I’ve come back 5 years later and pulled the numbers. You were in fact correct, and I owe you a box of Boston creams.

None. Cars on average are more reliable, but company culture and sourcing strategies transcend overall improvements and the jump to EVs. Need evidence? Read about the horror of VW ID.4 infotainment failures, the Kia/Hyundai TikTok theft fiasco or the 8 million Fords recalled in 2022.

I use my annex in the winter with a big buddy ice shack heater. There are lots of days in the desert during winter / spring when it’s 60 and pleasant during the day, and 28 when the sun goes down. It’s nice having a nice spot to eat dinner and play cards that stays toasty.

Not when it snows two feet.

The ladder and mattress eats up most of the space under the hardshell. If you’re careful, you can keep a sleeping bag up there. I’ve never been able to keep pillows in mine.

People always have questions on why get a Roof Top Tent. I’m on my second one in 5 years and I’ve spent about 200 nights in them.

You could do a none fascist version of the emblem to keep it classy.

VW has made at least one capable off-roader, but I’m not sure if the global market is ready for the return of the Type 82 Kubelwagen with an Afrika Corp launch edition.

I took a dive into their SEO today, because I was curious about this. Turns out, the commentariat is the source of most of their ad-words (and as a result search rankings). It is surreal that they are openly hostile to their primary source of revenue.

As the only member of the staff diving into the mix, Rory made himself the face of this.

https://www.theautopian.com/car-news/welcome-to-the-autopian-the-ultimate-car-website-for-the-people/comment-page-1/?unapproved=28&moderation-hash=68fafea2082205650e4f28246ffe2aed#comment-28

This is a last straw, not a reason to leave. This site and the comment system are actively hostile to use. It was mostly to worth it to fight through to get to special content, but I’m done with pop-ups, an unusable comment section, no mobile support and pages that routinely fail to load.

On their new website. Go pick out your new handle.

Yell at the Kinja system one more time before you go.

Also - you can go over to theautopian.com

What’s your handle on Autopian?

Well said. The comment section on this article is basically a wake for the Jalopnik that once was.

You’re hitting on something important. Comments are what makes the articles on a well run site “sticky”, and my abandoning comments functionality, and limiting discussion the GMG family has become effectively unusable.

This is hilarious. The biggest issue to solve for rail (or power lines, pipelines, airports and other infrastructure) is securing right of way. There might be an application for this tech on short routes from ports to warehouses or along dead regional branch lines, but generally this is going to be infeasible based on…

She was supposed to buy shorty tyco with your money