Here in Freedomland, we received the 1.4T FIRE and the 2.4 Tigershark, with the former being replaced with the 1.3T GSE as part of the refresh. Sadly, they also dumped the manual option at that point. Being globally sold, there were a lot of other engine and trans options we didn’t get, most lamentably the diesels.

How about an hour long dive into the actual flight data and evidence available by an actual pilot?

It goes against everything you would think, but you would be actually be wrong. The Tigershark had oil-consumption issues and was paired with the ZF 9HP auto transmission, which was problematic to say the least.

I’ve a Renegade 4x4 since new in 2015. It uses the same driveline as this Dart with the addition of a…

Which is exactly what the white space under the curve is about: that’s discretionary income in the budget, aka the money left over after you’ve covered your essentials to just live. In 1985, there’s roughly 2/5th’s just wanting to be put to use; by 2015 it’s entirely consumed. Interestingly, at least through that…

This is true. The oldest Miata is still new enough to feel like a modern car, unlike some fussy post-war British thing. Or peak Detroit iron, to be perfectly honest.

Still, the Eye of Sauron has finally swung around the the NA/NB. Deals can still be had but the old $1-2000 car is now more likely a $7-8000 proposition…

Actually they did not. They did the exact opposite. This is the “You raise the price of the fucking hot dog and I’ll kill you”, automotive edition. You honestly get way more value buying a new ND over its ancestors just on cash alone. The base price of an NA in 1990 was essentially 14K, which adjusted to 2024 Freedom…

God help me, I can sense the incoming eye-roll but for some people, it’s kinda like IPAs. I drank mostly lagers until I ran out late one night/morning (I worked overnights and more or less lived clock-shifted for years) and the only game in town was the four Dogfish Head 90 minutes that a friend had left in my fridge.…

Allow me to point out the obvious: in your scenario, the babies will be on high-speed rail. Which given the cost and convenience would be preferable option to the airline for all parties, both spawned and spawnless. Any mass transit scenario results in someone(s) dealing like a screaming kid they don’t want to.

That…

IIRC, the Fed supersedes when state and the Fed have similar applicable statutes on the books. Cali has enforced a lot of environmental regs that live in the margins. That said, like with the devil’s lettuce, if the state considers it permissible or verboten and the Fed has no appetite to enforce. . .

I mean, it happens and they do. This is exactly why Kawasaki’s ZX-4R/4RR is gimped in North America compared to the rest of the world (roughly 55HP here in “Freedom Land” versus 75+ elsewhere). It can meet our emissions but with the world tune it can’t meet the US’ sound restrictions.

Muncie is calling in on line two.

Honorary mention:

By that logic, this is not Abraham Lincoln’s hat on display at the Smithsonian.

Surprised it took so long for PA to appear in the list, and pleasantly surprised the picture used is about five minutes from my house. The exit sign is for Delco’s other greatest export, Wawa.

My work with an endangered species precludes any commercially available EV. And the vast majority of new infernal combustion vehicles, for that matter.

The question thrived on the largely correct assumption that the average person did not intuitively recognize that the wheels are simply free-rolling and not powered. If you really wanna break some brains, swap the conveyor for a giant fan.

This is the automotive equivalent of the old airplane/conveyor belt question. . . How can a wheel receive torque if a wheel cannot apply torque?

The correct answer is a minivan, but since we apparently care what the crotch-goblins think. . .
 
Any gently used crew cab pick’em-up and buy a tonneau for the bed. Next?

I suspect this will be the most popular driveline and you’re right: even with the extra production capacity you’ll have to either order in the five minute window that bookings haven’t filled up or just get hilariously lucky on the lot. Dealer markup will be brutal as well, possibly in both cases.
 
We were seriously…

I looked that boat up.  Yes.  Also, neat.