Consider yourself lucky. I’d rather have a 7.3 in front of a loaded service body than an EcoBoost.

Because the ag and construction industries totally follows the “tow limit.”

How weird. I even own a Chevette HO. But somehow I’ve only become interested in the Aztec in the past couple of months.

e90 335d.

Clearly you have never actually used the 7.3 as it was intended. Loaded with 20k+ lbs. worth of gooseneck and equipment, it would be the 7.3 all day.

Good point. I was thinking of Car2Go. My mistake. Still, I’d wager that the Reach fleet pool is better than the Zip fleet pool. The density of Reach cars on the streets of Portland seems to be high. Now if they would just ditch the graphics that say “I could’t accord the $399 lease after $4k down so I rent this luxury…

You mean, how is an entry-level 3 Series better than a Smart Car?

1. I don’t see the City & County of San Francisco doing any legislative favors for Uber’s competitors.

BMW seems to be meeting those standards. FoMoCo seems to be meeting those standards. Daimler seems to be meeting those standards. Deere & Co. seems to be meeting those (off-road) standards...  

The later adoption of SCR by Cummins-FCA is a great point. My assumption had been that they had some credits to burn and that is why they could delay adoption of SCR systems.

Like equestrians?

e36 to e46. Suddenly and forever after, no one would want an e36 ever again. I suspect it may be the same way for whatever comes after the f30. We’ll still appreciate a clean used e90, but not a used f30. Because of the square cut hood, high cowl height, and numb steering- the f30 could be completely overshadowed by…

Navistar and MAN already have some common engine technology, so this is not as surprising as it might seem.

But is that a landau top?

Thats funny. I grew up on a farming and ranching operation. I’ve driven almost every truck and trailer combination you can imagine.

Impressive aversion to risk.

And missing JC’s racist dogwhistle.

I’m not sure that is true. For example, pretty much everyone I know damages the rubber flap under the bumper of new SuperDuty trucks when they are in the field. And I do not think that fieldwork = abuse for trucks in that market segment. I can grind the pegs on certain motorcycles. Does that = abuse? The manufacturer…

Definitely, a dog that will not hunt.

On behalf of all motorcyclists with the skill and courage to survive high speed tank-slappers (a group that does not include me because, I crash), I hope the use of “tank-slapper” in the automotive context does not become a thing. Perhaps someone will post a link to an actual tank slapper and, after viewing a video of…