I’ve see at least three or four a month in Manitoba. See a lot more in Alberta (aka Texas North).

Avoid Toronto Pearson whenever you can. Besides all the issues listed, the weather delays are brutal. During the four months of thunderstorm season.
flying from, to, or through Pearson runs about a 60 percent chance of serious delays due to storm activity. Knowing this, I once booked a four hour layover at Pearson to…

Derailments due to track failure is the other common “us” failure.

There are six (6) class-ones operating in the USA - CP Rail (now CPKC) missing from the list in the article.

ND at 7900, maybe worth considering at 5000. We owned a 97 Lumina for several years when the kids were small. Decent people hauler, with few mechanical issues, but, driving it was bland, at best. Okay on the highway, but in town it drove and felt a lot bigger than it was. 

Dodge Spirit. Bland, underpowered, unreliable.

Tundra buggy - ICE or electric - if it’s good enough for winter polar bear tours out on the tundra around Churchill Mb, it’ll do the trick anywhere

Urban transit buses in most cities do not use winter tires either.  

Datsun 1200 Sp0rts Couple. Reliable, cheap to operate, easy to work on and a lot of fun on windy roads.

Thanks for introducing me to “Tow Yard” - not a term we use up here in Canada.  No shots of the engine bay or under-carriage - two more red flags - ND.

My girlfriend (now wife) and her mom decided I needed some quality time with her dad, so they sent us to the horse races. His car, so he’s driving. Within half a block I realize he is very uncomfortable, and barely competent, behind the wheel.
A few blocks later, we approach the first traffic light and he asks what…

Commuter/long distance passenger rail pretty much everywhere in the world is subsidized. Even with subsidization, moving freight by rail was, and will always be, be more profitable, and far easier, than moving people. In North America passenger rail service was never a moneymaker - government mail contracts provided…

Fake tail pipes - I saw a Tesla 3 with a pair last summer.

Vehicle drivers read the signs? Who knew?

Living things like plants, pets and kids. 

I hate to go here, but, the Nash/Austin Metropolitan was the worst car introduced in 1954. Unreliable, poorly built, lousy handling and badly underpowered.   

Modular vehicles as a concept sound good, but, face serious challenges. Will one platform with switchable components require less storage space than the multiple single purpose-built vehicles? Will the modules be fairly easy to switch out at home. Will the modules be acceptable substitutes - driving experience and func…

Chevrolet Astro/GMC Safari rear dutch doors

Unfortunately, for many, the marriage of laziness and vastly inflated estimation of personal competence easily overwhelms any inclination for rational thought.

1962 Devon C -