I don’t think there was ever serious intent to develop affordable EVs for the masses. It was all about novelty and luxury: build big, heavy, overpowered, power-hungry land yacht status symbols for the wealthy, to maximize profit.

Cancel-Culture, what?

It was only a matter of time. Thanks to Jon Stewart for not bending. We need More Jon Stewarts.

I still am of the opinion that countries would have been better off to have taken a different route: Simply pass legislation that requires automakers to meet a much, much higher standard of fuel efficiency, and eliminate exemptions to those standards for trucks and SUVs. Meaning, at least Double the current fuel…

Fitting, since full size trucks are already cartoonish in their proportions..

The points system encourages on-track behaviour that generates crashes. Stage Racing purposely creates crashes as racers make risky last-lap moves 3 times in a race now. Plus, restarts breed cautions late in the race. Eliminate stage racing, or at least don’t throw a checkered flag at the end of a stage. This can be…

I bought an Epson EcoTank printer and have been happy so far. It comes with approx 2-yrs worth of ink in the box and we seem to be on track for that so-far. You do pay more up front for the machine but I mean really, the payback on the ink savings is less than 1 year. Easy decision.

Maybe the Dodge Dealer’s closer...

The rudder is the biggest source of noise in the water produced by the boat. It’s interesting to them and they are curious. None of the stories I recall reading happen to mention climate change and the rapidly warming ocean that could certainly be driving whales (in search of food and comfortable water temps) into…

I gave it a NP, assuming asking Prices are just a starting point for negotiation. Look at all that analog goodness on the dash. No subscription features, no wifi, no 4G internet, no OTA updates, no backup cameras, no proximity sensors, etc and so on. Simple and likely cheap to operate, fun enough too.

Dang. I’ll still take it! Thanks!

VR6, Manual, Cloth seats, Wagon, Excellent Clean Condition with Service Records.
No Touchscreens, no 360 overhead cameras, no lane-keeping assist, no OTA updates, no cellphone integration, no subscriptions required...

Yeah. NP with room to negotiate. I’d go for that all day long. Bring these cars back to the…

The Wife just got rid of a ‘18 VW Atlas and got into a ‘23 Kia Sportage Hybrid EX (Canada). The Kia claims to have the highest cargo capacity in its class and that’s part of the reason she chose it, along with better fuel economy from the Hybrid. The Atlas got between 10.5 and 11.5 Litres Per 100km (20-22mpg) economy,…

I subscribed to Sport Truck Magazine for years!

Maybe they’d trade straight-up for a T3 Edition Tundra!

GLI. Add Stage 1 Unitronic. Sleeper, Fun to Drive, Great on Fuel, Independent rear suspension and bigger brakes of the GTI, still a practical daily driver. Done. 

Ford also didn’t redesign the ranger for many years. Same basic cab shape since 1993, basically untouched from 1998-2011 on the outside other than mild front-end refreshes. Mostly the same interior from 1998-2010. Sales dropped because Ford stopped investing in it and let the Ranger die in Canada and the USA so they…

NP on the condition the fugly wrap is stripped off so panels can be inspected... and detailed.

Doesn’t the established GOP boycott procedure consist of waiting for Kid Rock to shoot-up a token item with the offending brand’s name on it? ;)

This. All Day Long.