In my very humble opinion, the Flex is nearest thing to a real station wagon (in the 1950's sense) any American manufacturer offers now.

Yep, the 2003 Rubicon, lifted with 35s I just drove to auction tried to kill me in a crosswind. Twice.

I swiped two extra from an old rat Tacoma I was driving to wholesale auction for the front track.

Torch, I love your articles. Always good for a thought provoking laugh or three.

How about driving across I-80 to college in the early ‘70s with long hair in a ratty Corvair and seeing just the chrome bumper of a Peterbilt in your mirror and nothing else for 30 miles?

Yessir. The Courier was a Mazda rebadged as a Ford.

The battery box in the rear and those massive steel rocker panels that were the backbone of the car.

Actually, my BIL had one as a company car. He didn’t have a pickup at the time, and other than full sheets of plywood/sheetrock, he hauled all kinds of stuff in it.

The BT-50, much like the last B-series Mazda trucks sold here, are nothing more than a rebadged Ranger.

I had a 1979 B2000 Sundowner I bought new. Great little truck. I traded it for a new 1988 B2200 extended cab because kids. Another great little truck.

You never owned a Sonnett.

Maybe, the gap between the tire and the wheel arch on the bed looks high to me.

I drove for that big delivery company with the copyrighted color for 34 years.

About the time I retired, four years ago, UPS physicals started to incorporate the neck size/weight comparison.

Do engineers not have to take DOT physicals?

Absolutely anything that’s reminiscent of an Avanti is a winner in my book.

I did a dealer trade for a new Si last Friday.

Exception to the rule.

Nope.

$1300 for recon?