As a 15 year Uplander owner, putting 100,000 miles on it, half of which were towing a 4000 pound trailer, I think there is far more good than bad. My uplander is quiet, comfortable, economical and I would consider the gaufes and controls downright handsome.

I saw it at Oshkosh and was impressed. The thing I worried about was whether the Aerodynamics and control surface dynamics scaled as it would fly much slower that the original. 

Of course it is the Uplander. Plenty of power, tows my race car, exceptionally good ride and handling, and it is comfortable. Why get a truck when the Uplander does it all!

My wife bought the first ‘02 in town. She put 200,000 miles on it, I changed the Mobil 1 once a year at approximately 15,000 miles. It looked like new and it drove like new when we sold it to a fellow enthusiast. The only thing we replaced was the radio and the sway bar links. It even still had the original spark…

One heck of a tow vehicle with lots of space for support equipment....Just Saying......

Does anybody notice that the Type R K swap is offered without Transmission, intercooler and radiator. Given the reported Type R cooling issues, I wonder how eager and capable most garage mechanics are going to to be trying to do home brewed cooling and intercooler installations.....

Those would have been exactly my points. I have been worried about flying too but the risks do not appear to be so hi. Not zero, but it appears to be fairly reasonable compared to other activities.

PS - Nice story, glad you did it. 

Yep, I had a ‘70's US Schwinn that was heavy as a tank. In the ‘80's I was aware that they had modernized their lines by getting them made in Asia.

I wonder if your bike was made in Mississippi or in Japan?....

2021 Acura TLX would be sweet. 

Another aspect overlooked is the great corn and soybean field that is the midwest. Drive 800 miles on I -8o from Nebraska to Pennsylvania and 500 miles on I-35 from Central Minnesota to Missouri and 90% of all you will see is grain producing farmland.

But I like the NP or ND name.......

Good Buy or Good Day.....I said Good Day

I am not surprised about the lack of investigative stories given that food journalism is written for people who like food and and readers who are more interested in the front of the house than the back.

My dad bought a 26,000 mile 56 Chevy back in about ‘77. He stored it for 40 years in a nasty garage in downtown Davenport Iowa. He recently sold it for maybe $6000 and no I didn’t want the ‘56. However I sure wished he had inquired about the Mercedes Gullwing that sat in the stall next to his for about 25 years.

I think there is more to the sleeper seat than just rest. I recall an article or something that explained that having one allows an over the road classification or something to that order. My guess is it allows a driver to rest in vehicle instead of having to check into hotel. That might be attractive for small RV and…

Gosh - That must be the most loaded Zephyr ever. I was expecting a 4 Cyl, this one had a 302 V8 and cruise control! I bet the salesman danced a jig when the papers were signed on that one!

That confuses me, the screenshot is from the above video of the noise. 

I wonder if you could weave a cable or heavy rope down the center and dampen it that way.....