Agreed. My wife wants us to pay extra for a plug-in hybrid on our next vehicle. I was dismayed to find that most plug-in vehicles are luxury SUV vehicles taking their mileage down from awful to merely bad. Way to save the environment!

Agreed. As critical as I have been of the F-35 program, anyone who studies STOL aircraft knows that ground effects are rough! A certain number of low-speed crashes like this one are not unexpected. 

Seriously! I read a column about someone who was going to make an emergency landing in a small plane, and the rear passenger woke the guy’s wife up to tell her “you should be awake in case you die”. Screw this person! They not only terrorized the guy’s wife, but research shows that being asleep would improve her…

No, he called to make sure emergency crews would be sent to assist them if he crashed. 

He needs to buy his instructors a drink. They didn’t cheat on his training, and it paid-off!

I agree. Why did David Tracy have a dozen rusting vehicles at his previous home? Who are we to judge? 

I agree. He could spend his money on stupider things. Arnold Schwarzenegger bought a large Humvee as his daily driver when other cars were made of thinned metal and plastic, and he was living in California. This is more practical than that.

I think this is different because it was not necessarily a game related incident and resulted in an extremely near-death experience. I know these guys are professionals, but that kind of stuff will mess up your head. 

Use this puppy to tow your classic Mustang from yesterday to car shows! That paneled interior will echo like a big bass drum, but I’m going to go NP for orange shorty van which still has original stickers under the hood. The bones on this one should be good for a while, yet. 

So you’re saying that it needs to come with an actual crack pipe? That’s a first for this feature!

I have NEVER heard that Coke invented Santa Claus, but that Coke popularized the red and white Santa Claus, while a green clad one was traditional. 

Shouldn’t they have a lead vehicle with flashing yellows which would scout the route and warn them about any traffic signals and train tracks? If a vehicle with yellow lights blocks traffic so the truck can finish crossing against the red, I believe that is legal. But I’m not a trucker, so maybe I’m wrong. 

Forget the oil pipelines! Us Midwesterners need an automobile pipeline to get these California, Washington, Oregon cars to us! My 10 year old car has severe rust while this car has recoverable clearcoat issues. Damn!

Wow! You referred to the Ford Escape as a “good car”. Congrats. You must have got a good one. 

Not to mention that the fuel and engineering standards for CUVs are lower than for conventional sedans, wagons, and hatchbacks. 

I DO like that simpler shape. The proportions are not Dino 246 sexy, but better than the “origami and ducts” styling of many mid-engined cars from the past 20 years. I have not felt passionate about a mid-engined sports car for awhile. The Ferrari 296 is actually the first one I’d consider purchasing after that…

Damn! How is your comment not at the top of the comments list??!!! That’s some damn good sleuthing!

My first thought is she’s officially ‘announcing’ that her vote is available to the highest bidder.

Wow! That Hemmings ad needs a paragraph break or three!

It looks like a Geo Tracker from the same era, but aside from that and the dealer weirdness, it seems like a good deal. I’m sure there will be many people suspicious of a decently priced Mercedes, but we can’t help that.