Only for government agencies themselves, anyone else can use them. And US government agencies wouldn’t buy these anyway, they’ll hire some company a bunch of senators just happen to have stock in to make something much worse and way, way, way, way more expensive.

The Viper. It breaks my heart every time it dies.

Also, people here fawn over things like the old Toyota Tercel 4WD wagon or AMC Eagle which were.... well, crossovers essentially.

The clutch pedal should not be required:

nobody giving him a reach-around can be a pedo.

Easy - buy a Jeep.

10/17/2018: Jeff Bezos buys old Rangie for shits and giggles

Wrangler owners aren’t expecting a vehicle that is devoid of squeaks rattles and other quirks. They are expecting a vehicle that is a constant work in progress and has a plethora of parts available in the case of breakage. It’s a vehicular lego.

Mall crawler to rock crawler.

Here’s what many people forget when they explain their CUV purchases over a lower hatchback:

Probably in response to Ford switching to Mustangs next year.  800 hp Mustangs surrounded by a crowd sounds like a recipe for disaster.

I got rid of an E46 330xi recently, that although in pristine condition and running great I could never really fall in love with, the Steptronic trans being one of the main reasons I think, smooth as it was. I got hold of a nice 318Ti M-Sport 5 speed in Alaska Blue and I can’t believe how engaging to drive the thing…

“grip was never an issue trekking through dense mud that had been rained on that morning”

I’m waiting on pics of this. From the photos I see, BMW went as far as covering the course in wood chips to make sure their road-going SUV on low profile highway tread didn’t get stuck in anything truly serious or challenging.

Pfffft. At least you have a corner to whimper in

“you have to try pretty hard to scrape the bottom of your average passenger car when driving around town”

The Transit or Transit Connect?

Looks like the dude who was pestering me on this site about a Transit Connect RS about a year ago will kinda get his wish.