My mom worked on the Valkyrie program for North American. I never saw one in the flesh and Wright Patterson is on my bucket list for that reason. Read more

That was sort of a joke. The crash certainly killed the last remaining will to keep the program going. The real threat to the Valkyrie weren’t SAMs - like the SR-71 it could pretty much fly too high and fast for them. The real killer were the first ICBMs that made that amazing aircraft suddenly obsolete. Read more

Honestly we should say the same thing for Amazon and many other companies like it but with “employee ownership” instead. Read more

Ah the plane that killed Joe Walker and the XB-70 program. Read more

Already asked and answered - though not “past,” rather just below. Read more

My daughter ran into him last month in Santa Barbara. She took a couple photos of his m and his GF for him. Said he was a super nice guy. And his dog’s name is Fig :)

FUCK YOU, CROSSOVERS! Read more

Welp, there’s always the gift card option! Read more

+1 for airing grievances!

Yep. Base model is FWD hybrid - up to 40 mpg! I wanted AWD and the gas mileage isn’t bad for what it is. I understand that they are building the AWD versions first and will do their initial run of the hybrids next. Read more

No idea without seeing the options checked. Maybe FWD to start? Read more

Well they said it was because the order took too long Read more

It is dumb but my wife was hoping I’d get it and it’s not that much of a bump, anyway Read more

I will keep my eyes peeled when I actually go in to pay the deposit later today. That said, this particular dealership is famous for ridiculous market adjustments on specialty Fords but the SM was very clear that they are not doing it at all on the Maverick for ordered units, just inventory units (which they are only… Read more

Not really. The $500 thing has been pretty loose for a few years now. Just no LS swaps in a Miata, ok? Read more

Zero. They are not charging market adjustments if you order. The one they had on the lot yesterday was ordered and the dude backed out. They had a freaking $13k ADM on that one (HAHAAHAAAA). Which some fool will probably pay because they don’t want to wait 5-6 months. The total was over $40k, wrong color and was an… Read more

Yup. I added:
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They are being delivered so why not? Read more

The Maverick XL with AWD in Area 51 blue I just ordered for $28k

Van Gogh went crazy because of lead poisoning - the paint he used was lead-based and he had a habit of wetting his brush ends with his mouth Read more