Yeah, I can't believe they'd leave it on deck in a storm like that.

I think it looks good on the XF

Hood ornaments are awesome. Stop the hate. Congrats on COTD/TOTD

I don't know what it has for sure, but the 67 Country Squire's base engine was a 289...

Uh, Power Wagons existed in pick-up form long before a station wagon was even a thing.

DOESN'T HAVE WOODEN WHEELS, NOT A WAGON

It's used in the mudding community pretty extensively. Also for people who do off-road winter driving. On tarmac you really do want skinnier tires to bite down to the pavement, but off-road the only way you will get through snow is really wide, really tall tires. Or tracks.

do portal axles really increase articulation? or just clearance?

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I'll definitely keep doing that. I just thought about it for the first time this week.

I read this in the hometown paper yesterday and have a few thoughts. No data to go from... just internet conjecture.

Agreed, automobiles are an expression of our freedom. Thank goodness we can still register classics/antiques the way we want 'em.

The 1970s seatbelt interlock. Seatbelts had to be fastened to start the car. Led to an epidemic of people sitting on top of always-buckled seatbelts and no end of annoying electrical problems. Regulators came to their senses pretty quickly on that one.

The European pedestrian impact regulations have really played havoc on the styling of many new cars, including making pop up headlights impossible.

Impreshive

I'd insist on a photo of him kissing the hood though. Dunno if he'd go for that..

conspicuously

I'm going to speculate that flying the P-8 is one of the best gigs in the US Navy.