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I'm envious. We had plans to be there this year, taking our new OBX, but life happened. Maybe next year. In the meantime, more pictures!

but you neglect to take into account the "I enjoy doing that as a way to spend my time" hobby aspect, which is a soft cost that's difficult if impossible to measure.

I may not think so, but plenty of people would. After all, if nothing bad has happened, nothing bad will happen, right? The depth of sand surrounding their heads is astounding.

If that added to my life span 5x, it's not ridiculous at all. What's ridiculous was your analogy there.

if you're taking your soft top through a car wash, you might have bigger issues.

That's good to know. My son, who isn't interested in any of this, goes by the monitor on his 2016 C-Max Energi. Now, when he was in school, a bunch of his miles were on battery--and I had to force him to change the oil after (I believe) more than a year, because the monitor hadn't said boo...

Color expert here. That's not "orange".

Some people will also tell you "I don't wear seat belts and nothing bad has ever happened to me..."

I'm stealing that.

That is a conundrum. Or does Ford use rando internet guys for engineers.

'Twould be fascinating to see this test done with conventional oils and 5000 mile intervals. I'm just saying. And then there's the difference between the test stand and the real world environments--for example, pulling a loaded vehicle through the mountains during a 90+ degree summer.

it's nothing more than a failing battery.

I have a sudden urge to create a unit patch.

Every gas fillup, regardless of how much gas you put in. You can never be too careful.

some of that depends on do you buy your oil from Ollie's Bargain Outlet?

I thought that's where the company Jiangling came up with its name.

but to be fair, Elwood didn't need much ground clearance going through that mall...

same here. It's been a wet summer; it's not reasonable to take the windows out, because we can't expect a day without popup showers.