Slide 2: Does anybody else mentally call it the “Tuck-son” because of a random clip from MTV Road Rules in the ‘90s stuck in their head because some moron didn’t know how to pronounce it properly?

Would you consider the Lincoln Blackwood the proto-useless truck?  Or something farther back?

I am mentally 100% on board, this thing looks awesome and more importantly, fun.

The Mustang II is what immediately comes to mind. Not just because it was a bad car (very arguably) but because it was a bad car that was banking on a good name.

Thanks, yeah, he's good.  It was a long time ago, more scared than hurt at the time.

Ah, thanks.  AV hasn’t been on my list of regularly checked web sites for a long time, didn’t realize.

*nearly* totaled, and yeah, you read that right.

How did Kinja get smaller, I must have missed something? I thought it was already down to just Jalopnik as of a few weeks ago when Giz switched over to whatever they’re using now.

When my kid nearly totalled a car (rear ended a parked Forester) he was in tears, not just from his injuries. Was convinced he was going to jail and we were going to get sued.

I was really about lament just how inexpensive small trucks used to be. I bought a ‘99 Frontier XE extended cab for just over 12K new that year, and the equivalent Toyota was about the same price. Per the inflation calculators that’s about $23,500 now. The only thing in that range (close anyway) is the Maverick which…

I made it less than half a second in to that video.  Not listening to that guy for an hour and fifteen minutes, thanks.

I can do that on my couch?

Of these, gun to my head, I’d go with the Malibu I guess?

For me, or for the spouse?

Yeah, he says a lot of things.

That SV650 for the price of a new bicycle is tempting...

One of the funniest things I’ve ever seen on a car involved a Smart car in the Bay Area. Just unbridled Dad-joke funny. Didn’t hurt anybody, and the great state of CA even made a little money on it.

I second the book as being great. Get it from the library though, the author has shown himself to be an absolute nutjob, no reason to give them any money.

Buick Cascada:  19,431 sold, of which 19,430 are in New Jersey.

The $6k difference is worth it to me ($47,500 vs $53,600).