I was at my JLR dealer in late November and had some time to look through this beast. My takeaway: Off-Road Cosplay.

I’m not sure you can knock Ford for durability in the same sentence as FCA...

Ford isnt great, but its not FCA...

Eh, I just put a set of Goodyear Wranglers on my SuperDuty for $880 installed at Discount. Stock sizes arent terribly expensive. “Oversized” are. The rest of the maintenance is more expensive though.

You laugh, but that Versa was purchased DIRT cheap off the lot in 2008. It’s made it ~12 years and ~130k while hitting us with almost nothing in repairs - very little in consumables, very little in fuel. It also has a really nice size back seat for the kiddos - absurd leg room for the size, which the GTI’s are…

MSRP’s are so high there is no chance domestic trucks sell at full price - they all do this. 

So the Blackwing is nothing to crow about?

“Most”? I dont think so, “some”? certainly.

Not only can they make cars at less cost elsewhere like Mexico, etc., they’re not held hostage by the workforce every few years over wages and benefits. Even if wages were equal in other countries, it’s in GM’s best interest to mitigate the risk of a strike on production by utilizing a non-union workforce where they…

^^^ So much this^^^

I feel bad for that guy in the lead photo. He’s out there, fighting for a cause he truly believes in and gets his photo taken at the exact moment he’s noticing the stain on his shirt. His friends are going to DESTROY him when they see this.

There is a point that comes in life for many where you are literally trying to outsource everything you don’t have time or the desire to do. So, for folks who want to do the heavy lifting, buy the kit and DIY; for the folks who don’t, this is an option box they can check which will have very little impact on their…

Am I the only millennial that doesn’t order delivery? I’m 31 and can’t recall the last time I ordered delivery.

Unexplained fires are a matter for the courts.

Does it smell like steak?

Italians fixing potholes? Old news!

I think your right on with those numbers. Less HP then the Diesel - for sure. and around 500ftlbs.

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Optional on SRW (Single rear wheel) vehicles, but mandatory on DRW (Dual Rear Wheel) trucks. Being that the F-250 and F-350 SRW wheel trucks share cabs (and everything really) with the DRW you can order them if you want.