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The downloading is fine. If she was up there and didn’t want to ski/ride down, then letting her on is fine; it’s the safest thing to do to make sure that sweep doesn’t miss her. The issue is that either someone didn’t call it or someone missed/forgot at the bottom. 

Exactly. Either the top liftee didn’t call, or the bottom liftee didn’t listen/forgot/went home early. Either way, somebody’s fired.

Yep. Agree 100%

There’s a reason liftees look into and count gondola cars/chairlifts at the end of the day. When I was a liftee/instructor/patrol, the process was:

Potentially. Someone could’ve backed a semi-tuck full of money up just to seal the deal. I do somehow think that if it went for record money, it would’ve been announced. The buyer and seller could request to remain anonymous but big sales get big attention. 

Yeah. I got to an age where I just didn’t want to deal with the headaches of trying to DD enthusiast vehicles. My 2022 Crosstrek is perfect. I’m not holding a clutch when I have to drive through traffic in the city. I’m not worrying about valve trains, weird mainseal bearings, bizarre electrical mishaps or any of the…

I’m a pacifist by nature; I fully believe in negotiation and calm discussion to resolve issues.

My uncle raced Mustangs in the 60's. His loyalty to Ford made us a “First On Race Day” family. The entire family (parents, siblings, aunts and uncles) has Ford, or Ford adjacent “fun cars”. There’s a deuce street rod, a ‘30 Vicky street rod, a ‘50 Merc (chopped and channeled), a ‘70 Boss 302 Mustang, a ‘65 Mustang GT,…

Auctions also generally drive prices up. It’s pretty well established that group-think makes people act more brashly and aggressively.

 A few years ago I used the Pagani side mirrors as an example of a designer choosing to make something beautiful, just because they could. The tulip mirrors are art.

Exactly. Don’t drag innocent people into your thrill seeking.

One vehicle, one person in the wrong place and this guy is strawberry jam; which is fine. The tragedy is the person he hits. 

The first time I saw one, I thought I was looking at a Ford Edge with a bodykit. Not a good first impression for a $300,000 vehicle. 

The article specifically mentions that “...it’s not likely that any car would do great on this surface,...”.

The hero we need...

Well done moistened bint. Three cheers for the return of COTD.

“POV” is GenZ’s “Literally”.

Nah. $10,000 in parts and another $5000 in labour isn’t enough to write off a$200,000 (CAD) car; $275,000CAD if it’s a Turbo S Cross Turismo. If there’s no structural damage, insurance pays the bill and the car is back on the road. 

Good on her. DD is an important job.