I’m doing my part by working from home.  Ban working from the office!!!!!

The thing about the F250 and that entire class of vehicle is the lowest-hanging fruit that could be cured very easily by substantially painful taxes up front and with annual registration. And no one needs more than 400 hp. 95% of the driving public shouldn’t behind the wheel of more than 200 hp.

Many of the people who consider themselves recalcitrant suburbanites would quickly change tunes if they ever spent time living in urban centers. Once you’re there, you realize that contrary to alarmist/sensationalist accounts/reports, the streets aren’t filled with blight, undesirables and violence.

why set your line at $200k? why not $30k? After all, nobody needs more than 150hp, or a digital dash, or any kind of interior feature set at all. You could stick everyone in a Mirage and we would be just fine as a species.

I used to hate silver, but I agree with you. I now have a living situation where I can’t hand wash, and there aren’t many car washes around me. Silver is good if you can’t keep it 100% clean all the time.

to be fair, there was still a Legacy wagon counterpart for that generation, just not for us:

also, real window area.

89 560SL is a surprising punchline. I was expecting W113 or older.

Minivans.

I used to look down on them until I got one for fathers day. Aventon Level commuter. Goes 30 on its fastest speed and even at the middling 20 mph makes you feel unstoppable. After work I will usually go on a 20 mile ride around town (literally around it in the country) and as I live on a hill, I love the fact that it…

“The Honda Element. It was the perfect sport-utility vehicle with the emphasis squarely on utility.”

I really miss my Element.

Refineries go into maintenance mode on a regular schedule or else they freaking explode.  Many already postponed planned summer outages to keep up with market demand.  The idea that a refiner would rather shut down than sell high-priced product is ludicrous.

+ a thousand.

1,000 pallet boards:

Agreed! 

how would a closed suv compete with a open bed truck? and maverick costs under 25k

Yep. I came late to this QOTD and I knew this was already going to be suggested because it is absolutely the correct answer.

THIS IS THE ONE.

This glorious bastard right here: