Well, let’s look at how this truck was “engineered,” realize that far less thought goes into the transport solution, and go with that.

What a tail of woe.

I’ve always wondered what a Eurofighter/F-22/Firefox kitbash would look like.

Now I know.

“Tooling is paid for” is a reason it’s so profitable.

From the article:

”The Flex’s U.S. sales numbers were up 13.1 percent through the majority of this year.” Not exactly tanking.

The loyalty/repeat buyer rate is well known and cited elsewhere in these comments.

You’re still wrong.

I’m trying to think of the number of ways you’re wrong, but I’m losing count.

It hauls people and cargo much more efficiently than an Explorer, and with a more comfortable ride.

Its tooling is paid for, and it’s one of Ford’s more profitable vehicles on a per-unit basis.

It’s got one of the highest owner loyalty rates in…

We’re one of them. We bought out 2010 Flex new; it’s now got 123,000 trouble-free miles on it. My wife mentioned the other day that she’d like to start looking for a new one in the next year. She won’t consider anything else (which is funny, since I had to convince her to test drive one in the first place, based on…

You just KNOW he was chuckling to himself quietly, remarking on his own cleverness when he added the raven scaring the cat.

I’ll be in my bunk.

They were this bad. Crash tests of 1992 were nowhere near as rigorous as today.

Its pilot episode made for a great episode of “MST3K.”

It’s worth noting that this was Portland, Maine.

Not popular among Catholics.

By “us” I refer to the third or fourth owner, doing their own garage maintenance. No OEM cares about that segment of the market (as well they shouldn’t.)

Bentley isn’t selling the car to us.

That’s a good point about the move to composite lenses- the Saabs and Volvos I had with wipers had glass lenses.

In snowy climates, they’re good for getting the layer of road grime and snow that can build up on the headlights.

Don’t think repair costs factor into a buying decision on this scale. 

I miss the proper wiper-washers from my old Volvos and Saabs. Sure, they inevitably broke, but when they worked they were awesome for preventing snow buildup and removing crud/kicked up slush from cars in front. As more cars go to LED lighting, it would be nice to see more OEMs offer headlight cleaning solutions,…

Tanzania, you say?

As an ‘80s kid growing up in Massachusetts I was probably about 7 or 8, watching a Carvel commercial and realized, “Santa Claus is Fudgy the Whale! Fudgy the Whale is Santa Claus!”

And nothing was ever right again.