First: hand-me-down MKIV Golf beater

I specifically asked for a new Rav4 for my rental this week, just to check it out. It was a limited Adventure model and it was a surprisingly upscale and comfortable car. It also one of the few compact CUVs that isn't abhorrent to look at. 

That's truly vulgar. Most are boring, un intuitive, or cheap... This is... Offensive 

My worst commute? 75 min uber from my place to O’Hare. 4 hour flight to SFO. Then a 90 minute drive to my client in bay area traffic. Every Monday and the reverse on Thursday.

Saw one parked in downtown Chicago the other day and it had quite a crowd gathered around it. To those who haven’t seen it online already, it looks pretty wild

Citroen eMehari has been in production for a year 

Occasions where this would be perfect:

1) it’s not bulletproof. It shields wind and rain with thin plastic.

China and eBay. I had an old e39 BMW that wasn't in production for at least 16 years, but Amazon and eBay are flooded with replacement products. Sure, not as high quality as the BMW original part, but the car is worth pennies on the dollar from its original price. And occasionally mechanical bits and electronics are…

This would work even better if there was a RHD Falcon. You can set this up and work from the spacious passengers seat.

I have a 5 series with fold flat rear seats. It’s an average sized car, but I can load that thing up with everything I could possibly need from Home Depot and not have to worry about the rain ruining it all. In a car that gets 30 MPG, is fun to drive and can park in the city easily. 

The Gladiator comes standard with this in the soft top “Sunrider”. I rented one last week. I’m tall enough that I could throw the top back at a stoplight in a few seconds. 

The Gladiator is already selling a removable hardtop, so they couldn’t enforce that patent, based on prior art... and I’m sure Jeep has a patent for that device too. A little late to the game to be patent trolling

I say good for Ford! We should just stop trying to foist this “workhorse” image truck sell and accept the fact that they’re just fashion statements these days. At least then we will know Ford is in on the joke.

Except this is EXACTLY how today's Jalops would talk. Especially if they had a 1970 Dodge Monaco 

This is why I hate going to Dallas. I have a long term work project there every other year. And each time, the city seems to have added another ring of suburbs and highways, but no public transit improvements. It's an unsustainable model and is going to be unmaintainable when the highways are 20+ years old. You can…

Like Paris, I predict more cities will ban combustion delivery vehicles in the urban center in the next ten years, or exempt electric vehicles from congestion charges. This could be de rigeur in less than a decade 

Your hyperbole is actually an underestimate. This car has full LED lighting. Replacing a broken LED “bulb” requires replacing the whole headlight unit, for well over $1000 each side if you get an independent shop. What the dealer would charge, I can’t imagine

Not sure but I bet they have brilliant actuaries and strategists crunching the numbers. This could mean a higher revenue through premiums, more sales (by making Teslas cheaper to insure - a serious barrier today) and higher brand loyalty by running the entire car ownership experience from purchase, insurance, charging…

Yeah you didn’t read that whole sentence buddy: “(or a negotiated rate which is less than retail, but still much above cost).”