Sigh. While it’s not as ugly as the MT-09 redesign, the Monster without its iconic trellis frame is like a Jeep without its grill, or a BMW without its kidneys. I’ve seen comments elsewhere about this looking like a Chinese knockoff of the Monster, and I sadly agree.

I agree, slideshows are a tragedy.

Three thoughts, apologies in advance for the implied snark.

The company that builds the enormous contraption says capacity of the tall twin-gantries is 7,500 tons, though each of the two trusses is structurally capable of handling over 5,000 — it’s apparently the buoyancy of the barges that limit capacity to 7,500.

Too bad you didn’t actually crash the car, then it’d be a perfect purchase for you!

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Are there any examples of major brands these days actually using their outlet stores to sell excess clothing and last year’s products?

My mom had a 1986 Skyhawk. All I remember of that car was that it was a serious POS. Still, it saved my life.

Aside from assuming facts not in evidence— the author may not even be in school debt, or even if she is, her chosen career may be perfectly capable to rendering those debt (and retirement investment) concerns moot— the fact is, life is a terminal condition, and it is absolutely not worth living unless you take the…

No.

... except Rahm Emanuel is every bit as corrupt as any swamp thing who has ever resided in DC.

Factually proven by how Republican congressional candidates outperformed every single poll.

Shorter version: Don’t put this terrible, misguided person in power— put an *even more misguided* person in power.

It seems that the ethos of digital user interfaces is making its way to car design, and carmakers have blindly obeyed its tenets...

Trick question: Kinja itself is unnecessary.

Shhh, you can’t support hot takes with that kind of story.

I owned two Mazdas, and as much as I loved my cars, both experiences were pretty dispiriting— hell, in my second purchase, my ex-girlfriend caught the dealer trying to rip her off, they thought they were joking behind her back but nothing ever got past her (hence, ex-girlfriend ;-).

It’s an easy NP (so easy, it already sold), but still, no one should settle on the 4 cylinder, have some self-respect and wait for a 6 cylinder MT to come available.

Nope, not happening.  You know Filoni will be the one to direct Ahsoka. 

His eternal scream of the damned mimics my reaction.