Earlier today, off-road master Fred Williams proposed that Jeep needs to build an off-road van. Off-roading and van life are two hobbies that are both sizzling hot and often mingle with each other. I mean, the idea of taking vanlife off-road is so tantalizing that you can buy a Ford Transit with a few off-road bits and some basic upfitting for a camper conversion.

Sadly, Williams is correct that most of these vanlife off-road builds start with a commercial van. What if there was a van built to combine the best traits of a passenger van and the best traits of a Jeep Wrangler into one vehicle? That sounds like a money printer to me.

The Bishop offered up some epic sketches of what this could look like, but Usernametaken has a quick solution:

Step 1 – Add 7 bar grill and left hand drive to Mitsubishi Delica

Step 2 – Tabulate currency

I don’t know if these would involve federalized Delicas or old ones. If the latter, we’ll have to add a step and convince Maine and other eastern states to not be so lame about JDM imports.

Since we missed a couple of COTDs, I will nominate a couple more comments from last week.

Something is afflicting some of your favorite Autopian writers. David and I have joined Thomas in BMW ownership and the both of us just cannot get enough. It’s funny, David was used to limping his way to Moab in cars with rust holes large enough to fall through. Meanwhile, I kept torturing myself with broken Volkswagens that seemingly no amount of money or wrenching could truly fix. Now both of us have a modern BMW and haven’t looked back.

Make no mistake, David still loves old cars. There’s not a day that he doesn’t send a Facebook Marketplace listing for some vintage ride. The only difference nowadays is that they have solid floors. Likewise, I’m still looking for my white whale Volkswagens, an Eos VR6 and a Phaeton W12. Oh, and I need a Smart Roadster and a Smart Crossblade while we’re at it.

Anyway, a comment from EmotionalSupportBMW about David’s BMW i3 put a smile on my face:

Today, David discovered he too has an Emotional Support BMW. Non-traditional ESBMW, but it’s not how you find faith that’s important. Please consider a daily donation of 2.99, or less than the price of coffee. So, we here at Bimmer Angels can continue to give e46s to those in need.

To which I replied:

Never change your username or these comments. ???? Everyone needs an Emotional Support BMW! Though, sadly, it seems you cannot bring your ESBMW on a flight. United Airlines keeps whining about “weight and balance” and “your car can’t fit in here” or whatever.

Another nomination goes to M Marz, who found a new name for a Ford Panther carrying a load of bull:

OMG that rear view. Ford Brown Victoria.

Have a great evening everyone!

(Top Photo: Cars & Bids Seller, Rough Country, and Jeep)