I bet the aftermarket will quickly come up with that, if Ford doesn’t do it themselves (and they should, because its a great idea).

Good to know there is some method, I hadn’t been able to figure out a way to get to grey comments.  I can only see them in my notifications.

Thanks for keeping up the good fight, after they broke things it’s near impossible to get get responded to as a grey.

That is a very handsome and clean design.  I could absolutely see buying one, if I had a long enough commute to justify adding a vehicle to the fleet.

Saw the picture, and instantly knew who wrote this article :)

One of these was my first car. It was an ‘89 Oldsmobile Toronado Trofeo. Midnight blue, with a matching interior. My dad had purchased it new. In November of ‘97, after finally having saved up enough money, my dad sold it to me for $3000. It was such a cool looking car, and the interior looked like the future. Those…

It is, but is cheating too much for his relentless obsession?

I had no idea these were ever a thing.  I bet a lot less than a thousand were made.

Probably because DT bought it BEFORE publishing this article, so nobody could scoop him.

LOL!  Whoops!  Damn edit window :)

Obviously the punishment did not match the crime, but as the saying goes, Play stupid prizes, win stupid prizes.

The RallyMetro. It was a ‘98 Chevy (Geo) Metro that I bought for $140. It had 266k miles on it, some rust, and a bit of crash damage. I rallycrossed it for two years, and ran the inaugural Gambler 500-Illinois on it. Towards the end of it’s life, it would burn through a full oil change+ during a day’s rallycrossing,…

“See, I mostly agree. But the only thing that makes sense is for things that require ongoing infrastructure costs. Like OnStar/live roadside assistance, or even real time traffic updates to the navigation. The satellites and the infrastructure keeping the service up to date have ongoing recurring costs.”

Fair enough, but I don’t use navigation systems or anything else I need them to update.

“Nailed it. Might I add that data collection is added to this list. It’s my thing, I bought it, leave me alone.”

“Sorry, the ass kissing feature costs $9.95 a month.”

I just didn’t activate the onstar.

None. They can kiss my ass.

I enjoyed it, but was hardly blown away by it.

 A foot shorter than a regular length Escalade, and a fair bit narrower, makes it plenty easy to park in a city. Sure, not as easy as your Fit, but hardly that difficult.