This is confounding. If you are an exec at any company you are now forced into a terrible corner. DEI isn’t about “woke” it’s about broadening company appeal. It’s basic marketing. Everybody likes to feel represented by the companies they deal with. The far right has enough leverage to stomp out DEI initiatives…

The idea that the local decibel code only applies to modified cars makes no sense. Whether or not the car is modified has zero to do with whether or not it is violating local ordinances. I am sure the driver can lobby local officials if he doesn’t like it, though he may lose.

I used to go to car shows but then I realized that car shows are like strip clubs. You spend a bunch of time, energy and money just looking. My time is better spent enjoying who/what I have.

I enjoyed your post very much. But it’s anecdotes. I look at data through work and it shows much lower fleet wide major component failure rates over time with Toyota and Lexus. Cars don’t get to you until something breaks. Some companies do a far better job than others of keeping their cars out of your shop to…

Please, please, please let other victims of these clowns come out of the woodwork for their pound of flesh.

Things I want:

For the most part I like adaptive cruise on the interstate between urban areas.  I take control if traffic picks up...I turn it back on for stop and go traffic jams.

Probably an unpopular opinion, but bumper height should be non negotiable as well as hood height. If you want to lift your truck, so you can’t see the bikes/pedestrians and small cars in front of you,  keep it off of the street.

This is the same math I did in my head.

Not at all. I’m not offended. I just think the optics were terrible and question the captain and crews judgement and motivation. I don’t have to be offended to point out bad form.

It’s not conflation if they are using a reference to a Nazi symbolizing character from a film. It was an indefensible poor choice on the part of the ships captain.  I’m assuming the intent was not vile, but I can’t be certain. 

You are probably right. The guys who did this probably didn’t do the math and realize they might has well have been flying a swastika.

The Empire from their uniforms to their approach to evil were a representation of Nazis. Vaders helmet shape and the art deco vibe is not a coincidence. Lucas went with the embodiment of evil with the Empire asthetic. Germans, even 80 years later sending out Nazi energy isn’t a good look.

So the country that invented Nazis decided to celebrate a movie villain based on Nazis?

As an old white guy who betrayed the white fragility brotherhood by being moderate, I too feel super owned.

I have tried to explain to the dipshits in my life that Harley was not trying to be “woke” but trying to broaden their appeal to historically underserved demographics. It was a marketing decision to pursue a DEI agenda not some affirmative action quota. Unfortunately for Harley they underestimated the chronic…

So....Musk does a rare smart move and lets other manufacturers access his charging network. Then he starts gargling orangutang juice. If Musk succeeds in helping his fellow dipshit cult leader win the election, he’ll find a rapidly shrinking customer base for his charging network.

Hey!!! My optimistic world view combined with chronic hubris is functionally dumb, but I measure really well on aptitude and IQ tests. I am a genius idiot and I want to be labeled as such.

I am the guy who will push his luck and need to get gas at this place. Luck pushing is my brand and I accept it’s a character flaw.

Reagan raised taxes at one point. Reagan was a big govt spender. His whole agenda was supply side stimulus and he pumped massive amounts of money into govt/military infrastructure to keep economic wheels spinning. He was all for big government, but didn’t give a shit about working poor. He was too thick and obsessed…