One point... if you analyze the US Constitution, “state” literally could be read as “country.” Independent states doing independent things in a bizarre patchwork of differing laws is a feature, not a bug. The HUGE impact that federal law has on us today was certainly not the in plans of the founding fathers. Not…

Retro designs of 20 years ago? But the New Beetle, the new MINI, the T-Bird, the PT Cruiser, the 5th Gen Mustang... they all came out in... [checks notes]... crap. I’m old.

For the price of front/rear big brake kits on an E39 M5, you used to be able to buy a sorted track Miata. Now, not so much. But, still...

We ran into this with our HOA years ago. My wife and I each had two cars, one daily one fun. Not unusual. The HOA said we were violating the guidelines because we had.... too many people living in our unit.

Freakonomics Radio also just had a great show on this exact topic.

When the constitution was drafted, there wasn’t a firm duopoly of two parties in place nor was there a fixed number of justices. The number of nine wasn’t established until 1869.

Didn’t Musk also tweet that the Cybertruck would float?

A million bucks? Doesn’t even look like 1 million Argentinian Pesos. 

I would also say that we should not subsidize home mortgages, either. But, tax incentives are a great tool the government can use to change behaviors.

Oh, I think I can explain the BMW E28 535i heater mystery.

Oh, I know. As an owner of one air-cooled Beetle or another since 1987 (and as a baby brought home in one), I still think of the Golf-in-a-Beetle-Suit as the New Beetle.

Seriously... NEW Beetle people.  New Beetle.

I agree. It’s almost like George was making it up as he went along...

Well, yes.

“However, if more planes installed pico-cells, you could likely do this for free.”

Heat-seeking missiles are guided.

Like 20 years ago when they did the full Star Wars livery, complete with a pit crew that were dressed like Stormtroopers with the chief mechanic as Vader?

911 backdates were a thing well before Singer got noticed in 2013 or so.

The 2000 cars came with body color mirrors (I had one). For 2002, they changed the badge and the mirrors went aluminum, IIRC. The plasti-dip likely means broken mirror caps and replacements that came off of a different car.

And, keep in mind, Happy Days itself was a spin-off.