“Rubin went on to ask why the Patriot Front members, who covered their faces and dressed in identical uniforms, “all sort of looked the same,” or why they “had masks on,” even though, “generally, these people we’re told are ‘right-wing maniacs’ are not big mask people.””

Same reason their Klan grandfathers did, David,…

Seriously. James was just doing his Best:

There are going to be assholes in every peaceful protest. It is human. The issue here is that someone is flying the flag of one of the most evil regimes in history. 

It shouldn't even be a privilege in a civilised society. But I learned long ago that America only pretends to be civilised.

And this is what you get in a society that fetishizes guns.

Or maybe THIS cool VW?

I actually like my ACC, it’s not perfect but it’s better than the alternative, imo. I really wish car companies would focus more on perfecting ACC rather than autonomous driving- it’s much more practical.

Tell me more about your Aunt.  There seems to be a juicy story there.

Automatic speed sensitive volume, that shit is annoying. I don’t want or need help adjusting the volume of music.

Infotainment made by the manufacturer. But worse than that. Voice controls made by the manufacturer. That stuff never worked.

Hot take: maybe manufacturers don’t love having their brands associated with the rage-inducing and utterly soul-crushing experience of visiting car dealerships? Maybe they looked at the purchase funnel and thought, gee, what if our customers didn’t have to lower themselves into a bath of vomit and bile just to give us…

I have been buying cars for close to 30 years.

Senator Tom Wright? 

By Carvana. Traditional car dealers have been working within these models for decades without a problem. That’s why you see the law now, in the specific state where Carvana is about to lose their dealer’s license.

I used to do work like this. we had a guy at the docks that would call when a container ship full of TV/VCR combos would come in, he would tell me what truck and what highway it was on

I wouldn’t put it past Tesla to be crypto mining on their customer’s vehicles.

I’m sure we’ll see that for the mid cycle refresh in 15 years. 

So you wanna say, that someone paid 2x MSRP on 20 year old truck just to be able to use cheap parts?

None of that stuff is even close to worth 60 grand out in real life.

There will be parts availability on a Ford F-Series pretty much up until the Sun consumes the Earth. It’s a safe bet in this case, and that 7.3 will still be running by then too.