Jason wrote about a strange Facebook Marketplace listing featuring a guy in Georgia selling the gutted body of an old school bus as a “bridge opportunity.” Honestly, I’m just shocked that people have turned buses into bridges. Anyway, 3WiperB:
Step 1: Buy bus bridge
Step 2: Confidently say, “and if you believe that, I have a bridge I can sell you” as many times as you want and mean it every time.
Step 4: Profit
LTDScott:
The Bridges of Methison County.
DialMforMiata:
For $900 I wouldn’t even need to get a bridge loan!
TheDrunkenWrench:
But you’ll still need GAP insurance!
Stellantis has been taking a lot of heat lately for decisions that could be seen as pretty darn odd.. Today, Matt wrote about how Dodge is supposedly killing the Charger Daytona R/T because of tariffs, but maybe people just didn’t want the car, anyway. Man With A Reliable Jeep defends the honor of Stellantis:
People here seem to like to shit on Stellantis, which isn’t necessarily unmerited, but I try to separate the company from the products. Most of the bone-headed crap that they’re still trying to mitigate came from Tavares, which will likely go down as one of the worst CEOs of the modern era, which is really saying something.
Every company lays eggs and every company has its problems. Ford and GM are facing issues over their co-developed 10 speed automatic transmission, GM is in the hot seat over its mishandling of poorly produced V8s, Hyundai-Kia has had no end of issues with its poor run of 4 cylinder engines and easily stolen vehicles, Toyota has problems with select transmissions and its turbo 6 cylinder engine, Honda had issues with fluid dilution, Subaru is Subaru, the list goes on and on…Thing is, if you’re going to criticize companies, at least be sure to do it on an equal opportunity basis. Most of the ICE powertrains made by Stellantis group companies are very solid, with some exceptions, none being as remarkable failures as those in the list above.
Just bringing a little balance to the conversation.
It looks like David Tracy has somehow managed not to lose his rusty Jeep addiction, even in California. Have you ever wondered just how David is a wrenching god and can seemingly revive any Jeep on this planet against all odds? Brau Beaton figured it out:
You can fix it because you are the OBD-1 Kenobi of Jeeps!
Oh my, thank you so much for the laughs! Have a great weekend, everyone.
When I see all the discounts on the unsold Chargers, I wonder if the poor sales are more about their choice to sell the 2-door EV first and not the 4-door.
Muscle car enthusiasts like the value proposition of big power for the money, but the EV version is quite pricy. Totally understandable segment mismatch.
A segment that *does* exist is buyers of large EVs. The Lucid Air, Model S, BMW i5/i7, etc. are all cars that sell. The Charger would be a nice value compared to many of those, but the inconvenience of 2 giant doors seems like a major deal breaker.
I really think a 4-door EV Charger will do just fine, and Dodge will likely bring back the base model R/T when that bodystyle is production-ready.