It does. I’ve seen exactly one, and it was literally right around the time they went on sale.  It looks very cool, at least to my eyes. 

I’ve still yet to see a Supra on the road, which I’m genuinely bummed about because I want to see one! I’m convinced it looks better IRL than in pictures. 

They sold 2,884 Supra’s in the US in 2019. Not a great turnout for such a hyped “in-demand” vehicle.

Significantly bigger, significantly heavier. 

Well in that case....

WHY ARE THEY NOT PAIRING A MANUAL TRANSMISSION WITH THIS

haha good way of putting it. At autoX whooooo waaay back when I did it, it was just balls out fun. Once the other guys started telling me about technical this and thats, while good info, it bored me. It was way funner just winging it and smiling. 

I learned when I tried my hand at autocrossing. Being great at car control is not the same as fast. The really fast guys don’t seem to need good car control because they don’t get the car out of shape in the first place. (Admittedly, this is the wet on slicks, which is means you will get crossed up regardless.)

Had this happen on a mid-2000s Toyota. I left the mount on and attempted to use a thread chaser. Then the thread chaser (made out of whatever indestructible alloy they are made out of) broke off with only an irregularly-shaped shard of it above the top of the new engine mount/bolt hole. Knowing I was beat, there it…

Time to get a Harbor Freight extractor extractor.

It’s a MINI, so the next owner will probably be a scrapyard, anyway.

If you had paid someone to do it, you would have just gotten your car back with a leaky condenser and a missing radiator bolt that they hoped you would never find out.

“My advice to most people is to take your modern cars to a professional most of the time.”

David, I feel for you. Not because you find yourself in a difficult position with another person’s car, but because I know it must kill you to work on a clean, modern car. Because I can’t just stand here idly knowing what you must be going through, here are some palate cleansers for you:

Load it up with red thread locker and just ratchet it in.  Let the next owner worry about it.

David, don’t beat yourself up over it, it happens to every mechanic sooner or later.

If the thread chaser doesn’t fix it, you might be able to drill it out by hand, by just using progressively larger drill bits. Will be slow and tedious but probably faster than pulling the engine (although you might be able to undo…

Thats not a great comparison. The size of the Gladiator puts it in competition with the Ranger and Colorado, which are thousands less than a base model Gladiator with better equipment at even the base model

This is a bad take. Crank windows are good, but people want apple carplay, any less torque the Gladiator will never get out of its own way. 

make it a 2 door and I would be sold.

That’s the problem, you can get a bigger, more capable truck for the same money. There were plenty of Gladiators at the local Jeep dealership for well into the $50k range. That’s 3/4 ton truck money. I love the idea of a Wrangler pickup priced to compete with midsize offerings, not so much priced against 1/2 to 3/4…