into the door.
Why not palletise the battery pack? Open hatch at the back, use a forklift to swap batteries. Quick, cheap, safe-ish (try not to puncture a high-voltage battery pack with the massive steel spike), no need to reïnvent the wheel.
It’s not a Sprinter, it’s a Fiat Ducato :-)
The problem is that the fanboys and the Jalopnik commentariat love quirky prototypes, 3-door offroaders, and sports cars; and everybody loves the hype and the halo effect; but the people who actually walk into a showroom and write a cheque, well, those people buy a 3-row SUV or whatever. So carmakers keep on producing…
Lancia isn’t dead yet, but putting slightly nicer trim on a few thousand Fiat hatchbacks (on a 1990s platform), and pretending they’re luxury cars, is not the path to future glory.
The London Electrobus Company, of course.
Why is the USA truck market so strange and separate?
I’ve just been looking at a lot of German cars lately for some reason, specifically the SL, more specifically the R129 SL.
Also, a Honda would have the Swindon connection! A nice touch.
Let’s think through this one. The ideal recipient is an old British car which has lovely lines - but any survivors are garage queens because the original engine simply doesn’t meet modern expectations. Also it’s got to be something with low purchase cost, not an E-type. Probably a car known for graceful wafting rather…