that goddamn piece of garbage was a fucking terrifying deathtrap

And that’s true when the small pickup truck is only a few thousand cheaper than the similarly equipped fullsize, e.g. Ranger vs F150.

Sadly, the Maverick excitement PROVES Ford’s decision since they basically took the engineering headcount resources from the cars/hatches to design the truck. Freeing up engineering space allowed them to make this product. I’m begrudgingly admitting this as one who had money ready for the second gen Focus ST and is…

even if 9 out of 10 drivers say Sike!

Whats funny is Oldsmobile made some of the Most Reliable models for years. Their V8s were nearly bulletproof and the blocks were very high in nickle content. 

It always amazes me that the company had the foresight to name itself after it’s eventual consumer demographic.

Back in high school, there was a physics teacher that had a goofy way of getting us to really think about how to analyze things. He called flashlights “Dark Suckers”. He used flour and a vacuum cleaner to show that the pattern from a simple flash light could be simulated with a vacuum cleaner sucking up flour.

If the ground is being pulled up, the craft is being pulled down (Newton’s 3rd law). All the stuff under the car will be pushed down if it’s being pushed at all.

That looks a lot smaller than 13ft, is that guy 9ft tall?

That’s way cooler than I was expecting.

OMG the little one is so adorable.

Instead of buying a boat that isn’t module but has all the high quality furniture you need, you have to buy a base model and “microtransaction” your way into a boat that fits your needs, which will end up being more expensive in the long run.

“We can’t wistfully recount old-school sports cars, lament their disappearance amid the onslaught of technology and then complain when successors arrive that are, in a few ways, slightly old”

Can’t wait to see him fill his gas tank.

It might be damn near totaled.

ornithomorphizing

These are cool in that you’re not on the ground. In a “bed” and can spend a rainy day in one of these. Tent camping is great, but this is a different experience. 

This is the typical industry response. Where in the industry did you work? Retail sales?

My family had an old Starcraft Galaxy 8. Every year, something needed to be fixed. But we would fix it ourselves. So a popup can be fine for someone who is handy and willing to work on it themselves.

My family owned one for about 30 years. Like anything, it’s generally about how you take care of it. It served our family of 4 great, plenty of room and not too bad to tow. Thing must have had hundreds of thousands of miles on it by the time my parents got rid of it a couple years ago, and still looked new. Keep the…