jalonpniklaus
Jalon P Niklaus
jalonpniklaus

Driving a van into an angled intersection is usually very dangerous — the view to the right can be very limited when there is no rear window, as is the case in this and other cargo vans. That being said, it appears this van took the hit from the driver side, so, yeah, pure driver inattention.

Makes sense that this would be the logo.  With the almost certain fuel consumption rate, the Broptor/Braptor will be spending considerable time under that sign.  Nice Mobil/Ford tie-in.

F150 Raptor” sounds fine. “Bronco Raptor” sounds ridiculous. I can’t wait to see the logo that incorporates these two, wholly dissimilar beasts. At least the exhaust note will sound about right — BRAAAAP, BRAAAAP, BRAAAAP-TOR.

Their design was apparently Byton off more than they could chew.

At this price, I would feel just fine about buying it, even if it broke down within a couple miles. If it happened to drop the engine and transmission directly on the side of the road, I'd actually be pretty happy to begin the only obvious repair this Range Rover needs -- Ye Olde LS Swap.

He said “worst”, not “best”.

Hey, by all means, put that steel spike on your steering wheel airbag! Go on, live a little!

Shaq-a-Lacking a few safety features. I especially enjoy the 1x6 boards on the hood that go straight toward the driver's neck in a very minor fender bender.  The ensuing crash scene would be art, alright.

Would have to be a pretty unlucky dummy to die hitting these.  More likely, the only death would be somebody driving out of control, crashing through these and into an innocent bystander.

Ignoring the part where he doesn't want a truck, this one blows the budget a little at $95k.

Stridex squeezings” — Love it. Makes me wonder, morbidly, if you could actually run it off the biohazard bin at the local Lipo shop. And if that exhaust smell would be... bacon-like?

Injury? I think you are going to be pretty lucky to simply suffer an “injury”. The reality is that this is essentially 4/8 lawn mowers, protective decks removed, increased in power 5x, put at head/neck level, and then lofted into the air with you in the middle. I can't wait to see the warning labels they put on this

You’re not going to be able to carry much Chinesium home from your Harrible Freight run.

Well, at least you probably won’t get car-jacked when you’re in one of these. That’s one benefit.

Designope.  The miles are low because nobody in their right mind drives this for more than 15 mins on the highway.

I thought they were waiting for thef factory installed, eco-friendly, electrically operated, black smoke on demand feature. Figures the factory installed truck nutz would be the hold up.

I am in the exact same boat with the Lightning — I reserved one, and then, silence. The funny part is I reserved multiple Mavericks the night of their reveal, followed up with the local dealer, and routinely checked my email for word to order. Finally, last week I pressed the issue with the dealer, went in and ordered

But an 18 year old Mercury Marauder with 23k miles would be pretty cool and worth $9k, I think.

In order to be a "time capsule of cool" doesn't something have to be cool at some point?  When exactly was a Mercury Villager cool?