My ‘91 dodge dakota had an 8' bed!

Oof if you think search and rescue missions are expensive wait until you literally read any line item out of the DoD budget.

The LA V8 (which the later Magnum Port Fuel Injected engines were based off) dates back to the early 60's with development beginning in ‘57 hence all the low tech. Before I sold my ‘91 Dakota I really thought about snagging a 5.9 magnum to throw in there.

“The Dakota was already available with Mopar’s 5.2-liter V8, giving it a leg up on other mid-sized and compact pickups, and that made wedging in the 5.7-liter in the R/T edition all the easier. In truck tune, that made 250 horsepower and an even more impressive 345 lb-ft of torque.”

The Eclipse GS-T was the FWD turbo model (the GS-X was AWD) I was specifically thinking about the 2nd Gen (94-99) but the 1st Gens were also cool.  For how much affordable power you could get and without the complexity of AWD the GS-T’s were quite the car.  Also the 5th Gen and up Celica’s were prettty great FWD cars…

No Toyota Celica or Mitsubishi Eclipse/Eage Talon?  Hmm...

Yes they gave it more power than the outgoing model which is to be expected since that came out in 2012.  I’m saying I expect a power bump from the factory for a special edition which I think is pretty reasonable.

I love the story behind them setting a landspeed record in one of these:

Everyone- give the GR86 more power

I agree, the company is arguing that this is a manufacturing anomaly, and one that is an inherent part of any mass production process.  They would have to recall every one produced up to the point at which they changed the process.  That’s ludicrous for something that impacts less than 1% of their products.

I guess that leaves the question as to what becomes of the “betamax” in this scenario- Electrify America.  It seems that part of the reason OEM’s are switching to Tesla is due to poorly maintained chargers and customer frustration with EA.  Not to mention the chargers to have the output that a Supercharger type system…

I’m familiar with the theory, but there has to be cost factored into it which I assume would be covered by the influx of new consumers. There’s also the logistics of having enough supply power. A supercharger takes kind of a significant amount of power and the grid in the U.S. is pretty bad. Building them is easy,…

Sorry your Betamax doesn’t take VCR’s

I’m curious 1. how this will impact Electrify America as it kind of relies on users with the correct plug for business and they are already faltering as they can’t maintain there current chargers and 2. how this will impact Tesla users as their formerly proprietary system is about to be flooded by people using there…

If you have to ask you can’t afford it.

Cool, is there a weighted average? Like do things like reliability factor more heavily then say ergonomics? For most things I read the reviews but the final factors are how the vehicle performs on a test drive (which is very subjective) and how reliable I think it will be long term based on previous models and in…

First aid kit, bag of ratchet straps, jumper cables, moving blanket, and a tire inflator if I’m going on a long trip.

It’s weird that some of these mention reliability and some don’t. If reliability is a factor then I would not pick a Subaru Forester over a RAV4 or a Ram over an F150. That’s just my opinion but long term I don’t see the Forester with a flat-4 and a CVT not having more maintenance costs over a RAV-4 with a 2.5 I4 and…

I feel like if you are comparing base engines/weight it should be universal (ex. Tacoma 4 cyl. with 4x4) there’s plenty of history of decent offroad vehicles with underpowered engines that are just fine.  I am also a former Dakota owner, I owned a ‘91 with the most oddball set up. Regular cab, 8' bed (yes that is…

Based on this one on BoT they did have a power operated rear window. Also the ones in the 60's did too!