As long as they don’t change it, this is why they’ll be around forever. And deserve to be

Your story needs correction. I’m driving an ‘01 Frontier, which is a few more than 15 years ago..

(Hey, don’t laugh...it’s paid for, and has a pretty big towing capacity)

The first time somebody dies because some mechanic didn’t bleed the brake calipers after changing out the pads, this will be revisited.  Bet on it.

Followers , or at least made in the mold of, D’Souza?

I’d want to know, regardless of race, but that’s just my take.

In high school, my first car was a ‘74 Mazda 808 wagon. God I miss that car.
Wagons are where it’s at, if ya ask me.

So, uh...fuck these people, right in the ear, with a torque wrench.
When they start paying for my insurance, or tires, or (gasp!) gas, they can have a say in whatever I decide to do with my vehicle.

Til then?
Yeah. Right in the ear. With a torque wrench. Repeatedly.
(Note...I do old motorcycles, with an original 900 Ninja…

Lets see..
In the case of a pick-up, drop the fuel tank(s) and run two battery packs on either side of the drive shaft between the frame rails. Mount the motor (preferably something with more power, really...gimme 250hp) up front.

If you’ve got a 4x4? Same solution. Run the output shaft to the transfer case. Rely on the…

No. Really.
As a professional quality inspector, this kind of oversight is ridiculous.
Planned obsolescence, I get...but of a whole car?

Jesus H...
Sell the damn Guzzi and get a Japanese motorcycle.
8000 times more reliable, chain driven about 90% of the time, and cheaper by far to own and service.

Worst dealer mark-up?
As an inveterate car shopper who ‘don’t take no shit’...All of’em.
I’ve walked out mid-spiel before, and I know I will again. Doesn’t bother me in the slightest.

“Dealer fees”? “Destination charge?” “Dealer prep”? Not a chance in hell.
Now...you wanna sell it, or fondle it?

No it isn’t.
He stiffs his contractors.

For the record, there is absolutely no replacement for the A10. Best mud-mover/tank killer ever built, hands down.

It’s a Toyota under that Scion badge ;)

Hardley-Ableson had that.
And then they shut Buell down.
Because they’re idiots.

He could be tired of the damn noise.

Nah.
Make it look similar to my Kawasaki Z800, and price it at 8-10k, and you’ll have buyers in droves.

Can confirm.
(Former H-D mechanic)

This.
Every millennial I know who’s into motorcycles and looking at an EB isn’t even giving H-D the time of day, and it’s for exactly the reason you note.

They’re all, to a person, looking at Zero, instead.

Hell, for that, you could get TWO Zero’s.