There should be alternatives to traditional carpeting, like some heavy leatherette that can be washed with water but doesn’t look too much utilitarian.

We had one that looked almost exactly like this when I was a kid living in Florida. My dad convinced us it was faster than our friend’s 240Z because it was lighter, and lighter meant faster! We fit our family of 6 in here one time for a short trip. I still don’t know how we did it.

it will also “address and improve some of the hygiene factors that limit the appeal of our products today.” Factors listed included ingress and egress, ergonomics, refinement levels, connectivity.

That is one fantastic minivan.

Change it from fastest lap to highest average speed for the duration of the qualifying period.

There’s only slightly more risk breaking a plane while flying at 30k feet than breaking a car at 30 mph on the ground

holy shit have I had some fun. Being in the aerospace industry, I’d imagine they don’t hand you the keys to a plane and let you go beat the fuck out of it and then pay you to do so lol

This is only going to be available on Denali and AT4 trims and I believe only on crew cab models. So fleets are most likely never going to find out. They will get the regular cab, work truck trim with a boring old tailgate and turbo 4cyl.

as a former automotive durability test engineer, can confirm that we have all the fun

I believe the official Porsche name is Maytag Pearl.

“making a call to our web team.”

Well they can oxidize pretty spectacularly. 

Maybe corroded battery terminals instead?

“What will happen to “The Morning Shift” when all cars are electric and only have a reduction gear? One long blog post about Ghosn’s head in a jar?”

I wonder what the seller actually got for the car. $5500 was too rich for my liking, but closer to $4000 would be reasonable. Or at least as reasonable as you can get with an extra wacky Someone Else’s Project. 

As a southerner, I don’t put bacon grease in a cup to keep it from clogging my drains, I keep it there to use for anything remotely healthy I’m cooking to add some flavor.

Assuming my internal organs are roughly equivalent to a lawn mower engine, I’ve been running this experiment for decades. 

If this is what you want, this seems to be a fine example. And with the manual. Looks like a fair price. NP for a very particular buyer. I’d rather have an Allante.

Well if it was a VW, that oil on the floor might just have been the car’s way of saying it likes you.

I’m aware but it seems like things that don’t need AWD (see commuter cars) is getting AWD regardless of the need. A base model car that has an engine barely powerful enough to get out of its own way does not need AWD. If I’m buying a new car (it does happen from time to time) there are a few things I look specifically…