I think its fair to say there are a great many shills in both parties.

With the exception of government provided bail outs, those are all funds raised voluntarily, from willing participants.

You might be surprised to find out just how unpersuasive of an argument you are currently making.

First, banks and venture capitalists are not the same thing. Second, our government was so eager to hand out money, it was actually forcing some banks to take it (so as to hide which banks actually needed it)

Unlike governments, venture capitalists are risking their own money.

'08 BMW 335i. Bought it with 40k miles.

From Patric George article on the subject

Yes, me too. It's a tough line to draw. On the one hand, some physical contact is a clearly a jest and should not carry a punishment. On the other hand, you can't let actually violent people get away with violent actions simply because they aren't very good at this whole violence thing. Sooner or later, they are…

I'm sorry, which of these am I supposed to be outraged about? I don't see anything that goes past the "That's not funny" category.

Doesn't have to be a real punch.

The three of them can take over Top Gear US. I'm pretty sure they can do whatever they want to here.

Or how often.

I had the same realization when driving the Mazda 3 and CX-5 . In a manual they aren't exactly fast, but feel quick, sporty, and fun. Switch to an automatic and they both become econo-punishment mobiles.

When I was last looking for a truck, I test drove a bunch of of '12-'14 models. I went into it with a series of previous biases. I expected to like the ford the best, followed by Nissan, then Toyota, then ram, and Chevy at the bottom. I am not a frequent warrior in the Ford-Chevy war, but if forced to pick sides, I'll…

My insurance disagreements were prior to '05. Don't think there was much in the way of an "evil motive" (at least not too evil, I realize that insurance companies are looking out for their best interest, not my own) just a disagreement over the value of old cars.

Let me guess, you live somewhere densly populated, and hate that looking for parking spots?

First of, why doesn't a raptor count? Its surprisingly capable on pavement.

It can carry a trucks worth of cargo (sort of, in comparison to a sedan anyway), seat a sedan full of people, and still have the driving dynamics and economy of a car (again, sort off).

I drove a 90's Ford escort wagon for a little while, with the automatic seat belts, and it was rather terrible. The first gen Focii (with those triangular headlights), which I had as a rental for a few weeks were also very uninspiring

My apologies for painting them the villain here.