You are not wrong. There was so much complaining in this article. From the headline, to the fact that Ford will sell (very legally at that) to anyone who wants one, to the constant sarcastic comments throughout the article.

You know for an automotive enthusiast website you guys sure spend a lot of time talking about how unreasonable new vehicles are. It’s almost as if you have some ulterior agenda and don’t really like vehicles at all. 

Shucks, I forgot to mention the removable axle center sections!

You wanna re-gear? Head to the junkyard, unbolt an entire axle center section, bolt it into yours, ???, profit.

Not surprised. You are used to driving Jeeps. /Oh snap!

Lol clearly not written by a parent whose been subjected to the horror show of talking dog movies that litter Netflix like the great Pacific garbage patch.

Ya, I found it extremely odd how he was billing this “heist” as some sort of story of legends...

Yeah.... nope. It came across as an attempt at a not-really-a-joke joke, of the “I don’t meant it except I sorta do” school of child clever. Car thieves in my ‘hood (and theirs, and yours) tend to drive it like they stole it, and like they don’t pay for insurance, and like they’re judgement proof, and sometimes like…

I also read this story as an earnest reflection of the author’s views on the subject manner and not at all a tongue-in-cheek narrative device. 

“Honestly, I want to be friends with these teens. Stealing is wrong but daring, complex heists are incredibly badass, and I bet these kids are fun to hang out with. I hope they turn their lives around and become respectable citizens, or unstoppable master criminals”

Just got back from a vacation in Alaska. In Skagway the pump didn’t take my card. I went in to tell the lady and do the normal pre-pay guesstimate nonsense.  She told me to go back outside and fill up and come back in to pay.  So, fill up.............THEN PAY.  This was such a curveball, but I did recall that this was…

What is wrong with a bit of chrome?

That’s the article I want to read. David Tracy in a 1941 Willys on RTE66. Make this happen!

Also, there’s more to see in Oklahoma.

Turns out they were saving them for the Snyder cut. Go ask Kevin Smith about it. He knows.

In many states, if you install a stove, you can re-register it as an RV. You can drive an RV on a car license.

It develops the power at lower RPMs and with less stress on the components.

“What is the benefit of an engine that large as opposed to a smaller V8 engine making the same power figures?”

Can’t we all just get along?

Damn Martian Space cows !

It was the dog.