'Quail spent most of his Friday on or near The Road To Damascus (Arkansas).
There was one hell of a tornado just north of Damascus, Arkansas, and gravity will win out on levity, this time, because three people died just north of Damascus, Arkansas. Among the things I saw while on or near the Road To Damascus were several newish Dodge Durangos, one Bangle-era 7-series BMW—from the rear and a young (and attractive) mother desperate to find her missing four-year-old daughter. One of these three turned out to be the most painful for this 'Quail; PM me to learn the Awful Truth that's got this 'Quail breaking his vow against drunk-posting.
ANYWAY,
My home county relies heavily on Dodge Durangos for fleet vehicles for the Fire Chief/District Fire Cheif/Office of Emergency Management Coordinator/you need to go off-road but we don't want to put you in a pickup truck positions.
I was trying to talk my way onto a flight of the Faulkner County Sheriff's Office's 'Nam-era Kiowa helicopter when the new Faulkner County Office of Emergency Management Coordinator (the old one looked a little like a bearded John Ritter; the new one looks like Demi Moore, interestingly) drove by in her assigned Dodge Durango.
I said to the Sheriff: "Those new Durangos are about the ugliest damn things on the road," at which point the County Judge, Preston Scroggin (one of the finest men I've ever met) walked up with perfect comedy timing and said, "Those Durangos are just great."
And they are just great for fleet service. Mopar has only had a half-century to perfect that 318ci engine and, to their credit, they've made it one of the most reliable engines on the planet (though 80s Dodge Rams will forever sound like a beer can rolling down the road because they didn't put a crease in the middle of the "flanks" body panels).
POINT IS:
Which is uglier: The entirety of the new Dodge Durango or the ass-end of Bangle's 7-series BMW?