Real price talk. Cars are actually cheaper now than ever.

I would fully support taxation by vehicle weight. I think that’s the only way we start getting smaller cars again. We are all so spoiled.

Man, that’s clean. Tip of the hat to whoever took care of this thing all those years.

This. Plus it’s safer in general and more convenient not to have to walk around the car to fill up. And having the pump on the side of the car closest to the driver means you’re less likely to be exposed to rain, snow and anything else that lurks out there in the darkness.

Agreed, crushing cars is political despot crap:

This does seem ripe for abuse. There’s already a wave of police just taking money and valuables as civil forfeiture.

And you seriously think that a commercial aircraft is subject to the very same technical requirements as a military aircraft?

Inspections and quality control is also a big part of it. When a bolt is tested from the lots of metals used, the resulting alloy content, the forging, the machining, and destructive testing of samples, it’s no surprise that the bolts that hold a wing onto a $75 million aircraft cost $600 each instead of the 79 cent…

Reality is that for ANY airplane part, a HUGE part of the price, and most of the markup over an otherwise all but identical non-airplane part, is the certification and paperwork costs. 

Those are the survivors.

Well at least for things politicians don’t make major political issues they do defer to career experts in government departments and agencies

Thanks Biden!

The Iron Duke still powers the 35-year-old USPS LLV that chugs by my house every day (except Sunday, of course.)

I mean sure I get that, and if you are using IN country 100% ok with you getting in trouble, even if I might personally disagree. But using say in California, and flying to China and getting booted because of a dirty piss test is crazy. I mean after that flight even if you smoked right before boarding you would be…

This is so fucking stupid. First of all, the CCP has been turning a blind eye and probably even willfully allowing fentanyl to be exported to the US.

But the bigger discussion is about pot. Should you smoke or use it when driving or operating machinery? Nope. But the same is true with alcohol, which is perfectly…

Two words. Wells Fargo.

Your life was simple and carefree in the ‘90s because you were a baby. 

Wow. Someone making less than a $1m a year was even allowed to buy a $770k car? Who gave him the loan? That was moronic on the loan provider. Man I got grilled while securing a loan for a $54k car when my wife and I made ~$160k a year together. I can’t believe someone making, best case scenario $480k a year (doing…

So that employee drives an EcoSport?

There are virtually no cars made by Chinese companies sold in the US, fabricated in Mexico or otherwise. It may actually be zero now that Fisker is dead. Meanwhile, every American carmaker sells vehicles that are at least partially assembled in China, and more than a few in Mexico. In his quest to exploit xenophobia,…