Back in the early ‘00s I worked at a BMW dealership washing and detailing cars, rearranging the lot, etc. I remember a guy buying a 530i for his wife for a Christmas present, even wanting a big red bow on the roof for delivery. When he revealed the car, you could see the strained look on her face trying to cover up…

A 2020 F-250 XLT SuperCab long bed 4x4, with the diesel and tow package has an MSRP of just under $59K. Considering the additional features and greater capabilities of the modern F-250 over this ‘99 counterpart, the $5K premium seems worth it.

NP, and yeah I know you can find a clean Panther with similar miles for similar money. Not the point. A well maintained, low-mileage car for <$4K is going to be NP all day long, even if the 3.8 eats head gaskets.

Mercury Yrucrem, named after a traditional Welsh sour curdled cream spread over boiled haddock (probably).

Average transaction price is $39k, not that the average value of available new cars is $39k. There are plenty of perfectly acceptable vehicles (Camry, Accord, et al) under $30k available. People choose (and are incentivized) to buy more expensive vehicles that they probably don’t really need and can’t afford.

Same, my 2014 SE 6-speed has been a good vehicle for me.  Dumb move abandoning such a core market.

You were saying?

My 4-car “fleet” averages 12-years old (4,6,18, and 20). It’s nice to be in the meat of the bell curve.

The New Yorker article was written February 1993, one month after Krakauer wrote his article for Outside.

What? This isn’t a 4Runner or Country Squire.

Ah the MT-5 wagon, my White Whale.

I present the 1981 Pentanque. A FWD French roadster equipped with a front-mid mounted inline-8 that is quite fast but also has very dangerous handling characteristics.

N: The still operating drive-in movie theater I see on my bus to work (I abandoned another vestige of a past era - single-passenger commuting - just as soon as I was able) always makes me smile.

Econ major here (twice - I must hate myself). The thing about economics is, it’s essentially the study of human behavior reacting to different incentives. All the clever mathematical models are really just efforts to add rationality to something that is essentially irrational.

This is just up the road from me, but Mrs. Clay already said something along the lines of, “are you insane?”

He won’t need 4WD/AWD, but he will need chains or snow socks if the tires on his rental are below the 3/16" requirement, or CDOT enacts the full chain law. Also, the traction law is passively enforced by CSP, not actively enforced.

Yeah, as others have mentioned, you’re heading straight into a pretty significant storm, and there are traction laws on I-70.  Get yourself a set of chains or snow socks for your rental.

31" tire on 15" wheel