It’s almost as if some people like things that you don’t.

Not 100% unkillable - I’ve destroyed a rod bearing in a slant six. Although it did take a complete loss of oil pressure due to a cracked oil pipe to make it break. And even after it broke, I drove home on the freeway at 130km/h with the engine making a noise like a bunch of bricks in a cement mixer, so maybe they are…

If any kind of vehicle, i would also like to nominate the Allis Chalmers WD45 tractor from the 1950s.  Many of them still used on small farms, for real work.

Chevy Astro Van. Every Latin family in the US has had one and they are still EVERYWHERE

A friend once told me that a Chevy truck will run poorly longer than most vehicles will ever run.

Bingo! Pretty much anything with this under the hood!

When I was growing up, one of my aunt’s neighbors had a late ‘60s Dodge Dart sedan with a slant-6 and three-speed column shift.

These days, every rest area I have seen is overflowing with trucks, literally out past the no parking signs on the on/off ramps. Granted I am in a heavy shipping corridor (northeast) but in the last couple years since the supply chain pinch I don’t think I’ve gone by one that isn’t overflowing.

You can thank first Jimmy Carter and then Ronnie Reagan for deregulation of the trucking industry. That was the start of the race to the bottom. I got my combination license in 1981 and drove for 25 years. Drivers today are making the same or less money as I was when I quit driving. The quality of drivers today is…

Store the generator, canisters of gasoline, and some fuel stabilizer in the same spot

4. When Trump is sent to jail, they will say the “real” Trump is actually in hiding planning his takeover.

1. That’s clearly not Trump.
2. These are the dumbest people on the planet.
3. Their voters are even dumber somehow. 

It’s not just the fuel to get that speed. It’s heat

I flew on a B-29 a few years ago and THAT was leaking all kinds of stuff. But thats probably age related, not engineering.

I wonder if this plane will be allowed to leak fuel while on the ground like the SR-71. On that plane, the tanks were only properly sealed after thermal expansion of the fuselage when flying at high speeds.

Nascar’s road course races have the lowest ratings and turnout. Oval and superspeedways are it’s thing. If you don’t like it just stick to GT series.

Absolutely the wrong take-away. Nobody is suggesting the 90s wrecks that Allison, Earnhardt, and others (Ernie Irvan, for example) survived weren’t lucky breaks — that’s why the safety has become such an important aspect of the engineering of these cars AND TRACKS ... but I suspect Elizabeth knows this.

This stinks of…

You mention 2001 A Space Odyssey but don’t put it on the list? The first 23 minutes of the movie has no dialog - just grunting monkeys and floating space ships - and it’s magnificent!

The RCR on this van states that these are worth a minimum of $1k in bad shape in PA as long as they have current inspection, because they are commonly used as work vehicles for tradesmen. This one is actually in pretty good shape - easiest NP in a while.

If this was for sale anywhere within shouting distance of me, it would already be in my driveway. A cheap (essentially) cargo van in good nick and AWD for the winter? Yes, please. NP all day.