Current generation Stelvio and Giulia. The first gen cars, (2018-2019) had their share of teething problems, especially the QV versions.

Neutral: I’m loyal to vehicles that handle extremely well.

I wouldn’t know the answer to that incident specifically, but, extremely high energy rear end collisions are unfortunately very common with patrol units. The results are often horrific, even in a Crown Vic which FAR exceeded NHTSA rear collision crash standards of the time.

First Gear: The unintended consequences of upfitting the Explorer is highly reminiscent of the rear crash fire controversy on the Panther body P-71 Crown Vics a couple decades ago.

Sounds like a really smart person. Maybe they’d have to go somewhere off planet to find something more challenging if MIT wasn’t cutting it.

I made it through H.S. with respectable grades having never cracked a book or even having a rudimentary understanding of how to study because I’d never attempted it.

“Financial background” is a pretty broad category. I would argue that anyone with an actual finance degree would have a pretty solid understanding of credit and interest.

So true. The whole “I got a 4.2 GPA in High School” has become somewhat meaningless and not at all a great indicator of intellect or even readiness for University level courses.

Counterpoint: There are way too many young people who do absolutely great in school, yet have near near zero financial acumen or common sense, especially with finance and credit.

For me, the lesson here is we need to teach financial literacy in our public schools.

The nicest YJ on the planet? Quite possibly.

I almost died in an Iowa corn field:

Counterpoint: I’m currently driving a 1st. gen Liberty in harsh winter weather and have never experienced what you’re describing.

The worst winter driving vehicle has got to be a C6 Corvette: Primarily because you have no more than 3 inches of ground clearance in the front, which makes it a powerful yet highly ineffective snow plow.

I think your point about over confidence is correct in that inexperienced drivers do tend to way over estimate the advantages of 4WD / AWD on the highway in slippery or low visibility conditions.

Nice paint and nice wheels do not make it a nice car. ND.

Lordy, you thought it was a good idea to do a full throttle launch about one foot from the curb in a $343,000 Bentley? Good thing the traction management was doing it’s job.

Besides MnDOT being world class at clearing roads, the ultimate kinda secret Minnesota winter driving hack is the MN 511 driver’s app.

Brooms and scrapers are fine most of the time. And yet, sometimes you really do have to shovel off your car, at least where I live (32 inches of snow so far this season).

Snow covered car veteran here. Cardboard does sound like a great hack in a pinch.