4) hearses

ND at this price. Maybe worth a look at 4500.
Roy: you have an error in the article: 210 horses with the 5 speed manual. The automatic transmission reduced the available horsepower to 200.

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Could be fun toy, or a decent ranch/farm runner, but, as a city guy, living on the prairies, I gave it a reluctant No Dice. Too much money for a toy, and the dubious pleasure of driving it in extremely cold weather disqualifies it as a practical daily runner.

Your right to make a personal choice ends when that choice reasonably puts others at risk. No right is absolute. Societies function by compromising between the right of the individual and the welfare of the whole. Emphasizing one to the detriment of the other is anarchy.

Drunk drivers - this personal choice almost always negatively impacts others far more than the person who drove drunk.

The issue here is human stupidty, self-entitlement and lack of respect for dangerous situations. I was a clerk for a class-1 railway, and processed a lot of crossing mishap reports. The most common responses from pedestrians, cyclists, roller bladers, drivers, etc. stupid enough to play chicken with a train, and lucky…

GMC S15 standard cab with 8 ft bed. Practical, capable, and affordable. The best compromise between the 1/4 ton first generation Japanes p/u’s and traditional full-sized p/u’s from the big 3. Built when pick-up trucks were just that, not oversized, overstuffed poor excuses for car.

Maybe worth noting: CP Rail is testing hydrogen-powered locomotives.  Hydrogen may not be the whole solution, but, still worth investigating.

Hydrogen fuel is still very much in the proof of concept phase.
Local production of hydrogen from water, using solar/wind produced electricity, could address many of these issues.
And, the work being done on metalic hydrogen may offer additional solutions to storage density and other issues as well.

No, for the same reasons the Pinto is not a flop. Both were cheap cars marketed as cheap cars, and had total sales in the millions.
The appropriate list for both is “crappiest cars the public actually bought”

Too much car, too much testosterone, no high-performance driver training or experience, and no common sense. This was inevitable, and he’s extremely lucky to walk away, without killing or seriously injuring anyone else.

Just about any three on the tree. They get the job done, but, there is little joy or fun to be had driving a three-speed column-shifter.  

I am surprised you did not mention games played with trade-ins. Example: offer of an inflated trade-in value. Customer becomes so committed to the trade-in value they say yes to add-ons, higher-interest loans, list price, etc because the trade-in pays for it all.
End result: the dealer makes 2 bucks (or more) for…

Far too many people handle driver educational requirements using “fill and flush” - memorize what is required to pass, then promptly forget most of it afterward. Add in the natural tendency to allow bad habits to develop, and worsen. Net result: too many drivers don’t follow the rules of the road.
Cost and logistics…

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Friend tried to have his 1965 Ford Custom Sedan (from BC) saftied in Ontario in 1976. Low miles, no rust, new tires, brakes, hoses, wipers, exhaust system, tune up, alignment, etc. (stepfather was a mechanic and wanted him to have a safe and reliable car for school).
Failed the government mandated Ontario safety,…