So why not just rent a trailer for the once a year you fool w 3K lbs of mulch? Assuming thr trailer weighs no more than 1.5K lbs empty, any configuration of Transit will tow that much mulch.

As long as you’re not too concerned about parking in garages, get a full-sized van. Ford’s Transit should fit the bill perfectly. You could also easily find an Econoline Clubwagon for that money, though the Econolines, being body-on-frame trucks, would emphasize more towing, hauling, and off-road potential at the…

LOL! This series is hilarious! Please keep doing it!

I think it’s healthy to have a good laugh at it.

Neutral: Lack of (automated) enforcement of stopping for red lights and stop signs. I just witnessed a pickup nearly colliding with both a car and a bus because its driver ignored its red light!

Greatly improved crash survivability is worth paying for, even in base models.

Thanks for all you’ve done to make Jalopnik my go-to no-BS automotive news source and a fabulous enthusiast community, Patrick! Good luck in your next endeavor!

LOL! Props to you ladies for taking bad behavior and turning it into the schadenfreude-laced comedy it deserves to be.

I like Merkel’s take, but I see EV cost and charging access (at home, whatever home is, and out-and-about) as a chicken-and-egg problem. But props to her for being willing to move the needle on the access issue. Once people can easily charge their EVs, they’ll buy more, which’ll further incentivize development of…

Compressor, 50’ of hose, & my 4’ air gun for my Econoline.

Hellcat-powered SM Pacifica. “HellPac SM?” “SMellica?”

That reason is that retirees vote more than anyone else. Get out and vote! Push for voter accessibility, such as election holidays.

“In 2018, the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration released a study about the severities of car crashes in relation to the model years of vehicles, and found that the proportion of occupants in a vehicle who were fatally injured increased with the age of the vehicle. The full report is here.”

This is why we need commercial supersonic transport. 

How would an AV ever know culturally-mediated driving, such as the Pittsburgh Left Turn?

And with just the right lens flair!

Father of two and Golf mk IV owner here. Can confirm: Golf will baby. Currently I have my 3 YO forward facing and my 1 1/2 YO rearward facing. And my Golf is a two-door.

I may be biased, but: Ford Clubwagon. Cheap all day long, plenty of room for all your brood and all your brood’s gear, and commercial durability.

If I’m going to want to go to the airport, can it get me to the right terminal? To departures rather than arrivals? To the right airline curb area? Can I fit all of my family’s luggage or is the back filled with comouters? Will the car wait while I LATCH in my kids’ carseats and buckle them in? Will it drive off with…

“Too short?” You mean like a toddler?