Can we trade in 10 hp for better reliability?

Rotary seat fabric?

This is where having a generator in my Volt is really nice. Non-issue.

Lightly used Silverado or Tahoe.  Why are we even discussing this?

I remember when my 1987 Jetta at least looked unique. I can barely tell this apart from a Focus/Fusion/Accord/Sonata/Impala/etc.

So.  Goddamn.  Ugly.

I voted NP simply because it’s from my year:  1979.

I’ve always thought it would be interesting to discuss power/torque as an area under the curve of the dyno plots.  Cars with broad rev ranges and moderate power could be compared (perhaps favorably) to cars with peaky, narrow power bands.

pretty sure the reason the “myth” still exists is because diesel is still very susceptible to gelling, which will ruin your day just as much as an old diesel with a faulty glow plug.

Was it dimmable before, and if so, does that still work?

Can’t be sure, but isn’t this the vintage of VR6 that was notorious for lunching motors via leaky head gaskets and various iron/aluminum electrolysis issues?

OK.  Well I can’t overcome elitism with logic, so we’ll just leave it be.  I’m sure you’ll find a car you love.

Yes. Scarcity is a key component here. I still don’t understand why Ford cares about the secondary market. And if they really did want to ensure people would drive them, why not just lease them like so many other hypercars?

but doesn’t building *more* of them accomplish that at least to some degree?  i think this is all just a PR stunt.

still not understanding why Ford is doing this.  if there is demand for 5x more cars than you’re building...why not build more and profit?  and if this is what the resale market looks like, why not feed that beast?  this is just so strange.

RUF BTR2

I think it depends completely on context. If I’m out in the middle of nowhere and I’m not on a schedule, sure...I’ll stop. It might only be to ask if they need me to make a call for them, but I would pause. I think you also have to consider the setup...my wife drove a Wrangler in college (an 1987 model with notorious…

By what metric?  I think fanboys in each camp would point to examples where BMW or Toyota were superior.  

I clearly can’t have a reasonable conversation with someone that would be so passionate about this subject. That said, do you feel the same way about Porsches with strut suspensions? Do you feel that only double-wishbone cars are true performance cars? What about cars with a multi-link setup? At what point is it OK…

But then the internet would be butthurt about a V6 instead of an I6.  There’s no pleasing everyone.  Even if they put a 2JZ in there, a group of people would whine that they’re using old tech...