“Flew when parked.”

I owned one of these, way back in the early 80s. Column shift, and all-around awesome....except for the bench seat. It was literally a piece of plywood with about 1/2” of foam padding, wrapped in vinyl. And I think that was stock. I still walk funny because of that truck.

The white-scarfs have always been a problem for the air force. They have habitually gone for the “high-dollar fighter planes first” mindset, and everything else gets the leftovers. Fingers crossed that they wake up to the fact that they need the complete package.

“Who wants to spend nearly six figures on a rustic primative vehicle. Oh they put leather seats in it? oh ok that makes it worth it.”

I can not give you enough stars.

It won’t be the *sole* future, and it won’t apply to say, the production of a huge run of Reasonably Priced Generic Sedans.

It certainly is, at the current moment. But this isn’t a production car, it’s more of a proof-of-concept. Just another baby step towards...

If we’re not back by dawn, call the president.

“Oh, the Escalade is so expensive, I’ll just go buy a...

The same technique works for humans too. Somehow, a high-visibility vest makes you invisible.

I love hearing about recovery vehicles of all types. Especially some of the beach types, that look like a tracked tug boat.

2004 Jeep Wrangler, in SOLAR YELLOW.

Confession time. When I was smaller and stupider, I fired one of those air-and-water pump rockets at a friend who was riding a bicycle.

Jeep Wrangler. For the Luddite in all of us!

I love the Z. It is a beautiful, beautiful car, and the ones I’ve owned have been a joy to drive.

The marketshare in Hawaii is mostly owned by multiple unknown chinese companies. Cheap rules the scooter market here.

1963 Thunderbird. It’s as big as a whale...and it’s about to set sail!

That works too! I prefer either over the Mini.

Do it, then get back to us with the adorable gluttony pics. :)

The fact is, that the vast majority of people in America do not want to put any effort into getting from one place to another. They don’t *enjoy* driving/riding, they just want to get from one place to another in comfort and as much luxury as they can get.