As far as inflation and deportation is concerned. The US workforce is approximately 160 Million people. 8 million of those people are undocumented workers. That’s 5%. That 5% is heavily concentrated in the trades. It is estimated that half or more of plasterers, drywall installers, roofers , framers etc are…

Look at effective tax rates for most blue chips and see if the theory that the “Market Jumped Because Tax Cuts” holds water. Most corporations aren’t currently paying 21%. Examples Fed Ex is paying 0% and Verizon is paying 8%. Any further cuts will not be anywhere close to a significant reduction. If Verizon’s cut…

I’ve owned a bunch of Audis. What they had was super clean interiors, they hid screens when not in use and useful buttons/knobs were easy to find while keeping your eye’s on the road. They were not super edgy in their delivery of performance but they just ate miles and corners while maintaining very good manners.…

Tribalism makes people stupid.  Clinton, Obama and Biden were great for markets.  Why the trade bro’s hate Dems is impossible to rectify with reason.

Sadly, no. There is a housing shortage and mass deportations will make it worse. Deregulation will not crater the housing market. It will get worse as no one will hold the corporations who do mass neighborhood buys to account and there will be fewer workers to build houses to fill the void.

Dream on.  Mass deportations will halt any chance of correcting the low housing supply.  The economy will tank AND houses will continue to be unobtainable. 

The markets jumped this morning because Republican. Tesla jumped because Musk/Trump cuddling. If Trump actually follows through on his promises of mass deportation and tariffs, that is a lethal combination of inflationary pressures. From an economic policy perspective, Trump is going to push us off of a cliff. I…

Acknowledging that wealthy white men have objectively measurable advantages in the US court system does not make a person a racist.

Crowdfunding is a thing and there are risks involved. I sort of agree with you, but they took down a bunch of people who really should have known better. It’s not like this was craven payday loans with unbearable interest exploiting the most desperate. These were toys for people who’ll drop a million on something…

Talk about dodging a bullet. If you don’t need the off-road chops of the Bronco don’t buy one, you will have a crappy automotive life. Broncos and Tellurides do not remotely serve the same purpose they are not interchangeable vehicles. Broncos suck at daily driving. Not as badly as Wranglers, but they still suck.

I AM YELLING!!! MAKE THIS!!!

ADV bikes are ok and there’s good options for tall riders. I hate feeling like a bear on a tricycle. I started riding motos so sitting on a couch with my feet out front and my ass on the ground feels terrible to me which means no cruisers.

As much as Musk likes to hang with Trump, Cheetohs too clownish to be a legit Bond villain and it’s hard to really relate. Musk and Putin understand each other in a way that the more Disney level evil doers like Trump and Kim just can’t.

I think the Scouts look great and the brand can conceivably help VAG to return to health. But VW is going to have to have a total revamp of their mass market offerings. They can’t rely on a brand with an entry cost north of 50K to bail them out. They need an eco system that appeals to entry level buyers to create…

VW…I have owned a bunch of VAG cars. I currently don’t have any. I have had multiple R’s and GTI’s but the current interior chased me away from the Golf and fixing the steering wheel isn’t enough to bring me back. I looked at other VW’s and the vast majority of them have the same interior problems as the Golf. …

Cool, but do they have frequently failing nylon fasteners holding the wiring harness together at the firewall and do they start to rust within minutes of purchase?

Brand bias is funny to me. Apple was the first to successfully market ARM chipped laptops in the business space and gave us all day battery life combined with excellent real world performance. Soon the windows eco system will catch up and it will become the standard (all consumer facing mobile Surface offerings are…

They aren’t great. Google all the service bulletins and warrantee extensions on them from multiple manufacturers including Subaru. Honda and Toyota do OK with them but that is primarily because they limit them very specific underpowered cars.

I am stunned and re-stunned how often I come to this site to see that people do not know the difference between an eCVT and a CVT. This is supposed to be an enthusiast site....No?

It’s an eCVT and completely different from a CVT from an engineering standpoint. The eCVT is a great bit of thoughtful engineering and should never be confused with what you will find in a typical ICE car.