Sport Series wagon. Engine moved to the front, 2 doors and rear seats added. You heard it here first.

Leather interior (Alcantara) - $3140
LEDs with PDLS - $3,110
Aluminum-look fuel cap - $160
Front axle lift - $3,490
Extended Range Fuel Tank - $0
Auto-dimming mirrors - $690
Fire Extinguisher - $140
SiriusXM reciever - $750


Grand total? $191,855

A flatbed. I've thought those look cooler than "normal" trucks for a while anyhow.

Anyone who actually likes the PT Cruiser deserves to be pissed off.

Is there any reason UPS can't just buy a bunch of Transit vans in RHD? Or RHD Sprinters? Or, hell, even RHD NV vans?(the full-size van, not the NV200 vanlet). I'm sure Ford/Mercedes/Nissan would be plenty happy to work out some type of shelving in the back. Bam. USPS has its new trucks today, not two years from now.

$25K for the oil burner with a stick? Where do I sign?

As a side note, used MKVI TDI 6MT models are ludicrously difficult to find. Pisses me off.

Shouldn't be.

The point of a turbodiesel in a car like the A7 is to never have to stop for diesel, ever. Because the range on those things means you're going to pull into gas stations to take a piss, and fill up while you're there, instead of pulling in for gas, and taking a piss while you're there.

Diamonds oughta be cheap because they're actually quite common. The supply is artificially restricted by the De Beers corporation, which controls something like 70% of the world's diamond production. They pump up demand by coming up with ideas like "eternity bands", and the diamond engagement ring is a creation of De…

And here we find the difference between the ideal world and the real world. In the real world, most drivers expect to be able to fully refuel/recharge their vehicle rapidly, and be back on the road in minutes. In the real world, sometimes you need to be in your car all day, which is a capability BEVs do not have, even…

http://fuelgaugereport.aaa.com/todays-gas-pri…
And yeah, Just realized I misread the report. It's actually closer to 60 cents. Whoops. Florida is 40 cents, however. Which is where I live.

I was going off AAA's average prices. Actually, the nationwide average according to AAA is 20 cents a gallon more for diesel. But still.

Wouldn't buy a GM product anyhow. Don't like em.

Hey, look! It's someone with an improperly restrained bike in their bed! Sure is dangerous! It's like bitching about someone who's towing 7,000 pounds without the wiring harness hooked up. Of course it's dangerous! Put some bigger fucking straps on that bike, it would be fine. Granted, the tailgate should also be up,…

Diesel costs an average of 40 cents per gallon more, at least in Florida (By the way, you never addressed my point about being able to safely garage a midsize truck in a hurricane), which means right now it costs about 20% more. Diesels get around 25-40% better fuel economy (give or take, and depending on driving…

Fuck no. There's compact (Mazda3, Golf, etc.) and there's unusable(Mini Cooper, Smart ForTwo). As to the used point... you realize used midsize trucks exist too, right? There's no condition unique to midsize trucks that causes them to evaporate into thin air once their first owners are done with them.

Germans expect people to be able to figure out fractions. Admittedly, that seems to be a bit much for a lot of Americans.

I love how she keeps expecting the gas cap to have moved to the driver's side.

Oh, also, I'm a fairly small guy(5'7", 125 lbs). I don't need tons of interior room.

Have you ever lived in a city? The fact that a midsize pickup has a much more manageable size is a big deal. It's like asking why people would ever buy a Mazda3 over a Mazda6. The '6 gets basically the same fuel economy, has more space, and doesn't cost much more for a similarly equipped model. $17K for the '3, $21K…