Metro: 2033 and especially Metro: Last Light have a very similar mechanic with gas masks. As you take damage while wearing one, the plastic cracks and crazes until it finally breaks open, requiring one to always keep an eye out for masks in better shape. In LL at least, water, mud and bodily fluids of enemies will…

Yep, I think 5000 lb is about right. For example Crown Vics weight in at ~3900 lbs, and a Ford Flex is anywhere from ~4500 to ~4900 lbs. Heck, a Camaro ZL1 is about ~4200 lbs.

Everyone I've ever talked to who wasn't involved with/understood vehicle accident physics always assumes big & heavy = safe, and even if directed to evidence (see 59 Impala vs. 2008 Malibu) it becomes 'Well, I don't trust modern cars/the gubmint/GM etc.'.

Slow car driven fast > Fast car driven slow

They've got a small variety of Ts to choose from; most are the 1914-spec but there's a couple 1919s and 1926s to choose from as well. My favorite part is the Model TT wrecker they actually use as a tow vehicle.

With as cold as it was, possibly.

If it's not a Ranger in the ditch, it's usually an (older) Explorer, Trailblazer, Cavalier or Grand Am. And they're always off along the long, straight stretches.

I just want to note that your note in your book that most people in SE Michigan drive whatever the Big 3 couldn't sell well is demonstrated by the number of LWs, Avalanches and Azteks I see daily.

I like Chevy engines in the right application, but this is Chevelle levels of boring. Why not try and find a wrecked Fiesta with a 3-cyl Ecoboost and get your Frankenstein on?

It must run on souls, to sound like that. That's probably the real reason for the Great War- to pro

I used to DD a 95 Roadmaster wagon, I feel you. Very gently did one ease onto the divided highway, lest you find yourself pointing the wrong way. That car also needed about half the county to come to a stop in deep snow.

I can dig that, and I'd love to see a small car arms race. Better than another F-ing croAlso, weird to see my old hometown mentioned.

Seems so. Wonder what kind of focus groups

>what this is, is a Cadillac program manager and his marketing buddies moving to NYC because he convinced someone it was a good idea.

I like the car but it does look kind of like a giant rolling doorstop with that rather ungainly rear.

Ditto on AMC. I'd love to see a 'scrappy underdog' purveyor of compacts and actual small 4x4s. No eight zone climate control and OEM infotainment, just honest cars and trucks to pick up where old Saturn left off and eat Jeep's lunch. I know of plenty of people unhappy with the selection of vehicles in the sub $20-22k…

Not really a long read, but AtomicToasters has your fix in the meantime: http://atomictoasters.com/2012/03/what-i…

Yes- but '70-'72 get a pass in my book.

It doesn't do much to kill the 'pervy basement-dwelling gamer' sterotypes when at least a quarter or more of the mods I see for Bethesda games are for making some or all female characters into DoA Volleyball rejects, amongst other things.