If airplane tires dry rot like automotive tires, all 150 may be unusable.

the algorithm tries to identify deadbeat cashback farmers like you and me that do everything they can to avoid paying a dime in interest. people like us, that use credit cards for 28 day free bridge loans, are not lenders’ favorite customers. they still take our business, because they get transaction fees every…

First, thank you for your graphic description of how people can get squeezed out of a long-term family home. I checked out both of your listing links, and am reminded of “location, location, location” in pricing real estate. Even if renovated, $500K is about 2X more than a >100 year old 2000 sq ft house on a…

Sounds like someone who doesn’t know how big an overhead projector of 1960-1980 really was.

Are you actually unfamiliar with being unable to afford something?

It isn’t that they are ignorant of periodic maintenance, it’s that they cannot afford it.

The overwhelming majority of people taking out extremely long loans are doing it because it’s the only way they can get a payment low enough that they think they can keep up with it. They’re not buying $65k trucks. They’re buying base model EcoSports that are going to be deferred maintenance cases once the…

Personally, I use credit cards for the benefits of using a credit card...cash back, what have you. All paid for by the vendors...Just pay the things off in full every month and it is better than cash.

It’s too bad you guys didn’t listen to your parents, they had a much better grasp on social support and government involvement in providing a foundation for its citizenry than you guys ended up with.

Counterpoint: The ‘78-’87 A- and G-bodies were vastly superior to the horrible huge-bumper ‘73-’77 land yachts they replaced. Smaller, lighter, much more cleanly designed.

You’re not accepting that times are changing and need to change.

...one can make a good argument that the Valiant is indeed the most reliable American car ever given the unkillable nature of the slant-six “Leaning Tower of Power” engine and the simplicity of the drivetrain

First thing I thought, classic “red oxide” primer. But there was so much surface rust patina I wondered about David’s prep before the primer.

Biggest problem with the Mazda 3 is the manual is only in an expensive trim

My wife and I currently own four vehicles; two entry level DD hatchbacks and two lower annual mileage specialty vehicles, a Honda Odyssey and my Z06. I’ve been driving my ‘13 Sonic hatch, turbo 6-speed stick for nine years now but it still has only 49K miles. I’ve gotten the itch for a new DD even though I could…

Depending on your product production and support life time, your “auditors” may be incredibly short-sighted. “It all depends on the application.” I worked in an industry where our customers expected 20 years-plus of product use and support.

In the Very Old Days I drove stick-shift RWD winter beaters (‘67 Firebird, ‘79 Camaro, et al) with a pair of rear snow tires in Northeast Ohio (Lake effect snow and much road salt). I survived, but they sucked compared to 21-st Century cars. David, you are clearly a masochist. No kink shaming, but the Valiant was…

...if your product lifecycle is already that behind the chip manufacturers, and that reliant, it seems bananas to not carry excess.

“Making changes to an existing product, changing an integrated circuit that only has the difference in the manufacturing processes would still require this sort of testing. Unless there are some compelling associated cost improvements to recoup the investment, this is not very plausible.”...

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