What's the benefit of owning an environmentally friendly vehicle if you replace it every two years? 

“Pretending to have the extravagance of a reverse lamp when you don’t?”

You label someone a denier because they don't agree with your exact argument but you ignore what they say about reducing their own carbon footprint. I hate to spoil the surprise but you're not going to gain much support that way. 

It’ll be 53 trillion per year if everyone gets free health care a la Ms. Warren.

You forgot to defend your argument against capitalism. It sounds like consumerism is the actual problem you are addressing.

Or in other words: if your opinion is in dissention from what the outspoken social justice class says, you’d better keep quiet.

It’s more likely that we’re actually at the very end of an ice age. The Laurentide sheet was only 20,000 years ago, so it does make a bit of sense that there’d be a few straggling glaciers left for everyone to argue about. Like ApriliaFutura, I’m not a denier but I am tired of being shamed by people who read a few…

You seem really upset that some people are just really bad with their money. Perhaps you should consider joining a commune.

I can see that SS being a head turner in Houston. As much as I love the Lexus, the SS gets my vote here.

It goes both ways, chief. Since the overwhelming majority of people who follow the steps I mentioned end up with a reliable vehicle, I'd say it's not as much confirmation bias as it is just a responsible way to buy a vehicle. Name checks out, by the way.

People seem to like me.

The easiest way is to look at the color of the fluid, and then pay attention during the road test. If I rebuilt transmissions for a living, I'd probably have a few other tricks tp my sleeve. Since I don't, I don't mind paying a trusted mechanic a couple dollars to check it out for me. Anything that's close enough to…

Does it come in a metallic peat like the Wagon Queen Family Truckster?

Luck isn’t an actual thing.

The smartphone curve has pretty much flattened out over the last few years in respect to useful upgrades. I’m glad I’m not the only one who sees the silliness of that particular market! I hear people brag about having the newest phone but can’t explain how it’s better than the one they just replaced (or my old clunker…

I agree with most of this except for the part about QC. Do you think any of the GM's rolling off the line for the first few months after the strike are going to be well built? They had a similar problem between 2008 and 2013. 

An abundance of safety regulations sort of creates the need for themselves to exist. Look at how many people pay less attention while driving simply because the vehicle does most of the work. Self-preservation is no longer a priority for drivers so the regulations seem justified.

Imagine how much more leisure time we'd have if the things we own didn't "need" to be constantly replaced. Cost of living is an absolute choice that requires a bit of personal responsibility and discipline. My family's television lasted from the mid-80's until the early 2000's when I bought my mom a replacement for…

I’m pretty sure you don't need the citation there, junior. 

I've noticed the reload thing, too. I honestly blamed it on the most recent Android update but am glad to not be the only one who noticed despite the reason!