This is the absolute perfect truck for most people who buy trucks. Therefore Ford will sell about a dozen of them and they’ll be discontinued in three years. 

I hadn’t really thought about it, but the inventory of cheap but somewhat reliable older cars is probably really, really down.

Huh. Learned something new. And yet AAA is only about $80/yr, soooo 🤷🏻‍♂️

Somehow I can obtain 21mpg highway in a Disco4 without trying too hard. I was shocked that the diesel’s mpgs were so bad, figured it could hit at least 26mpg in the higher altitude (which tends to be better for turbos). 

Perhaps anecdotal, but I had a B5 Passat and it was a common joke on the forums that everyone should drive around with an extra fuel pump in the trunk because they always failed at the most inconvenient time and place. Sure enough, mine left me stranded in the middle of the desert, 150 miles away from civilization.…

I take it the Phaeton doesn’t suffer from the frequent-to-fail fuel pump that Passats and Jettas of the same vintage faced?

Really most of those prices seem...not that bad? The $2k oil service is stupid, but who knows it may take 24 quarts of beluga whale oil for all I know.  I don’t know what a tire fit container is, but the other prices are about in line with most German car maintenance, especially considering everything needs to be…

I had a bunch of technical assumptions (like lower likelihood of being caught) typed up, but you summarized it more perfectly. People are just idiots. 

They get a lot of eye rolls, but LZB furniture is really the most durable. I have a couch from about 2012 that my big ass dogs lay on and lick every day, jump over the top of, and sometimes gnaw on...and it still is holding up. A little rough around the edges but totally mostly acceptable. I think I only paid like…

Trucks are better for tall things and wide things, like furniture and appliances. Am I the only one continually moving furniture and appliances? Maybe. 

Unfortunately, I think not:

I always thought it was odd that *Ford* was the one to discard the seats, instead of leaving it up to individual dealers. Once the van was in the dealer’s hands, was no longer the company’s decision what happened to it (basically) and *winkwink* it’s now a cargo van.

Correct depending on the manufacturer- it’s often a regional thing. See also: why you can get some options in some places but not others 🤷🏻‍♂️

This exactly. Tacking on a destination as a line item feels shitty to the consumer and also is super unfair because it’s regional. Just average it out across the MSRP and be done with it.

“Rival Stings B-level Influencer with Spilt Tea (and Honey)”

I used to live near where the OP lives. While technically yes, you can do backroads in a Camry...you don’t want to. One time I was on a numbered “highway” through the mountains that was basically a pile of rocks and barely made it through with a Forester; some guy coming the other way was in like a 1980s Olds…

Similar story, I had a ‘02 F150 work truck that (surprise) needed ball joints and didn’t pass inspection. I wasn’t using it that much at the time so I figured I’d sell it. Finally, after months, a guy who had just started as a landscaper bought it for $1,000.

I’d smell insurance fraud if this wasn’t so comically, poorly done. 

Because in a torrential downpour you’re not just driving along, you’re going 40mph on the highway trying to keep sight of the car in front of you hoping to stay on the road because you can barely see the lines. Frequently those who care less about their lives will still try to go the speed limit in spite of the…

I don’t care that it’ll probably cost $20,000 a year to run. I want it and I can afford it now. Shut up and take my money.gif