All of these dog-eating Haitian immigrants living in Ohio are going to crash the auto industry.  I guess that’s why Ford stock is down 20% in the last six months.

For the mathphobes — a 25% price increase on $50K car puts it at $62.5K, which is bonkers.  I’d think that’s unattainable for at least ~50% of the population. So then watch used car prices jump by at least 20% due to massive demand. So then watch car thefts increase accordingly, and Uber/Lyft prices going up, etc.

They’ve been selling the Ram 1200 around the world ever since the Dakota was canceled. 

I think that’s Tesla

I would be curious how much of their EV tech is stolen EV tech from other automakers

One of my friends was a firefighter/EMT, and he had an exemption to carry a handgun before he turned 21. He said a lot of first responders carry because they get called to crime scenes, and if there’s a fire or medical emergency, they can’t wait for police to secure the area first. So I’d give the fire chief the…

William Randall Franklin reportedly opened fire on the two men coming onto his property for help. Both Cauthen and the driver, who has not been named, were also armed and returned fire. All three men were hit by gunfire at some point, leaving Cauthen dead and sending both Franklin and the driver to the hospital for…

I just realized this was 20+ years ago, sh*t I’m old. VA still has its share of die hard racists, but most people are smart enough these days to keep their mouths shut because it’s bad for business. VA is sometimes... complicated. Not from here, but most of adult life is here now. I know my privilege but I sometimes…

Yup, cowardice and paranoia are very much part of the equation. 

There is no problem. A government investing in its future and that of the health and security of its people is the proper operation and job of a government. Somehow, a percentage of humanity residing in the United States feels such actions are unnatural and against what the universe intended.

Shiz I’m white as a ghost and I’m 99% sure me and a friend were pulled over in rural VA (not too far from Charlottesville) several years ago for suspicion of DWB b/c we were in a car with DC plates. Passing thru the area, went down a side road (off 29?) to see if friend’s college friend was home. Cop had somebody…

See, this is why I never want to really go to the deep south (alabama, mississippi, arkansas) as a non white person... and I want to go for some of the great driving roads and hiking I hear about. Spending a week driving around the back roads and hiking the southern part of the Appalachian mountains

I sure some sort of castle doctrine will be used as a defence, or ‘I thought they was transvestite immigrants “ 

I was literally having this conversation with my wife this morning. Honda likely overtook Harley in U.S. sales for the first time in 2024. We won’t know for sure until Harley’s Q4 sales data comes out next month. 

With the 100% tariffs on Chinese vehicles, even Ray Charles could see that the US learned nothing from propping up Harley Davidson to save it from Japanese motorcycles that were lighter, faster, less expensive, had better fuel economy, actually innovated, and were better in every way. And then again when Japanese auto…

Sweden does it right. Once you're of retirement age, one of your benefits is that the government will pay for taxis, anywhere you need to go. And they pay fairly, so you aren't waiting forever to find a cab. Senior citizens can get where they need to go in a car-centric society, but they don't have to drive. It's…

I was thinking the same thing 

The mafia can make a lot of money, but that doesn’t make what they do right.

Now they have pivoted to “yes things will get more expensive for a little bit but that’s only until US manufacturing catches up.”

The problem is, you’re forgetting about a lot of people who didn’t vote for Trump and also aren’t able to afford increases in living costs.  I can afford it, I’ll be fine too.  But I feel bad that many families could be “punished” for something they never wanted.