A MANUAL Fusion?!

Find one. Buy one. Own one. Report back, please.

If you have a problem with me getting excited about manual minivans, then I have bad news: That’s how it is, and how it’s gonna be from now until the end of time.

And there’s more manual minivan content coming. LOTS MORE.

Luckily, the vast majority of readers are with me, though do understand that I respect the fact…

It’s epic!

The fact that the stick makes it more fun, and the fact that this is the long wheelbase version and can basically act as a covered pickup truck just makes this machine even more grail-y. ... Add fantastic two-tone paint, the Aerostar’s futuristic styling, and the rear-wheel drive layout, and what you’ve got is a…

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Drift machine. Yes. In ICY Minnesota conditions. Definitely not on dry tarmac. Not with 135 ponies!

Yet, your former article is neither a Craigslist listing nor an article about a “normal” Ford Aerostar.

If we’re talking manual versions of common Fords, the Taurus MT-5 wagon has to be the Holiest of Holy Grails.

Mercedes' cars all RUN though, and aren't held together entirely with bondo and Fe2o3

PS: The engine light probably fialed, rather than “went out”. Go VW!

Ferndale is almost Canada.

I’m pretty sure that FC is so rusty that my little Beat would make the frame buckle. lol I don’t mind the cost of a road trip, provided the chosen vehicle doesn’t guzzle fuel like that Dakota does. :)

Why didn’t you get David to bring it back?

Lookit... We’ve got a possible case of the DTs! Well except for “I’ll have it looked over by my mechanic and have the part replaced, ”. D Tracy would never condone that... :)

That’s linked in the article!

Fine, I’ll sell some.

It’s too late. Everyone now knows that “Holy Grail” = rare manual version of mundane car.

“...or break down near Minneapolis...” This guy is clearly one of us. He knows Tracy’s reputation well enough.