Maybe they don’t give a shit; he’s our fascist, not theirs.

I’ve said this from the beginning. Electing Trump and by proxy Elon, is the result of Americans getting a little too comfortable with our own privilege. Our hubris that we will never be dethroned as the leaders of the “free” world and that the way of life in America is a permanent “assumed” state is how we got here. …

I’m driving my daughter’s 2016 Nissan Versa while my Jetta is in the shop. It’s not glamorous in any way, but it’s all the car 95% of people need 95% of the time.

Uh huh. What ‘family’ wants to ride with dad in his second ‘weekend warrior’ car (eyeroll) as he ‘goes fast’?

Couple of months ago I dropped my much less glamourous Audi for maintenance and took the “limo service” as they don’t provide loaners to the plebes.

Just a reminder that mean average new car price isn't really indicative of the market for most people because it is being skewed upwards greatly by high-end cars that most consumers don’t buy.

I’m not saying this thing wouldn’t be a total blast to floor all day long.

Bought an 09 versa 6spd for a work car during cash for clunkers. Looked forward to the commute back and forth to work. Always had more fun trying to drive a slow car fast than driving a fast car slow.

I had a Festiva, in a bright aqua or teal sort of blue, we called it the Aqua Festiva because there used to be a big outdoor concert here by the lake called the Aqua Festival. It had 12" wheels with tires skinnier than many motorcycle tires, and I could get them to chirp going from 2nd into 3rd gear. It helped that my…

I -really- miss tiny, cheap, simple cars. I hope they come back in some form.

And they HAD good cars. The G35 was extremely competitive, although weird looking, in all forms. The G37 started competitive. It just ... never got updated, and when it did, it was just a refresh instead of an actual update (the Q60/50).  

Once this Honda merger goes through, Infiniti is gone as a brand. Maybe it just becomes a glorified trim level for the Armada and Pathfinder, since those sell pretty well.

As always, fuck dealerships.

People die every day.  Humor is one of the ways humans cope with that kind of tragedy.  Been on Earth long?

They didn’t. He worked on 23,000 vehicles. So far, only 3 have been found with loose bolts. Click-baity headline reduces reading comprehension.

Pierer Group also owns Felt bicycles, and GasGas/Husqvarna E-bikes so a good chance that 10's of thousands of those units are E-bikes and pedal bikes. Average MSRPs of around $5-7K. I bought my wife a full suspension GasGas ebike at a 50% discount this summer.

“Dad?”

The same thing has been going on at multiple companies in the bicycle industry for a couple of years now. Demand skyrocketed while supply plummeted during the pandemic. As management does, they figured the increased demand would last forever, so they massively overproduced. Some companies (cough, Specialized, cough)…

My parents had the 2.5 in a Celebrity that I bracket raced once. I recall 19.8s. People would get antsy on the line because they had to wait sooooooo long and screw up the launch or redlight. Almost made it to the semis except I accidentally left the AC on during a run.

It is my boring opinion that there are very very very few actual secret conspiracies.