That is in all honesty, probably several orders of magnitude safer. Assuming it is attached relatively securely, you dont have to worry about a minor ripple in the pavement suddenly ripping it out from under the vehicle.

Can it qualify as a failure point if there is nothing there? Isnt that kind of like dividing by zero?

Auto insurance protects anything stolen from inside your car.

I lived in Central America for two years, in my first month I almost lost my door to close passing cars and motorcyclists on several occasions. I learned very quickly to do a basic variation of this. I would use my left hand to pop the door, but before I would check my mirror, once the door was unlatched, I would…

That’s not true at all, vehicle registration is at the State Level. The only thing the Fed can do is keep them from importing/selling non-comliant vehicles.

No need to leave the country, just move to a state that sucks less than where you currently live, as far as I know California is the only state so far that is holding registrations hostage over dieselgate.

FWIW, if you actually felt confident in your purchase you wouldn’t be writing an individual response to each person who has been shitting on it trying to justify your purchase, take that how you want to.

hahahahaha, sure, ok man

Right, its the same engine and chassis, and effectively the same interior volume as a 4 door Civic hatch back, but its heavier so it will get worse mileage and be slower.

Right, this is a large reason Dodge axed the Cummins HO 5.9l and upped the displacement to 6.7l when emissions regs tightened in early 2000's (around the same time that ford went to the 6.4 from the 6.0 for similar reasons).

“Should I carry a balance on my credit cards? I’m questioning all of my debt free lifestyle now....”

No, something like a house is an appreciating asset, HUGE difference there man(also something you would learn even if you had as little as community college level exposure to finance).

“If you know you can save at least one person, at least save that one. Save the one in the car,” Hugo said in an interview at the Paris auto show. “If all you know for sure is that one death can be prevented, then that’s your first priority.”

Not anyone who has taken even an intro course in finance.

Which is why I agree with Richard Hamilton when the issue was raised on a previous season of Top Gear, it better come with a big red button with “Me” inscribed on it in the center of the dash, that overrides the logic and forces it to save the occupant.

Horrryyy Sheet!, well he cant have that one because I am going to buy it first :)

Right, but here in the US where this guy lives, they don’t sell the Prado. So when someone says “Why do people choose the Lexus over the ‘Cruiser”, They are probably (incorrectly) referring the to LC200 Series/LX570. mmmkay?

Right, if financing, put enough down to get good terms and stay a few $100 ahead of depreciation and then lock that cash up in savings for a rainy day.

Not disagreeing, but one in the same condition as the picture you attached is going to cost this guy a fair bit more than his 25k max “buy” budget, and Im not sure how leases work out on cars made in the 70's

“You have my sincerest sympathy.”