I had a first gen Sport Trac from around 2002 and kept it for 10 years. It was great.

Yikes. That’s pretty much how people get enslaved in the middle east.

I mean, we can get rid of all the climate goals, scrap all the EVs, have everyone drive V8s and coal-rolling diesels and Earth would still be more habitable than Mars. There’s an enormous difference between 0.04% CO2 and 95.32%. And Mars only has trace amounts of oxygen.

So many indistinguishable blues and greens. Not enough browns and yellows.

Those restrictions are pretty much gone now.

Still would be short of the DALI. A quick googling says the longest and heaviest ever train was a special test run that was 7.3km long and carried 82,000 tons of ore, for a total weight of 99,734 tons. The DALI reportedly weighed over 116,000 tons during the accident.

With a beefy guardrail or retaining wall they can Ross Chastain it!

Quick fact check:

To be fair, just about any car from before the late 2000s is a deathtrap by modern standards, unless it’s a Volvo or a German luxo-barge.

There are probably a lot more people who relate with his point of view on cars than with a car reviewer’s though. His channel wouldn’t be as popular as it is if people didn’t agree with his opinions.

I also rather like the interior of the old ones. Everything is super driver focused.

Agreed. I rather they keep making it until the successor is ready, than cancel it and not have a halo car. It’s not like they’re losing money on these things. The major R&D has been paid for a long time ago and the MSRP has more than doubled since the original 2009MY release.

Haven’t seen any specific mention of the Mustang yet. Has the Mustang crowd finally grown out of doing burnouts at parking lot exits? Or have they moved on to another car?

Adjacent to the topic: an in-depth look at EGR deletes

IMO EVs depreciate because 1) the tech is still advancing rather quickly and the next model just around the corner is bound to be significantly better and 2) batteries degrade, and eventually you’re looking at a $20k-$30k replacement.

The first set of snow and ice tests they did with it were eye opening. Mind boggling that an all-season tire could outperform some dedicated snow tires in the environment they were designed for.

The GOAT. R.I.P.

Pun times ahead! Keep rollin’ on.