I find it hilarious that Toyota specifically started up the Scion brand to appeal to the younger demographic, but the xB specifically was beloved by old people.

No kids, and I commute solo, so rather than the minivan what I really need is a Miata. It’s fun to drive, frugal, and has all the space I need daily. It’s not that hard to set a backpack down on the passenger seat.

A plane is also miles away from anything else, and completely unlike driving on the road where you’re in close proximity with other cars and terrain.

> (When a car crusher is not available, you can always get an elephant to sit on it...)

Thing with being in a car is you might not even feel the quake unless it’s really strong. A few years ago we had a magnitude 5 but it happened while I was driving. I only found out after arriving home and everyone was talking about it.

Chrysler has a long tradition. Show up late, mail it in and say we tried and sell some more Hemis. They are holding to that tradition. I expect the Pacifica

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.