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This is the bariatric ambulance of car trailers.

The Cybertruck shenanigans have exhausted my supplies of snark and schadenfreude.

But will they make a station wagon again? I would gladly trade my Mazda CX-5 for a Mazda6 wagon. My activities call for a wagon or hatchback but I’m willing to forgo some ground clearance.

In most other nations that would work, but Japan is extremely racist and xenophobic so letting in more foreigners is anathema.  It doesn't help that Korea is also experiencing a population drop since Koreans are Japan's preferred underclass.  I suppose they might be open to Chinese guest workers.

Westfield used to factory build these with a Rover V8, before changing direction and using a Hayabusa engine.  I'm sure it's quick and it probably stops but the raison d'etre of Sevens is handling,  and a smaller lighter engine and a factory built chassis would be better  ND

Japan also has a population problem, low birth rates and restricted immigration are resulting in a population crash and labor shortage. While big cities still have large populations, small towns and even outer neighborhoods are depopulating.

The sudden availability of incEl Caminos means Tesla has exhausted the supply of CyberCucks willing to pony up six figures to drive the wank panzer.

Adam Something did this same thing years ago. The idea of your car going places without you, or the tech bro pipe dream of passive income from using your car as a robotaxi is urban planning horror because all those cars are now out on the streets instead of safely parked.

This assumes you want a Cybertruck.  I don't want anything to with Elon’s weird flex, and I wouldn't want to buy my old F150 thrice over in the first year 

I only warm up the car when I need to deice the windows. Our winters are cold, but not crazy cold so spraying RV antifreeze on the windows works well.

The latest trend I hate is illuminated wheel wells on brodozers. Bad enough it’s jacked up so high that the tops of the tires are level with the frame rails but do you have to spotlight it?

These thieves should switch to doing comedy, it's safer

The Chinooks are fiberglass which cuts way down on leaks. It's still only slightly less slow than a diesel Vanagon. FWIW the most micro motorhomes are the Romahomes built on Suzuki Kei trucks 

8' bed club represent! While it makes my F150 over 20' long that extra length is great for lumber, furniture, and kayaks among other things. I've hauled long stuff in the bed more times than passengers in the back seat

I thought it was a “phantom dually” at first but yeah 4 wheels and tires back there, to make the wank panzer even more useless.

Looks like airline kitchens are in a race to the bottom with cruise ship kitchens 

Seattle gets more rainy days than Portland,  and I'm in Oregon 

Although it is a bit heavier the Mazda5 did much the same thing. Our late and lamented 2014 was very comfortable for four and decent for 6. You could squeeze a 7th seat in some markets but it wasn't comfortable.  

Hertz is doing something stupid and having it blow up on social media is as predictable as a rainy day in Seattle 

Ze Germans did something similar 20 years ago with the Dolmette, a motorcycle powered by 24 chainsaw engines driving a custo made toothed belt (because Germans) https://jalopnik.com/dolmette-motorcycle-powered-by-24-chainsaw-engines-1850391310