You never forget your first TK. For me, he will forever be driving a green and white liveried 7-11 car.
He is open-wheel’s equivalent of Larry Fitzgerald. I have never had cause to utter a bad word about the man, nor have I heard him utter one about any one else. A consummate teammate (see the Franchiti win on the road…

As a classically trained economist, I can say that there are no needs, only wants. Some wants seem to be more universal than others, such as humans seeking to increase their utility. While money, by itself, does not increase the utility of peoples’ lives, it certainly can buy stuff that does. I would proffer that…

I... stand corrected?
I did look at it from my lens and my bias. It is not to me to say which of them are happy or would want an industrial plant there.
That said, better than 1 in 8 people in Pittsylvania live in poverty, and the median income is 26k. Before anyone asks, yes; it is inexpensive to live there.
So,…

No, but he knew it would make great sound bites in his potential presidential bid. Not tryin’ to mainsplain, but can confirm Youngkin has some populist displays of dumbshittery, even though that section of Virginia VERY MUCH needed 2500 jobs.

My brother had one.  He described not just the power, but the dichotomy of its beauty.  The outside is heinous, but the inside is the automotive equivalent of the Perfect Ratio.  Everything is where it should be, and it felt great from the inside.

We call it “30-day tag season”, but it amounts to the same thing.

I remember I-95 Georgia being fixed?bettered?something? for at least a 15 year span, starting around 2000 (or that was the first time I encountered it). I remember them making progress in what felt like 2 miles a year.

Come to think of it, I don’t know if they ever finished.....
Still, there is, I think, only one exit…

Hey, my guy... What was the point?
Everyone except Jeep has a customer base that doesn’t actually offroad these things. Even then, Jeep’s ratio of offroad to pavement queen is frequently the butt of jokes here.

Like every other customer base, there are enthusiasts that do more than the factory specs. I know R50s on 33's…

Just out of sheer morbid curiosity, what did you use to type that post?

Not everyone does, I promise.

Dang picture..

The 4th gen Nissan Pathfinder.
It’s one flaw was that it went from very capable off-road vehicle (1st gen - BOF, 2nd gen - Unibody, 3rd gen - BOF) to a CVT minivan with doors that just didn’t happen to slide (4th gen - Unibody).

I can’t say for 100% certainty, but that picture looks tilted to appear that the Pathfinder…

Even the press release shows the Raptor on a dune.
“...and it could be one of the last V8-powered trail trucks we’ll see....”
I don’t know of any ‘true’ trail (one that is not a road with a lack of gravel), especially around here, where this thing makes any sense. Many of the trails on the east coast, especially in the…

So you don’t disagree.
Good.

Er, are you under the impression I think a Cavalier is an off-road vehicle? Or that I own one? Read again, but slower.

Since you didn’t define your definition of “actual off road vehicle” or “casual trail use”, I am left to wonder what you think a sedan can’t do. The main point of the story is that the delta between…

Because it isn’t much more than a unibody FWD Odyssey, regardless of when the rears kick in.
The argument wasn’t that it wouldn’t be “more capable”, but that it wouldn’t be MUCH more capable, especially given a full-send attitude.

Okay, so I wasn’t as clear as I wanted to be.
Trails/Fire roads/County Routes vary in their technical difficulty.
“This trail is ruts, mud, and some gravel until you get to the staircase.” Both vehicles turn around and go home. A “purpose-built” off-roader is going there just for the staircase.

Eh. I get it: Sell more for the outdoors adventure trope.
As an “...avid off-roader(s) <that owns> a more purpose-built off-road vehicle”, I can tell you that trails work until they don’t. Anything that this can do can also be done in a WRX, or, depending on the driver’s skill and willingness to go full-send, a Cavalier…

First... DavidHH, are you okay, man?

Secondly, am I the only one that REALLY wants to build the Lad’s Car?

Nissan fanboi here that actually likes the D21.
I am not convinced 8k is a good price....