1st. Gear: The FCA-Peugeot merger is good for them and good for us as enthusiasts. Snarky quality comments aside, becoming the #4 automaker is a big deal.

I perform site visits and build PV systems for a regional solar contractor, and I fuckin’ love every minute of it.

I’m sure that as a mayor, Buttigieg has sat in planning meetings that involve roads, viaducts, rail, conduits, etc. I can’t imagining Chao even knowing what viaducts and conduits are.

I’m sure a lot of truck kits are illegal, just rarely enforced.

I genuinely would love to like the Tacoma, but it’s insane to me how incredibly low the payload rating is for the 4x4 models. It’s about 1100 lbs. That’s including all people. So by the time you’ve got 2 Americans and their dog, you can bring about 500 lbs of gear. Sliders, winch, bumper, and other offroad goodies put…

1st: Early in the pandemic, Tacoma owners were trading their Tacomas in for more than they paid for them. The Tacoma is a great truck. 

5nd Gear: Replace Cadillac with Pontiac and all things will get better.

That’s another benefit of vehicular based traveling. You can pack out more trash! Shitty people will be everywhere and their momma’s failed to teach them to clean up after themselves. Bring a spare trash bag and pack out more than you bring in so it’s nice for the next person. Sadly the more remote the camping spot…

I once rode my e-bike around town with a bluetooth speaker on the back rack playing a sample of a Harley idling on repeat.

This is the article we need right now!

So was the goal make an ugly car more ugly, because they certainly succeeded.

He put up the captital to get it running, but SpaceX doesn’t need VC money to keep going. It’s a viable company. But yeah, bitching about Elon is dumb in this regard. 

Lately Torch has been reminding me of my Aunt the Alpha Karen when it comes to Tesla & SpaceX.

“Removing Elon Musk from the equation, it’s an incredible technological feat. Musk didn’t do this, the engineers of SpaceX did.”

But if we funded stuff like that who would buy the billionaire sports team owners their new stadiums?

That military part is more GOP though, fuck big military spending IMO.

I just want you to know that Denmark has transparent finances for all aspects of their government, and what you’re saying is factually incorrect.

Well if you actually tax your corporations, you can do things in the public interest. Why do only immigrants from shithole countries want to come to the US? Cuz the rest of the (white) world has a higher standard of living.

Did we fail reading comprehension?

Or... they have a relatively wealthy government that actually has an interest in helping the population and improving their quality of life. I suppose that does feel like a foreign concept these days...