I was amazed at all the vitriol for Rep. Tlaib on Twitter on the run up to the primary; most of it seemed to be people who said she was “so rude” for booing Hillary Clinton. I’m happy she won her primary as we need more people ready to do away with the status quo and let more sunlight and fresh air into Congress.

I’m making less money from TSLA right now as the stock price rose a lot faster than I expected. I’m doing bullish “put spreads” (options rather than stock) every month for 90 days out; I won’t make as much money with the stock at 1500 than I would around 1000, but I will still make money without as much of the…

I really wanted to look at a Telluride for some cross-comparison and it was really nice, but the Kia dealers in my area are one step above “buy-here pay-here” lots. The local Hyundai dealer is a much better-run dealership but they had no Palisades to sell.

For a time, I used to get these as rental cars out in California. They were a lot of fun, especially zooming around the LA area; I remember doing something stupid one night (running the chicane through traffic cones on a deserted construction site on the PCH) and not dying or damaging the car. Definitely a NP.

Wow that is really ugly. I have to admit that BMW’s styling department pretty much lost me after the 3/5/7 team of E46/E39/E38.

The gas heaters were great! We retrofitted one into my friend’s Super Beetle years ago; the only downside was the first winter it got a bit too hot and cracked the windshield. After that he learned how much heat was OK. It was so much better than the heat exchangers (I had a Corvair so I know the pain of little heat…

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NP. I owned a S1 Europa 30 years ago and it was a blast. There was no graceful way in or out of the car and small road bumps could throw the thing out of alignment but on the right roads there wasn’t much outside of a motorcycle that could be as much fun. Sadly mine was stolen and crashed but I would love to own this…

I have a 2017 V60 T6 AWD here in the States (R-Design with the P* tuning.) The lease will be up later this year and as they don’t have a a V60 AWD other than the T8, I may just purchase it — it’s comfy, fun and has had only one issue - the on-call system battery went dead (and the factory warranty paid for that.)

I had a 2002 first-gen Avalanche; I loved that truck. There was nothing better than a run down to Home Depot on a rainy lunchtime, load up bunch of 2x4x8' and drive back to work knowing that everything will be safe and dry in there. Take a second to close the midgate and pop the seats up and the truck was ready for…

A relative is a retired GM employee and always buys GM. She leased a 2017 Equinox for 24 months and hated it so much she turned it in at 18 months to buy a Traverse. The two biggest reasons for dumping it were it being uncomfortable and underpowered. I drove it once with 4 adults in it and the acceleration was…

It’s why I now call BaT Bring a Butler.

Volvo also still sells wagons -- the V60 and V90 are traditional wagons and he V60 and V90 Cross Country models are the slightly raised versions.

IIRC Stefanik originally won that seat even though she didn’t live in the district at the time; she used her parent’s summer house as an address.

I like it; it looks like a wagon (and at first glance seems to have a bit of a nod to the SportWagen’s shape from the side). It does suffer from some of the same problems my Volvo V60 does, which is the rear roof line cuts into the cargo/usefulness space; I wish they’d square that up just a bit more.

I owned a ‘73 SM (one of the last into the US) in the same color as the ‘72 on CL. The condition of that car makes me so sad, you just have no idea. One of the things I can still remember is the smell of the leather in my car, it was wonderful to get into every morning.

Simon Templar had good taste in cars.

Irv was a cool guy; he used to buy stuff at my dad’s store when I was a kid.

I can relate -- I have no idea what the older Boomers are ranting about all the time and I was born at the tail-end of that generation. As far as Boomerbuggies go, it’s a horrible idea -- can’t you walk to places ffs? Then again I’m all for nuking HOAs and most of Florida.

A Citroën C4 Cactus Hellcat.