Honest question: how much does it cost to maintain a Ferrari of this era?

They are in tailgate mode.  I guess if you wanted to hangout on the tailgate this would be slightly more comfortable?  The only time I’ve used them in this mode is this past New Years - stuck one of my kids and his cousin in the seat to watch fireworks.  Kept them from climbing all over the car.

I like the way the Flex looks...

Bingo. Ironically enough I’m in market for one of these but $10,000 is my absolute limit, and sub-100K AWD examples around that price are plentiful even in New England.

I considered a Flex when I looking to replace my SUV, nearly bought it but another deal floated into view.

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Yeah but by the late 80s sales were falling fast. Basically GM killed Oldsmobile when they ended the Rwd platforms and made every division use the same GM corporate engines. It's what also killed Pontiac but much more slowly.  

My father's too. In fact a lot of father's had either a Cutlass or a 442. They were that popular 

I wonder if this was someones father?

Actually, my father's Oldsmobile was a 442... So yeah, not my dad's Oldsmobile. For the worse. 

The weekend content has been great here lately. Thanks Matt!

Refrigerant is also not recoverable through normal means. Everything green sequesters CO2, so its impact is considered slightly less grim.

Thank you! I’m happy you enjoyed it.

That was a good, well researched story.  Thanks

Great write-up, Matt. I’m sure you will hear from some nit-pickers, but you have made me actually learn something.

There was an interesting article how stealing jeep sales made sense in 2003, but when gas spiked the brands future died with it.

Didn’t they sell the brand off to some Chinese car company that I’d never heard of before or since. Oh; I see that deal fell through. Must have been part of the Chinese government’s plan to help GM destroy GM.

Jeep-like, you say?

HUMMER was also a stand-alone brand with mostly single make dealers, which made it fairly cheap to close down. Add in the fact they the only had two models, both selling like shit, one of which had to be cancelled, because all of its platform mates were being dropped and it wouldn't be profitable to build alone; while…

Ford: We’re going to call our electric vehicle a Mustang to try to leverage brand equity.