Why? An F450 starts at roughly ~$52,000. For that money you get a damn nice interior and a pretty handy truck. Yeah, it can tow more than most people will ever need. Yes, it is large and hard to park. Yup, it's ridiculously large. But it really isn't much different than a person buying a M3 that will never see a…

Had an '03 Suburban Z71 and an '05 Suburban Z71. Probably my favorite SUV/trucks I've ever owned. Leased them one after another and switched to an '08 Expedition EL Limited. The Ford was a much more refined vehicle, but I never liked it as much. If I could do it all over again, I should have bought out the '05 and…

Not everyone is a winner. It's life.

'Aint it got a rear brake still?

Yes.

54hp is plenty. It has 0.09 HP/lb while a new S4 is the same.

Is it just me, or do the front brakes look like a bit of a joke? Did they actually do well in slowing this 600lb thing down?

No, it's too good. Americans didn't see it that way though and didn't want to justify spending that much money on a Volkswagen. The B6 Passat has almost Audi levels of luxury at a fraction of the cost, but it was a Volkswagen. So it didn't sell too great. So to appeal to more Americans, they made it cheaper, made…

I would actually like that. Seeing how in the past two decades, Volvo has been moving more up-market, it would be a nice fit. Volvo could be the Swedish version of Audi (nix the douchey-ness, add in typical Volvo-ness) and Saab could be the Swedish version of VW (but for the love of god don't go all America only…

But that would be your employer putting you on paid leave. Stewarts' employer cleared him to race.

I see no reason not to. The investigation is a legal one, so we have innocent until proven guilty. If you hit someone with your car tomorrow, it's not like you aren't going to return to work within the next two weeks.

The powerglide is still commonly used in drag cars...

But the first two years...

Weird, because the original Corvettes had an inline-6.

The story of your friend? I don't feel bad in the slightest. Guess what, actions have consequences. Mistakes are nothing more than poorly chosen actions, and they still have consequences. Oh, and I don't consider that an accident. That's an incident.

You say flood damage, I say full service underbody wash.

Yes, and I loved it. I used the Bulli because it seems like less of a "concept" and more like a real, actual van that a company could (should) make.

VW has the power to make minivans cool again...

I always thought a Jeep pick-up would be a great small, off-road oriented pick-up competitor to things like the Tacoma, Frontier and the soon-to-be released Colorado/Canyon. Now when can I have it?