Forbes reports that last week the Department of Energy announced that it would be purchasing 3 million barrels of oil to replenish the federal Strategic Petroleum Reserve.

The rear-facing carseat would most likely be on the outside. You are not going to crossload a infant carrier/convertible kid over another kid. Same would be true for an SUV.

You think a regular seatbelt can hold a 250 grownup in place but not a 15 pound infant?

This may have changed over the last 6ish years, but the latch system is not safer than lap belts, it’s just easier.

The 2018 Accord has LATCH anchors for all 3 rear seats.

Note the LATCH positions. If the rear-facing seat is correctly positioned in the middle, its LATCH straps are crossing on top of the outer seats’ buckle receivers.
There is no magic bullet skinny booster seat that solves this problem, full stop. If he compromised on safety and buckled the rear-facing seat in with the…

Damn, why didn’t we all just inherit emerald mine money so we could buy an existing company and sue the founders so they’d also have to legally call me a founder? Then we could claim the success of the company as our own and people on the internet would believe we pushed the industry ahead by a decade.

I assume that the Aussie’s have modern mines which make sure they do not destroy the local environment.

This is the part of the equation no one talks about that really pisses me off.

I wonder what car the Dodge Charger guy is going to pick.

But Ford, Gm, and Ram for sure all have 6 speed transmissions that can handle V8 power.

Three quarters of lower than expected earnings

This, the new Scout EV thing, the Hummer, Rivian, the F-150 Lightning - as far as I can tell, big, heavy vehicles with big, heavy tires and horrible drag coefficients seem like the worst use case for EV power.

They list turbo kits for the NA, NB, and ND though. 

...work forces...burn crosses...etc. etc.

The hexagonal grille with a strong horizontal line across the top screams Explorer.

it feels to me like you can’t spec a Bronco that isn’t trying to compensate for something.

High horsepower FWD cars don’t typically excel in no-prep drag racing, especially with minivan weight distribution and suspension.

Ford’s brakes leave a lot to be desired

while blue collar types don’t put on a suit on weekends to appear sophisticated.