But, the S is a sedan.  They’re the bestest at everything, duh.

Ditto, I assumed it was another goodbye post.  I’ll leave it at that, as my mother said if I can’t say anything nice about someone...

Can confirm, in Michigan, speeding is the norm.  I drive 85 on a 75 highway on my daily commute, and that’s just going with traffic.  My wife did not grow up here, and she’s terrified to take the highway.

Holy crap ALL OF THIS. There are way too many people here who think because they are smart/pay attention/obey the laws/drive defensively... they are somehow immune to other things hitting them.

Sorry, you aren’t. 

You’re comparing apples to oranges though (of course bargain brand 20s will be cheaper than quality 17s).

I don’t think the issue is with what specific tires you pick, it’s that no matter the tire, tires for a reasonably-sized wheel (to me, reasonble is 17's) will be cheaper. That tire in 17's comes out to around 170ish give or take. That’s ~$300 cheaper after tax. As you move up from 17's, you add 10 bucks per tire for…

They may not be as expensive as they used to be, but $1,200 for a set of four tires is still crazy expensive.

That’s... expensive. I have an SUV on 20's, a sedan on 19's, and a toy on 18's.

Ringing up at 27.55 with free shipping for me. Clipped coupon at product page and put in kinja code. It’s not stacking the $10 and $6 discounts.

Ringing up at 27.55 with free shipping for me. Clipped coupon at product page and put in kinja code. It’s not…

We had iPhones and iPods and Zunes

Go watch one of those house makeover shows that do demo/restoration of large old slab-sided places in large cities. They look small on the outside but depending on how you configure them, there’s a crazy amount of square footage in there.

I mean doing terrible napkin math, it looks like this thing can park 3 cars on…

She’s at The Drive where Patrick also went. I don’t know either of them but from the outside looking in, I can’t see a reality where she’d want to board a sinking ship without a captain, even if it were an option.

Take 6 months or so and save as much as you can at your current place of employment. After that, start looking for a new job and calculate how much house you can afford on that new, lower salary. Use the savings from your current job as downpayment.

That’s what I’d do. There’s nothing wrong with doing a job you hate…

I said it for Patrick and I’ll say it for you: another one of the good ones gone. It’s a darn shame what’s happening here, but all good things must come to an end.

I’m glad you’re able to leave in what sounds to be a good spirits and with an optimistic attitude, and I hope you’ll be able to roll into something that…

Yikes. Another one gone who actually *does* car things.

Pretty soon this place is going to be Raph and Balaban hanging out in Torch’s basement wearing ugly sweaters unironically and talking about how the shape Ford’s next concept car’s turn indicator is a metaphor for how society is crumbling.  Or if Tesla’s CEO is…

That’s nice, but I wasn’t talking about issues with translating characters in a foreign country... just simply that it looks like 20 year old nav software.  That’s the beginning and end of my observation.

The sad part too is that he’s doubling down on his terrible logic/mistakes. A whole bunch of people called him out in his copy/paste of Reuters yesterday and the only response he had to the comments was ignoring the criticism. Then he has the audacity to link back to that article like he didn’t completely mis-character…

Was gonna say the same. Quality of life/nutrition/healthcare/etc can’t be that great in Japanese prison either, so I’m guessing those 15 years would take more of a toll on him than they would on the outside. He absolutely had reason to believe he would have died in there, especially if his trial/sentencing kept being…

Geez. How do high end luxury cars in 2018 get away with GPS maps that look like a Tom Tom from 2005? I have two cars with OEM navigation and I still just use Waze on my phone.

To me, David is a fantastic example of what enthusiasm means. Jeeps are just his vehicle (no pun intended) to display that enthusiasm. The guy is a living embodiment of the love of cars and he writes very capably about it. Maybe other vehicles would be more interesting, but it’s the journey that I love with his…