You mean you honestly think the asshat whose sub-zero situational awareness and complete lack of respect for basic physics (or decency, for that matter) made him overcook the turn and jump the curb would have somehow mustered the wherewithal to bring his 2 tons of front heavy hunk of metal to a controlled stop on a…

“Good afternoon, Floridaman Insurance. How can I help you today?”

It most likely is man-made but I have seen plenty of gators in those too.

Now he’s underwater on that car twice.  Hey-o!

With the rate at which Chrysler products wind up totaled at an early age, it begs the question if the yearn for the void by nature.

I don’t think the wipers are doing a lot of good.

Best part is how Florida Man just casually saunters off, like this is a typical Wednesday for him.

Tesla, take note. This is “effectively submerged”. Very effectively, in fact.

We talk a lot of crap about Florida Man, but we should never overlook his noble efforts to eliminate as many Chargers and Challengers as possible.

Pretty sure that’s a Lambo, dude.

In terms of your own habits, it sounds like you are doing just fine. But it’s also a reminder that personal responsibility won’t get us out of this crisis. Also, keeping a car going through its full lifetime is its own form of efficiency too. Money, but also the materials to build the vehicle.

Being judgemental about cars is kind of our job. That said, I get what you’re saying though the examples you give aren’t necessarily great ones. For example, Ford sells a hell of a lot more Super Duty trucks than Audi does RS 6 Avants and the truth is that almost nobody needs either, as awesome or capable as they are…

Nobody’s perfect, and no matter your intentions, you will always have people calling out anything that can be construed as a mistake.

Average wages have not continued to track overall productivity increases since the Reagan administration. All the money has gone to higher and higher income brackets, not middle to lower.

It’s not hidden at all, people just refuse to see it.

There it is.

That’s fair, although I wonder if a lot of the people who complain about no cheap new cars would actually buy the modern equivalent to any of those if given the chance (given the reception of what cheap cars are left, I’d doubt it a bit). Either way, it’s less that I think there were never good cheap cars, and more…

I feel like this needs a bit of clarification - pick an arbitrary year, and give us the list of cars available for less than the current equivalent of $20k (as an example, that apparently works out to about $12k in 2003). It feels like common wisdom that’s at least a little based in reluctance to accept inflation.

Your first point is spot-on. I review bills for a public agency and I can’t believe what private engineers and attorneys bill our organization. We could do it so much cheaper if we had our own engineers and attorneys, but big government = EVIL and private sector = GOOD (not to mention campaign donations from engineers…

No way. The best trains are far better than planes. With planes there’s the 2 hour wait time in the airport + boarding and deplaning time, the 20-45 minute drive to the airport, and figuring out logistics of tickets and who is gonna give you a ride on either end. There’s also the hassle of “did I do everything…