Lexus really is desperate to make it’s core demographic younger, isn’t it?

A lot of cars enjoy more appeal in the used market than new. I’ve always liked the 914 and as far as I know it’s always had a bit of a following. However, people do generally start looking at less popular options because more conventional collectibles have gotten too expensive.

The new Maxima looks great, especially in person.

To me, a startup is a nice way of saying a company that isn’t yet, or may never be, profitable. People start businesses all the time and no one calls them startups, and some of those eventually become disruptors. I know that the name tends to stick with some companies, but once you’re established and reasonably…

The smartest choice is always buying used and financing if you have to. Low mileage car are practically new, many are still under warranty and you’ll generally find a better deal than buying new. You’ll end up spending less and once the car is paid off you’ll have money to save or spend elsewhere.

60% seems low. From time to time I’ll look at the wine list and compare what they’re charging to prices online. A 300% to 400% markup is what I’ve found in every place I’ve been.

Buying space is a practice that has been around for decades and generally is a big revenue generator for retailers. Typically, however, you buy space on a shelf, the higher shelves being more expensive. And you’re hoping that employees can be bothered to keep the shelves organized. End of aisles are more expensive,…

Nerf blaster velocities are always expressed in fps, like any other gun actually. A weak Nerf gun will fire a dart in the 30-40fps range. A good, stock blaster is up in the 70fps range. Modified blasters are typically in the 100+fps range. Stock darts at higher stock speeds sting slightly at short ranges, but they’re…

These are some of best posts I’ve ever seen on any Gawker regarding American politics. I wish more people had your mindset.

Back then live action adaptations of games or movies were generally poor. There seemed to be this persistent fixation by Hollywood to make every property they got their hands on more mature and edgy. The association with an existing property was there merely to get people in the theaters. So while I didn’t like the…

Why wouldn’t they have instead 3D printed this shell for a Nerf gun? You could extract a lot more fun out of the thing that way and not risk running afoul of the law.

There are definitely regulations concerning prescription drugs. Ads and websites go through internal legal departments and are then submitted to the government for final approval. It’s why TV commercials mostly disclaimers and side effects and why drug websites feature pages worth of safety info prominently. And as…

The SEAT sites I’ve visited all consistenly display the name in all caps. So clearly, you’re wrong on this one.

I wouldn’t trust a $500 knockoff on Alibaba. And while I agree that you have to spend a bit to get quality componenets, what most of these companies are charging is outrageous. But then, these bikes aren’t being sold to people like me. They’re being sold to people with a lot of disposable income who want to look like…

The big hurdle here for autonomous cars is going to be overcoming negative press. The headline from USA Today on this incident made it seem like Google’s car was at fault.

That Sienta is pretty cool. It’s something sorely missing in the US: a compact minivan that uses interior space efficiently.

I saw one of these the other day. While the proportions are a bit weird, it looks incredible in person.

Aren’t flights taking longer because airlines fly at lower speeds to reduce fuel consumption? If jet streams were the culprit then flights in the opposite direction should be quicker, but flights are taking longer in both directions.

I’ve worked through the rise and fall of Flash. It was a great resource that made it incredibly easy to create dynamic content. Adobe definitely didn’t do any favors, but Flash really has been unfairly maligned.

California’s yearly budget is $221.3 billion. Do you mean to tell me they couldn’t find a measly $16 million somewhere in there? If this is that important for California, or Oregon, or whomever, why can’t they alocate their own resoures towards its implementation?