Not to be a downer, but my daughter with Autism is a pretty fucking horrible passenger sometimes. Luckily it’s not all the time, but when is it’s bad, it’s extremely not pleasurable. Super not fun. Pretty fucking horrible.

Jesus...so that's what I'd be doing if I didn't have kids. Although, seeing that you live very close to where I work, I'll have to figure out a way to take an evening away from the fam to go bring you some beers and help out on this Scout monstrosity. I love me some Baja, 4WD, and sparks. And/or oil fires. But more…

Who?

I humbly disagree, my good man. I still think the Crossover term is more appropriate, while still being a stupid term, just because the stubby hatch does not constitute a “Wagon” in my mind. Wagon implies nice big, roomy hatch for storing and carrying shit. Not a swoopy 5th door just so someone can say it ain’t a…

So now I've seen the Chevy version, someone else posted an Audi, and I found the Ford Floating Fiesta about a year ago:

Haha, yeah, it's probably like us using "sick" down here. It's slowly fading away from my vocabulary. I'm old.

Damn you. I do feel old. Thanks.

I'm from SoCal (snicker)...so considering that, please tell me you don't say "Hella"...right? RIGHT??

Thanks for sharing the Excel doc! All of us enginerds appreciate the time saved by not creating (or modifying) our own.

Yep...4 extra weeks, so it pushed to 5/20. Bummer.

This. Is. Amazing.

As much as I like this in theory, I just couldn't justify a NP if I were in the RV market. $10k for a small, slow 1989 RV in decent condition is just not doing it for me. I don't want a "rare" RV, and I'd want something bigger that can tow something like my Jeep or dirt bikes. This thing would be painfully slow with…

Dude...that's crazy. I'll have to head over to the forums (well, rather than just trolling), and look into contacting a rep. If it's going to be that long, I'll be buying something off a lot somewhere as soon as I sell my BMW. Wasn't going to mind waiting 6-8 weeks total. Thanks for the heads up!

Haha, I realize that's a bit ridiculous, but funny that you made it work! I'm 90% commuting with no cargo, but at most, my mountain bike (which I currently haul in my E46 trunk with the seats down and front wheel off) or my wife and 2 kids with minimal shit. Wife's Flex is for hauling more. So I might do a hitch mount…

And cheaper to buy in the first place! It's not even that much smaller, physically, than the GTI and Focus. It's weird that people even compare it to the Fiat 500 Abarth. Yes, performance-wise, but the Fiat is tiny!

That would be tempting, but the one main reason I'm looking new (or almost new) is warranty and reliability. It'll be replacing my 2000 BMW E46 which is past 225k miles, and I'm no longer interested in taking the time to keep it running and am looking at something fun, 5-door, manual, and decently fuel efficient. The…

2/23. I'm supposed to check with the dealer on status this coming friday, which is supposedly when they update the information from the factory. What kind of times do you think are realistic? They did say 6-8 weeks originally, as you mention.

What would your next new car purchase be if you had the money (keep it reasonable)?

Yeah, trying to give the benefit of the doubt without sounding dickish. Great observations otherwise.

Large buckling load? Typo? It's certainly a neat linkage for handling only spring and damping loads, controlled separately from toe, caster, camber and travel. Takes the bending moment out of the control arm like typical setups and moves out to a separate link, but that's no buckling load...