Don’t have to imagine it. There are plenty of densely populated cities around the world. But most of them are not ‘hellholes’ as you describe. They are vibrant places that millions of people WANT to live in. Only in America are urban/downtown centers a wasteland, except maybe NYC, Chicago and San Fran.

If I get a 2007 Jeep Compass, can I join the wave crowd? 

“more like just leave the mess alone because the American public apparently wants that” 
That’s called Heritage. Harley has been milking it for decades too. But eventually the cash cow runs dry when a fancier GOAT comes along ;) Ha. I just made myself laugh with that pun.

“Also, eBay doesn’t set the prices. The sellers do.”

You’re right there. If drivers were contractors, Uber/Lyft would charge drivers a flat fee to broker each ride, the drivers could set their own rate based on distance and destination.

“ ND/CP.

NB Miata ugly? I can’t even imagine what you think is a good looking car.

Well, at least they have their priorities straight. The merch seems to be real, if oddly targeted. So these are owners of luxury yacht personal watercraft?

3rd Gear.

I’ll just leave this here.

Not that long ago I heard about drones that would follow a beacon signal worn by a skier/rider etc. Not sure what happened to that tech., but nothing will beat a skilled drone operator anyway. This footage is fantastic. I’m sure it still took dozens of practice runs for both the rider and drone pilot to get in sync. 

F’n lawyers denied us a few thousand potential track day cars.

He never pulled more than 2.4Gs.

Hey, if you have kids, you’ll appreciate being able to easily fade music Front-Rear. I think that rocker switch should come back ;)

I agree that the Passats were better balanced than the Jetta. The Jetta seemed to be left in the heat too long and shrunk too much. I think the B5 Passat (especially the wagon) was the nicest expression of a ‘people’s car’.

The is one of the few ‘wagons’ left on the market. I’d like one, but not for $65K.

And one of them is a cracker!

TLDR; Why did I even scroll down this far on a story about a Chrysler minivan.? Crap, I got sucked in again.

Except Edison is sort of, you know, taken already.

That is the irony. That the only face protection many have while riding is a bandanna over their mouths.