I used to drink MGD...in 1991.

Let me correct myself - it's the LE that most people get. The S comes with a significant gas mileage penalty, and if you don't care about gas mileage, you probably aren't getting a Corolla at all.

Most people buy the LS.

And then they still want to vote in New York.

This is what happens when Republicans take over a state wholesale. Screw the environment, screw alternative fuel, screw anything other than oil and gas. Next thing you know, they'll be taxing fuel efficiency, where you get to pay extra for the privilege of driving a non-hybrid Honda Civic because it gets mid-30s…

Dat foglight that won't be on anyone's Corolla. Textured black plastic for all. :-(

There's good vanilla ice cream, like Ben and Jerry's, which is a real treat, and there's store-brand vanilla-flavored ice milk, the eating of which ought to be doled out as punishment. Honda Accords fall under the former category, most Chevys fall under the latter.

I always wondered what the people of Idiocracy did for coffee.

1) Green

Egad. Delete this, somebody.

December 1984 - a few days +/- the winter solstice, when it starts getting dark at around 3PM in southern Germany. I'm on the A831 headed back to Patch Barracks in a government-issue Plymouth Reliant. For the record (and what I told the polizei), I hit black ice and ran off the road onto the rumble strip. However I…

I actually tried to get a 1980 Chevette to do a burnout, or even chirp the tires on takeoff. No dice. 58 swayback horses weren't enough, even on cheap tires.

I thought you were promoting after-tax retirement plans. Roth 401K is such a plan, if your employer has expanded its plan to include one. The main thing I would be concerned about is the selection of funds in which to invest. Ours are pretty much OK, but yours might suck. This is where the regular Roth comes in…

There are Roth 401Ks now.

Actually yes, OP did try the math. He said, "if you have a low interest student loan (think less than 5%), then it might make sense to start investing before accelerating pay-off.

I appear to be the rare animal who is a fan of both Star Wars and Star Trek.

Well, let me fill you all in. Dish Network has a German language package with four or five channels. DirecTV does not, and last I checked, Time/Warner Cable only had Deutsche Welle. So that's that.

Not the same. Do you really want to see me divorced?

So how do I keep my German wife happy? Keep in mind that she's a complete idiot when it comes to technology.

That would have been my question - what is the outstanding balance on your HELOC? Shooting from the hip, I would consider that like I would credit card debt and deal with it accordingly (as in paying it off in full as quickly as I possibly could), and refi the first mortgage.