How do we know that was a/c related? Couldn’t it just be one of the many fire-prone Kias?

Ah the ol’ fix-it-in-the-auto-parts-store-parking-lot approach. We’ve all been there! 

My uncle’s mother in law gifted him her Bravada when she was too old and frail to drive it. As things began to break on it, he bought additional Bravada parts cars. Love the guy but geez, what plastic crapsicles those trucks were!

I think the would have had better fit had there been some kind of Lego interface between the dash top and the modular pods. It looks a bit of a mess though I like the concept.

I see two on eBay. One is parts-only. 

Minority opinion: Love the Beast was good until the (climactic part at the end of the second act.) Then Bana got way too hung up on that event, IMO. That’s just what happens.

I gotta say, when you post em together like that, the old beige one looks atrocious. Really downmarket. And the green color of the newer one looks to be trying too hard. Black, red, silver, white, or nothing.

‘85 Cressida - same cool overabundance of buttons and switches, equalizer sliders - AND the remote pod by the wheel with stereo volume knob, station tuning, and some essential HVAC controls.

With TWO allroad models from the folks in Ingolstadt, this is inevitable. (And it will be hideous)

Isn’t this Maverick going to be based on the smaller Transit Connect?

And that’s a Sebring-grade taillamp lens. Hard pass on this whole thing. I’ll take my $700K elsewhere, thank you very much. 

Another vote for a hitch mount system, specifically the 1Up. I installed a 2-tray ‘super duty’ system on my Previa a few years ago and I use it 2-3x a week. Note you’ll need a 2" receiver. IMO the heavy duty system is overkill unless you plan to do a lot of high-speed shuttling with a friend’s Raptor. LOL. Oh, and the…

Any news here on the three(?) different grilles that are available? Are they options that are independent from these other specs? 

Cricket Wireless offered me the 128Gb iPhone 7 for $199. Yeah, it’s from 2016 like the gen-1 SE I am replacing, but that’s a price I can live with.

I’ve posted this numerous times before, but why to DRLs continue to operate ... after dark? Why don’t they switch to full beams? And why do IPs glow at 100% when DRLs are selected? This leads the driver to mistakenly believe his/her driving lights are on.

I dig this mod, but I’m puzzled why a shot of the existing grille wasn’t featured in the post. 

UX rear

Boo hoo about VAG. I’ll never be a Volkswagen customer. Ever.

I have a soft spot in my heart for the episode when they took Letterman’s V8-powered Volvo wagon out for a rip. 

I think we’re all on edge lately.