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The toy hauler was only $25K(ish). The onboard fueling station is for those times you take the RV off the ventured path and unload either the 4-wheeler or the dirt bikes from the built-in garage.

The more this kind of thing happens, the less safe the rest of us riders will be. It’s a vicious circle, with fatal results.

Maybe in 2018 or 2019? The return of the liftback would be nice. They wouldn’t even have to disturb the present styling lines.

I know this sounds cliche, but this car is growing up in its own right.

Looks like they robbed styling cues from the Chrysler division of FCA, and then looked at Maserati and said to themselves, ‘Well, well, well, what have we got here?’

6.0L and 6.4L Powerstroke: The EGR cooler and the oil cooler. And the factory coolant. I’ve already done the EGR repair, next up is that damned oil cooler.

True. Disrespect the power, and the bike, any bike, has no problem tossing its rider aside.

I use my motorcycles as pickup trucks sometimes...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Chrysler-I…

True enough. I meant Bruce Lee, for some reason I typed Jackie Chan. Whoops!

“A hit with a pipsqueak .22 handgun is always better than a miss with a .50 caliber pistol that kicks like a mule.”

Precisely. There’s max towing capacity, and then there’s safe towing capacity. A friend of mine had a crew cab Tacoma, an ‘04 model, pulling a 5k lb boat. Not once did that truck ever feel safe riding in, the trailer very easily pushed that truck around, especially going downhill.

That...would actually work pretty well. Similar idea to the regen cycle on a diesel engine that uses a diesel particulate filter/catalytic converter.

It gets even heavier when you look into fifth wheels. I had one that had an empty weight of 11,500, not including the weight of the on board water tank of the 50-gallon fuel tank (mine was a toy hauler with an on board fueling station). Some of those fifth wheels would easily exceed the max towing capacity of my F-350…

Thanks for sharing that! I thought I’d seen something about that but it’s been quite some time since I’ve seen anything published discussing it. I suppose a search would be in order.

Straight-line fast, indeed. I can say from experience, though, that if a heavy-ass VMAX 1700 can handle, this thing could be made to handle as well. It won’t be anywhere near as nimble as, say, a ZX-6R (which can still get its ass handed to it by a supermotard on a twisty road) but it would still be fun to ride…

True, but a gearhead can dream. It would probably work out about as well as solenoid-actuated intake and exhaust valves.

I agree. Working with people who don’t see eye-to-eye with me is challenging, but when we work together and accomplish a goal that realizes what everyone is working for, that is deeply satisfying.

Every time I’ve been in budgeting classes of one sort or another, there’s always mention of a goal involved with a budget.