Ok, I can see that. I like the theory. I saw the other Chechen themed books by Penguin after a google search. I really wouldn’t put it past the Nolans or Goyer to have intended this based on your evidence.

Wait, because Pengiun Books published a book called I Am A Chechen? There has to be more to it than that.

Ooo, please please. Explain the Chechen/Penguin one. I never noticed that.

Well said sir. I wish I could give you more stars.

Agreed, I was just speaking to you actually liking the design. IMO, I think the the plain-jane F30's would possibly take the cake of attractive simple sedans but it’s a little ornate and may not fit the “parameters” Torch set above.

See, I’m one of the few that the E36 does absolutely nothing for. Now, I appreciate and respect it for what it is, but it does not elicit any emotional response from me whatsoever. Every single one of those questionable design choices stands out to me like a sore thumb and it’s almost too mundane and boring. From the…

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Don’t fuck with me Westbrook.

I had three of those Mid 80's Broughams back in the late 00's. I would have suggested these but I missed the party. I’d recommend the 86 and up because you get the Olds 307 instead of the HT4100. While not very fun, the 307 is practically bulletproof. So much so that this car and engine combo is illegal in some demo…

Correct. I’ve been providing fleet trucks for the Forest Service and other agencies for almost a decade. 

Don’t know about back then but see my comment above. You’d be surprised what the gov, even the forest service, drives around in today and in the last decade. Upper level stuff isn’t all the uncommon nowadays. I wouldn’t be surprised if Ford wanted to offload some Broncos and made some upper trim stuff more appealing…

For the different kinds of concessions the gov gets on purchasing vehicles, sometimes it’s more cost effective to buy one or two levels up from bare bones base. There are times where XLT and LT trucks are within a few hundred dollars per unit to the XL and LS trims. More options for similar money means they’re more…

I get you. I was half joking. However it is sort of known in that Ford designed the driveshaft as the drive line weak point on their late 2000's commercial trucks. Coupled with a non Ford, but stock, motor (Cummins in my case) that weak driveshaft is woefully not up for the task in certain unavoidable scenarios. When…

Come on man, you gotta get into it. I rib these manual lovers around here all the time. Modern manual transmissions in cars are a cakewalk compared to the stuff I drive and have driven. Right now I’ve got a Ford forestry boom truck with a 5.9 Cummins complete with a Ford issue 6 speed. Wrangle that thing around all…

I always thought they should go back to something with the V instead of the wreath. I mean it’s sitting right there. It’s the damn letter they use to name their performance line. It’s also found on their arguably most famous and bad ass cars from the past.

Yea, not my bag bud. Just relaying what I’m told. Based on my experience, you gotta really love the smell of a burnt clutch to do some serious wheelin’ with a manual. To each his own though. Come on by and sometime and I’ll show you my mini version of crawling getting one of these out and in position sometime. 6…

Hah! tell that to my F-750.