Given that this is an erected girder, not an actual bridge, but still, this is one of the many reasons that I DO NOT like concrete girders. When they get hit, they don't bend; they explode. when they fall, they are HEAVY enough that the bits kill people, and when one gets broken in construction operations, it takes…

I could not possibly disagree more with the idea of the all-encompassing modular platform approach. I think VW's approach is totally wrong-headed. Stop and think about it for a minute:

and the loss of Peter Schreyer at Audi is a open wound that continually gets salted every time Kia releases a better looking car than Audi. And at the rate that happens, Audi may die of sodium intake before blood loss.

1) it's a waste of money. The man hours of labor lost to the hobby of 'building' a car vs. the hobby of 'operating' a car does not equal the value of the car. It also does not equal the value of the car you would have bought instead of building a car, if you had the funds to buy that car, which you don't, but still…

Right now, the only road owners that aren't seriously hurting are the toll road authorities. The state DOT's are not doing well. Gas tax hasn't been touched (at the federal level) since 1993, and state gas taxes are epic political suicide for politicians. Hybrid and electric cars are reducing that revenue even…

what's with all the iron duke hate?

we had one of these when I was a kid. It's like everything you'd love about a Jeep and everything you'd love about a Mustang all thrown into a blender and left out on the counter to congeal into a solid mass. That car was so much fun; any dirt road at any time and giggles at the mall when you tried to get air off of…

this makes me miss my 78 2 door cherokee chief so much. Between the plate armor, 38" TSL's , the 360 V8, and the 4 speed stick, it always gave me a reliable 3-5 gallons per mile.

let's see:

I bought the previous generation of this in the form of a Jetta Sportwagone TDI with a stick, circa 2010.

having done pretty much exactly this in the past with CJ-7's and 22-RTE's in straight axle 4Runners, I seriously applaud your effort. I offer only two comments:

they drive better - no tippy feeling around curves or on adverse crown roads.

In 2008, we went to pick-up my brand-new Passat Wagon at Bernardsville VW. White and with a stick. do you have any friggin idea how hard that car was to find!?! a Stick Passat wagon. There were like 3 within 500 miles, and the dealer was aching to get get rid of it, so I got a sweetheart of a deal on it. My wife…

It's genius.

Very VERY few people know that Newark, NJ has a subway system that was built in 1995-ish under the WPA. The subway station art is as beautiful and in that same art-deco style that permeated so many government works at the time. The PCC cars on the service were bought second hand in 1954 from Twin Cities and served…

Mr. de Nysschen,

here's one:

I've seen rattle can jobs that would shame most pro shops.

The Cherokee was arguably the first - look at the 70's monster meant to compete with FS "Wagons" of the day (my registration called my 78 a wagon - so there) - and see what it's evolved into today.

I see all these cars everywhere, except possibly for the NX.