Sorry, I was unclear. You were talking about comparing a Honda Civic / Accord with Mercedes S-klasse - the gold standard of the premium luxury sedan category. Nobody would ever expect them to be comparable. I was simply suggesting apples-to-apples.

And yet, the typical Toyota has better rubber, paint and interior materials than the similar-class BMW with a 30% price bump...

The S is a unique proposition. If you want to compare at that level, you need to look at the Lexus LS and the Hyundai Equus. Certainly, the LS has a quality interior.

BMWs are far too expensive to justify me buying them from Mexico. But cut the price to Kia levels, and I’ll buy a Mexican car with a BMW badge on it.

I’ll take a Chinese-built Buick over a Mexican-built VW. I assume the Mexican-built BMW will be just as good as anything built by the UAW. Just as I assume anything built by GM China will be superior in quality to anything built by the UAW.

Sure, if it’s got pink badging on its ass...

Well, if your pullout game is strong, no problem.

OTOH, if you’re like this dude...

Yes, like iPhones and Boeing airplane parts.

Pretty sure the USMC sticker is mandatory, no plate required.

Did you follow up by telling his mother that he’s the load she shoulda swallowed, and his kids that gramps shoulda had stronger pullout game?

Street racing at 180 mph?

See? Perfect!

I would love a 5 hp spec kart class with spec motors.

Ding! Ding! We have a winner.

And to think we were merely speculating if the thin-skinned ginger was tracking Jalopnik...

Imagine if he’d wrapped them all in Burberry plaid.

Extra innings would be a lot more fun, if, after the 9th, they had to progressively pull a player. So the 10th, they’re dropping the shortstop. 11th? Put the SS back in, but pull 2nd and 3rd. 12th? You’re losing an outfielder. And so on.

I think it’s good that you guys talked and he moved the alcohol to the car.

But really, I think you need to level with him and tell him that you simply cannot be around alcohol. At all.

How about you video her when she’s doing something fucking stupid, and then show it to her the next day, so she can see for herself what she’s like, and then decide if that’s how she wants to treat people.

Be strong. Stay strong.

If you are a person who drinks in rarely and/or in moderation, you probably don’t ever reach blackout levels. You get sick and decide, “that sucks, I’m not drinking that much again”. And you actually don’t. You dial it back and drink responsibily, like you’re supposed to.

Blackouts sound awful. I’m sorry.

One of the nice things is that we get to decide who we want to be, and can take those steps to be that person. If you don’t want sobriety to define you, any more than drinking might have defined you, then let it be so. Find something else to do in the space of not drinking. If you decide you want to be healthier, you…