While it’s performance and MPG combination is pretty good - it’s really not what it’s all about. It’s just more wacky than the numbers can represent.

Based on Doug’s experiences - this is the only way to buy and enjoy a Ferrari. It seemed his main complaint was that he could never drive it guilt free, just because he kept thinking how much each of those miles were gonna cost him in resell value.

With this car, it’s probably already maxed out it’s depreciation due to…

There are companies that make auto-loaders specifically designed for that purpose (a smart car loaded onto the belly of a class 8 truck). They use hydraulics to lower the platform the car sits on right down to the road, much like a roll off tow truck.

It’s too long to load laterally without having to get overwidth permits (and deal with being overwidth)

Even angry it looks happy

Ditto. I think I even had a few COTD’s back when they were still a thing. Guess I don’t have that magic touch.

FWIW, I averaged better fuel economy in my Excursion (when empty) than I did in my STI. The Excursion towing a 10k trailer got roughly the same fuel economy as the STI towing a 1000# trailer.

Both the E350 and the Express 3500 offered the big diesels, but both were detuned relative to their truck mounted siblings.

I agree - I do wish you could get the same diesel available in a full size truck in a van chassis (for mpg’s and towing capacity), as well as nice an interior as you can find in the full size trucks. Granted I could never afford such a van new, but there those who could, but I would buy such a van on the used market.

In my 6.0 diesel Excursion, mid-20’s highway was completely obtainable. I could also pretty much load up the interior all I wanted, and it made negligible impact. Adding trailers, or really anything that added aero drag, did hurt the economy though - but not too bad. I got 16-18mpg (speed dependant) with my 5000# 16x7…

I-80 is a toll road in Illinois and Ohio.

Either way though, taking the interstates is an interesting way of doing it. Obviously the actual time spent on the road is by far the most boring way to do it - but you’ll be able to hit more destinations (or spend more time at each destination) in the same period of time,…

I’m really surprised they don’t - but obviously they feel it doesn’t make market sense to them. The thing is that such a market does clearly exist - but it’s a very limited market, which right now is largely satisfied with what’s available on the used dealer lots. Give those a few years to wear out, and I think there…

As one who owned an Excursion until just recently - I completely agree.

The Sequoia has a max towing capacity of 7,400

Even worse is when you’ve been burned by this so many times you don’t trust any dealer’s listings online - so before making that 300 mile journey to check on a car, you call the dealer and politely ask him to walk the 30 feet out to the lot, look in the window, and verify visually for you that it’s a manual. Of course…

On top of that, he nearly managed to get the car properly lifted in the same action as he fell to the ground. None the less - he did have the front of the car in the air before the wheel gun mechanics were re-positioned.

Is it cheating to suggest something with a 2 stroke engine, solid rear axle, and limited suspension travel? This is by far the closest anything I've driven has felt like a go kart.

As another one who’s owned and driven several go karts - I’d have to say “nothing”.

No - but in today’s market, you can call up standard tool supply companies and get a set for $105. It’s quite possible this didn’t exist back then, and they also wouldn’t have had the right McLaren logos on them, but the costs have certainly come down a bunch: