you know this is going to show up at Barrett-Jackson as a unique 1 of 1 CR-V and sell for stupid coin.

the Avis v6 300 is not an upgrade. that is the car of last resort.

so, how do you set the grid for the sprint race? 

electric dirt bikes and quads are going to be what saves offroading from the noise NIMBYs.

number 1 reason for loss of trail access is noise (closely followed by idiocy and people who hate fun)

a friend of mine does exactly that with a honda odyssey. family vehicle most days, easy pull the seats to be pickup truck when needed, throw in an air mattress and use it as a camper for adventures.

wow, I guessed pretty good when I said 12k, your bus had 11.7k from the factory :)

love the spoof names for the designers...  Von Hooeydonk and Dukee.  a perfect description of their designs.

the ground effects era (78-83) was statistically much less dangerous than even just the 4 years preceding it. 4 fatalities over 6 years vs 7 in the preceding 4.

the safety of later cars has a _lot_ more to do with dramatically improving crash and track standards in the mid ‘80s than the way downforce was generated.…

I suppose it depends on how much payload you have over the base vehicle.  she is planning roughly 1000 lbs of motorcycle out behind the rear axle, not sure what the payload rating of a school bus is, probably at least 12,000 lbs (60x200lb teenagers for hauling HS football teams)

in many cars, those consoles are stuffed with air conditioning vents for the back seats, electronics, heat exchangers etc.  it is a general purpose place to hide shit.

while it would be a bit of extra work, you would end up just as strong and a ton lighter if you sandwiched 2 sheets of 1/8" over a 1/2" core and cut out triangles in the core.  plywood gets heavy fast.

no need, the above post is 1000% correct.

I’d split the cost on the install as long as they were paying the electricity bill and I got to select the electrician.  future value and all that.

have people died abusing autopilot: yes
is autopilot killing people: no, those people are killing themselves.

how does this compare to the other “small” pickups?

I would like a genuinely small body on frame pickup with a useful size bed, like they all had in the late ‘80s/early ‘90s.

late C1 should be #1, C5 above C4 and 7/8/lateC3 consigned to the scrap heap

you are no fun at all.

you realize that leather is largely a byproduct of beef production, right? as long as people eat meat, there will be a significant quantity of hides that can either be useful as leather for shoes, boots, belts, car seats and underwear, or it can go in a landfill.

respect the animal that died for your dinner and use…

apparently you didn’t read the article on the 95% efficiency of battery recycling just the other day.

also, the US has enormous rare earth reserves, it just is currently not economical to mine them with the PRC flooding the rare earth market at below cost pricing.

by very underrated, you mean “slightly less repulsive and shitty than I expected”, right?