I knew it! Well, I almost knew it. I figured it would sit for a couple years until you decided to put it in service as a winter beater. However, I do predict that by the end you will no longer not care about it all. You will fall in love with it, and respect it for soldiering on in the face of its own crapcan-ness.…

Sure, if it's just OBDII.  The issue is that Deere uses proprietary software, that they won't sell to the consumer or even to a third party repair shop. You've literally got to take it to Deere. Also, farmers don't "own" the tractor. They "own" the hardware and are "licensing" the (proprietary) software. 

I can't help but think that any manufacturer who built a tractor that used standard, automotive OBDII technology would make an absolute killing. 

Te parking brake thing, for sure. For 30+ years, I cannot shut off a car without hearing my grandfather say "your driveline isn't a goddamn kickstand!"

I see this ending up like the Coolest Cooler. 

Yeah, I did. Nice little place on 3 acres in the middle of nowhere. The apartment suggestion was for the people pretending they enjoy homelessness.

Im impressed that you pulled such legit sounding arguments out of your ass. But Amazon pays their warehouse workers peanuts. $15 an hour with a 90 day break between? Yeah. They're living in a van for the same reason my 20 year old (an Amazon warehouse worker) still occupies my back bedroom. 

And keeping up a VW is super cheap. Buying them, not so much. 

Thats my whole point. It sounds like you were young when you had your bug. Young people are mainly concerned about fun, not reliability, or long term economics when it comes to maintenance. Sure a Bug is easy to work on. It better be. You have to adjust the valves every 5k, and if you don’t you’ll burn that #3 exhaust…

Oh are we swinging our dicks around now? You might make more, maybe. But when you're too old to live in a van, I'm pretty sure real estate will turn out to be the better investment. #homeless.

I feel like you’re either looking at the past with rose colored glasses on, or you didn’t really experience those cars. Today’s cars are “miserable” with their heaters that work, lights that work, and non-vacuum-operated wipers that work? Have you ever driven a Beetle? A real Beetle, not a Super. They’re swing arm…

Who hurt you?

Maybe learn what you’re talking about before commenting? The cannibal art student was found mentally deficient to stand trial, then FRANCE sent him back to Japan, where he was institutionalized and later released. France never tried to extradite him, they had him and sent him back. As FRANCE had dropped the charges…

Jason, I think you miss the point of the Versa. It’s purpose isn’t to be “soulful” or exciting, it’s to be reliable transportation. People who buy them aren’t looking for automotive fun, they’re looking to get to work and back without worrying about being stranded by a 30 year old rusted out shitbox that isn't worth…

I guess it makes people feel better to call it #vanlife but let’s be honest here. It’s not #vanlife it’s #homeless. And the way you deal with a winter storm while being #homeless is to get a #realjob and a #apartment.

These ads that you can’t swipe past without opening another page are getting really, really old...

When I first read this, all I could think was “what kind of fucking moron does this?” but then I didn’t want to be negative or unkind. Then I thought about it, and what kind of a fucking moron does this?

Have you ever had one? Any generation. They do everything. Get one, you’ll love it. And you’ll hate that you love it.

I want to like it, but all they did was stretch it and tack a bed behind the rear doors. It looks awkward. Do it to an 80's SL with two seats and a short bed and I'm in. 

Waitaminit. You’re telling me General freaking Motors produced a poorly designed, needlessly complicated piece of crap that’s impossible to work on? No. Freaking. Way.