@whoistheleader said in DOTS: Xtreme Overlanding:

Perhaps. A sprinter van will take a ton of weight too and be better to drive.

A Sprinter will take less than a tonne and be better to drive on a sealed road. A cab over truck like this one will take well over a tonne but do much better in driving crapper roads.

Here in Oz, I would take a cab over truck over a Sprinter as an expedition vehicle every day of the week and twice on Sundays. No question. And if I wasn't going remote then I would get a much smaller van than a Sprinter.

@wbizarre E Type is very fine.

@stuckmtb Reminds me of the Pikachu 911 a member had

@mastermario Yeah, can't remember the last time I saw one of those.

@darkbrador I kind of liked the DS5; at least the design language was inspired by the OG DS (post-'67), even if it wasn't as elegant. Apparently the ride was pretty terrible though. The latest models with the huge grilles that @svend has posted are abominations for sure.

@davesaddiction said in DOTS Driving home:

@akioohtori

Branson? Did you get the ‘rona? 😬

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@ramblinrover That ashtray is amazing! Looks a lot like the streamlined front of a Chrysler Airflow actually. It also mimics a lot of Buick grilles if I recall.

@silentbutnotreallydeadly said in Hour rule - DOTS:

functional rather than emotional failure?

Running out of Fs to give is also a very real concern for the car.

@s65 Fuck yeah buddy!

@peter_black Shit happens!

@just-jeepin I grew up in a wealthy area, in the 80's. These things were absolutely EVERYWHERE during my childhood.

@cb That's ridiculous. Some thoughts:

BMW i8s are gorgeous.

The owner of the murdered-out Bentley has poor taste and lacks class.

RX-7.

I really don't like those wheels on the Taycan.

Gib RS6!

A Senna!? Are you kidding me? It's still an ugly brute though.

@cb It's wild how property prices have risen in some parts of the world, but at least your folks bought in what became a hotspot.

House prices in Perth are insane. If you want to live anywhere near the city, you have to pony up $500k+ for anything that's not an apartment.

@just-jeepin Series IIa's are the best looking Land Rovers of all time, change my mind.

@whoistheleader said in DOTS: Kalispell Classics:

Sometimes all you need is a relative living in your home and eating your food to remind you to get that project done already.

Exactly!!! Might bring an uncle, some cousins, and my son with me to provide extra motivation.

@whoistheleader

Similar/relevant stuff popped up on the Tube over the weekend:

A diesel Scout:

And a barn-find CJ5:

@spacekraken That's the best course of action. You want someone who actually knows what it is to buy it. It's a special vehicle.

Open a bank account for the DPF/SCR replacement. Then open a second one for everything else.

@alfalfa I love it.

@chariotoflove said in Some random DOTS on my way to work from the airport:

K5 coupe

No one has yet made a good render of this and that's a travesty. Almost as bad as when they didn't make a two door gen 1 Cruze. The renders really fix the problem with resolving the rear door windows on the sedan.

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@ranwhenparked Seems about right. But Ford did work the badges to heavily imply the buses are Fords, which they practically are at this point, but still.

@ttyymmnn They are currently running on biofuel which is net positive. I don't think Disney will go to a full bus EV fleet for awhile. There was rumors of a hydrogen bus fleet for awhile but the perceived safety issues held that back.

@whoistheleader That poor Scirocco...

@cé-hé-sin Most of us aren't nearly as nasally as our friends across the pond.

@svend I love that teardrop shape. Such an elegantly sculpted thing. That's so cool that someone is actually driving it around.