I have a VW Alltrack wagon, which is on the smaller side for wagons, and we’ve looked at the Q5 too. It would be great to have the towing capacity of the Q5 but it doesn’t really gain us anything on the interior. I’ve had sedans forever, and the best decision I made was trading up to a wagon. I feel I get (almost) all…

wagons tend to be longer than the crossovers that share the same chassis but but the crossovers meet or exceed the wagon’s cargo capacity

My station wagon with a home depot run that’s 20% over the GVWR can still stop and turn on a dime compared to a big rig. Going from there to “you’ve got blood on your hands” is a pretty darn big logical leap. Actually, given the statistics associated with driving in general I’d bet I’m putting myself at more risk…

I can see it if you’re overloading the vehicle and acting like you haven’t, but that’s not what happens in reality. You take measures to mitigate risk and annouce yourself, such as reducing speed, using hazard lights, having a chase/follow vehicle, etc.

I like the idea of integrating them with your roof if the tech gets cheap enough. We live in a hail-prone area and most people will end up re-roofing their house every ~10-15 years or so because of hail damage. Ours was done in 2012 and I’m hoping by the time we need another roof we can do PV.

Neutral: Elon being Elon, and the various issues with SolarCity (now Tesla) and their business dealings aside, residential solar still isn’t cost effective (at least not now).

I don’t know about the SEL but I’m in the US and have an ‘18 Alltrack SE (mid-level trim) with a manual.

Our chonker Taffy

Could be 3D printing the parts too.

Again, if you think it is a waste of time, just pay MSRP, or whatever the asking price is.

But it excludes gratuity and alcohol. They expect you to eat OG sober?

I think it draws some parallels with Boeing and the 737. They certainly could have made it comply, but given the schedule and budget pressure at the time it was not possible. So, they went with the solution that got them to market.

Look for the “difficult” option, if there is one.

I have several shoeboxes of negatives I’ve been working my way through over the past few years, and you’re right - the film just adds that little bit extra feeling to each shot.

I tie my shoes using the bunny ears method; never learned the loop-swoop-and-pull.

Yup. I was on the local dealer’s call list for when they came in.

It’s actually capable of 5 x 10²³ horsepower by launching it directly into the sun.

Oh, I agree with that. It says a lot about one’s priorities. And I also agree recommending it in the context of an article like this is not prudent at all.

Just as an anecdote, my wife diverced her ex when her son was about 8 years old... he just turned 18 a few months ago and I think she saw a total of 3 child support checks in that 10-year span.

I bought that same TCL 55" pictured in the article, and it fit just fine in the back of my small wagon.