Dusty under the hood doesn’t bother me. If anything, a detail can hide issues like slow leaks.

The best way to get more headroom is to seek out a non-sunroof model of a vehicle that offers them both with and without. It’s usually good for an extra inch or two. (Ours is an ‘18 Crosstrek, which also sits higher than the Impreza, but gets similar high-20s mileage.)

If Ford needs a name for their Maverick minivan variant, I’d suggest “Saddlebag” . . .

ND! Two better options? Miata or Chrysler LeBaron, depending on your priorities.

It’s a small one, but since it seems like dealers want to do it just for the $$$, I really hate the blinking third brake light. It’s “boy who screamed wolf” 99% of the time and serves no useful purpose IRL!

Young and stupid is a phase. Entitled and angry is learned, over time. Enabled is the fault of the enabler. Choices come with consequences. Now that life (and death) has caught up this young, stupid, entitled, enabled d-bag, I hope that he enjoys some quality time in the gray-bar hotel as he contemplates his future.

Signs, illuminated or not, are only as effective as their enforcement. See the adjacent “Fasten Seat Belt” sign for an example of inconsistent enforcement.

Muster stations and life jackets, at a minimum?

Besides few new products, the proliferation of “brands” has done nothing to enhance their image. Put everything under the Dodge/Jeep (or Chrysler) flag and quit confusing potential customers.

I’ll be the contrarian, here. Why can’t the driver provide their own cooler and ice, water, and drinks? How are they any different from roofers and landscapers? It’s gonna be hot, deal with it (personal responsibility).

Buy it and register it in another state?

1. Practical vehicles (chosen for substance over style). 2. Repairability (many front-engine, RWD/AWD + parts available for reasonable prices). 3. Hybrids (driven gently by people focused on maximizing mpgs). 4. Manufacturers willing to slightly overengineer (compared to their competitors).

They may want to rethink that GTD logo and revisit their high school sex education class.

Architect, here. If you’re going for energy efficiency and comfort, you don’t build a bunch of little boxes, you build one (or two or three) bigger boxes, to minimize the area of the exterior skin of the building. The new four- and five-story buildings, across the street, may be boring/generic/ugly, but they’re more…

Trying to live in a desert is kinda stupid to start with. Plus, you can grow alfalfa in places other than the desert. Blaming the Saudis seems like political clickbait, instead of blaming, say, almond growers supplying the American almond milk industry.

The Sherp and similar vehicles. https://sherpglobal.com/en/ The Pinzgauer and Volvo military boxes (Volvo C303).

The mouse belts, broken or operating, are a deal breaker . . . ND!

Then, there’s Denver.  When the plane train dies, there is no parallel way to walk.  It’s either buses or waiting until the train gets fixed!

I assume that drones will soon enter the discussion . . .

It depends. The fire departments around here take their trucks to the supermarket, every day, to do their grocery shopping (just in case they get a call). In many cases, multiple vehicles will respond to a minor call, again, “just in case” and/or because the’re bored. It gets back to a “better to have it and not need…