It is. I was purely talking cost vs end result. Ease of buying something factory when you’re not overly into the idea of building what you want is a whole other animal.

I have a niece. She has an undergrad degree in microbiology, an MD, and a string of letters after her name indicating all the research and schooling she’s completed. She’s a critical-care pediatric intensivist. She treats the sickest of the sick kids; including kids with severe COVID, during the pandemic.

It’s a freaken’ Christian one too. It’d be like me getting pissed I’m getting kicked out of a Temple for bringing in a pork sausage.

I am siding with the school on this one. It is not a public school - it is a private school with membership.

I grew up in an environment not far from this description, but I have this technology called a brain and a super power called basic logic and reasoning.

If they had actual jobs they would not have time for this Confederate cosplay. I know too many guys like this and this is how I explain it to people:

To be fair, I don’t think it’s possible to find any old American tradition that wasn’t either founded on racism or had long standing racist practices, but it is interesting to see the weird ways that impacted things still popular today. A certain dance style become a nationwide mandate because a rich racist confused…

A recurring theme in the comments.  I am terribly sorry you had to endure that.  Foundational relationships with the empathy free can significantly fuck us up.  I hope you are getting the help you need to get and or stay healthy.

Same experience here. My mother was supremely deluded and unaware. Maybe she “is” still. Haven’t talked to her for 15 years or so.

Funny how one can be self obsessed and not self aware.

Hmmm... Jalopnik trashing something that’s free because it has ads all over it.  Interesting.

You are not too off there. A new top mounted intercooler, hood scoop to feed it, turbo, engine mapping and some suspension bits on top of that 2.5 liter RS and you have yourself a new GH/GR WRX/STI hatchback.

Yup. I might have actually gone through with buying one instead of dropping the order and getting a GTI instead.

See this copy of the book “Sundown Towns”? (Great read, by the way)?

Counterpoint:

If Ford can churn out Bullitt Mustangs for all eternity, why not let Porsche do the same with Sally?

“breaks....breaks....breaks”

“Amberlamps!”

Isnt this proof we can't trust them at 16

If you want a spirited drive, ford makes some of the fastest trucks on the market. Modify the suspension a bit and they can actually corner pretty well. Adding just a rear sway bar to most trucks can really improve handling. It won’t be a sports car, but it won’t experience much body roll anymore. As I’m sure you…