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Oh it was. No doubt about that.

Heard that yesterday, which made me wonder if they trademarked the name. I think Jeep did it some time in the Seventies.

You had to remind me, didn't you? I lowered and sectioned an ex postal Jeep, then put a built 400 smallblock in it. That thing tried to kill me every time I drove it.

I'm probably a Jeep person, having had at least one since buying my second car, and maybe 35 or so since. My third Jeep, which I still have, has been on more trails than I could possibly remember, been driven cross country, and I lived in it for over six months once getting to L.A. after that...

I know, I know. She brought it up, again, about a week ago. For us it would be more of a financial thing, though. It would be a shame to lose out on her substantial assets (financial, mind you) if something happens to her. Conversely, she wants me to make a list of who gets what car, or piece...

Holy crap! I figured those things would be costly, but that's absurd. And as you pointed out, solar panels are extra.

You remembered correctly...for a change. Now I'm waiting for ChargerChallenger's response to your dirt slinging post. Although, for all I know, he had one of those Furds.

Oh, I had quite a few fox bodies back in the day. Now I'm stuck with one (my current girlfriend). Anyway, if you were referring to those Furds...hate to tell you, but I never had enough tools or patience to own one.

I don't even want to know how much one of those would cost, or how many it would take to charge a car over night. The output per unit isn't overly impressive so it would take a few, I'd think. Maybe enough to make my diesel generator seem like a bargain, and it runs regardless of weather...

Well, apparently the idea was to use solar panels, in order to not tap into the general grid. So that leaves having a solar powered battery bank large enough to charge up an electric vehicle's batteries over night. I'm way to lazy to look up any numbers, but based on that many electric vehicles...

It does. Makes some wonder why a good looking car got four dually fenders slapped onto it. But at least it's not four doors...

I always liked the correctly positioned cab lights, since they allow me to dim my headlights right before they would blind the driver. Now that they have turned into a fashion statement instead, the Raptor, TRX (and apparently also Toyota) drivers won't get that advantage.

Hmm. Looking at that last photo it seems like the outermost marker lights are amber, not red. Used to be that anything behind the rearmost axle had to be red. Those cry closets must've changed a few more things than I thought.

Yeah, I wondered about the Raptor, too. As I recall, they have what Ram copied.

Wonder what changed? It used to be that cab marker lights were supposed to be mounted as high as practicable, and I think it's been a while since only three were enough. Maybe since the Fifties? Also, they're called cab marker lights for a reason.

If they were a legal requirement for width, it would be three of them, flanked by two farther out to the sides. And they'd be on the roof, not on the hood. As mentioned earlier, there's no federal requirement for cab marker lights on a 3/4-ton, unless it's a dually. And a TRX is (I think) six...

Yeah, modern dashboard lights aren't quite the same, are they?

That would be a much better name than what I had in mind. "ChargerChallenger satellite office, minus Charger" is a bit of a mouthful.

Umm, okay. So I buy an electric vehicle, come home in the evening and plug it in to charge from...solar panels? Unless I mount a spotlight that illuminates the solar panels, how will that work out?? We have very clear skies, and the moon obviously shines every now and then, but that won't be...

Hey, with 0% financing I can afford to sit on them until you have to come begging for one. Now with ADM, as '21s may be the last real (non-electric) ones.