Fixed price contract.

Not to mention you don’t pay to get your Ford F150 airdrop certified ...

That type of contract doesn’t tell you the “flyaway cost” (ok, driveaway cost) of a vehicle. It will include engineering support, test support, initial spares packages, possibly training support (both training the maintainers and the operators), development of the operator, maintainer, and parts manuals (because…

Bradley has a crew of three, transports 7, and is designed for protection against battlefield threats as well as defeating like armored vehicles and the occasional tank in order to have the infantry keep up with tanks. The HMMWV is a more mobile Jeep designed parimarily for support roles, though it became a combat…

It’s faster than a 3 mph leather personnel carrier with equal protection and much greater range. That’s a decent tradeoff.

Life in the Ol’ Dog yet it seems.

Totally worth it.

Move to a state with no front plate.

He really has become Howard Hughes, hasn’t he?

Sadly, the Accord (I’ve owned two over my car ownership career) has gotten too big and porky for me. Heck, the current Civic is basically the size of my last (‘04) Accord.

We’ve found Blockbuster’s corporate headaquarters!

Seriously considering a Civic when I replace my 2010 Fit next year (disappointed that the Fit did not get an Si version, and you can’t get the manual in the higher trim levels now).

Good, fast, cheap — pick any two, or sometimes only one. Let me give you a perspective from someone who works inside the system.

Fascinating.

I’m still pining for the 240 and 280 Z’s. The 350 and 370 became too bunker-like for my taste. Sadly, I have little hope of the next generation opening up a bit just due to impact regulations.

Yeah, the 3 is a bit redundant to the Accord on that list. Needs a hot hatch — so Golf/GTI (since we don’t have a real Civic hatch any more) ... or dare I ask for a Fit SI?

If it looks, smells, and sounds like snake oil ...

We need a Fit Si.

*looks at S2k in the garage*

Two Miatas.