So, other than North Korean spies that work at defunct car companies, who exactly can afford this thing?

I actually think the only distinguishing factors between the highest-trimmed Expeditions/Tahoes and the Navigators/Escalades is opulence for its own sake. The formers exist so you can have everything from the latter while at least being sort of anonymous. 

It really shows how Ford has confidence in the reliability of its products if they include, as a perk, a membership to a rental car company.

‘’ There’s also other little perks like free car washes at the dealer, a premium maintenance plan for four years or 50,000 miles and a President’s Club membership with Avis ‘’.

Al…

Backlog of CT sales that are fizzling out as we speak.

Yes! They already have the ST trim, which I thinks looks great. Just give it a tiny more juice, a real engine (no wet timing belt, ever), maybe lower it an inch or two. If they kept the pricing sane it could be a hit.

But doesn’t the MAGA crowd generally want to coal-roll anything related to EVs?

Elon back to projecting 20-30% growth, promising millions of new cars that don’t exist yet to be on the road soon, and claiming “FSD” is just around the corner.

I can only assume his customer base has shifted MAGA. I can’t imagine anyone else is good conscience financially supporting this guy.

Which totally could happen in Saudi. If you were visibly intoxicated trying to enter, your chances of a turn around become much, much greater.

Good nomination. I actually like the Buick Envista cousin, but the engines in these are a no-go for me.

First gear: how does he keep getting away with this? Gah.

They long ago stole all the intellectual property they need, so this action does no harm to them.

They could also go the other way and lower it and throw the full Focus RS engine/Trans in there.  It has all the potential for a sport truck.

It’s a nice $4500 truck, no more, ND

Can you go to Thailand without coming back with drugs in your system?  I assume it’s in most of the food and water supply at this point.

Maybe I’m willfully ignoring inflation, but I can’t get to $8,500 on a 28-year-old truck with 280K miles on it, even if it is a Toyota. The fact that he mysteriously says “it would be my collection truck” also gives a strong whiff of “NO LOWBALLERS, I KNOW WHAT I HAVE!”  ND.

My dad used to have this same truck, only in red (which I think looked better). It’s a neat rig but uncomfortable, raw and gets horrible mileage. The only real use I’d see for something like this is if you live in the mountains and you want a capable trail vehicle that you’re competent wrenching on as needed. As…

“China outlaws drug use in other countries”

Something smells fishy in this case.

I’ve never understood the Toyota tax on their trucks. As soon as a Toyota has more than 4 cylinders it’s inefficient and even today they aren’t known for good fuel mileage.