It's just a ploy by the highway patrol to ticket everyone that doesn't signal when moving from one badly marked lane to another for reckless driving.

PATRICK WUZ HERE

I consider our household "lower middle-class", but I scratch my head at these cars that cost 35-40k, or pickups that cost 40-50k. I don't know of any person, personally, that can afford those, but apparently they are selling well. I especially get a kick out of the commercials around Christmas time, indicating a Lexus…

When you buy groceries every week, many people probably don't notice the minute changes, but since I got married, I rarely have to buy groceries, so I notice changes. It seems just about every type of food costs close to what I paid 8-10 years ago, but the real change is that 3lb bag of chicken went to 2.8 lbs, then…

It's the same as with everything being cheap Walmart crap and food being creepy petroleum byproducts or strange unpronounceable chemical chains made out of heavily-subsidized corn - Food and consumer goods are actually being kept artificially low so the rabble doesn't notice they're actually making much less.

Good points. It's worrisome to think about how much "money" OEMs are counting now that's really based on the premise that they can collect the full value of these super long term loans. I don't know how they quantify that though and how this expected income gets bundled into current revenue or profits.

I'm not disagreeing -they really can't afford it. But they are going to buy them anyhow, because that's what they are used to, and they can't go from the guy that drove the high end VW or Lexus to work to driving the Sonata. And the auto industry needs these people to keep buying them, so they are enabling them, with…

The middle-class are the ones purchasing those cars in the 30-50k range. Of course the rich and upscale are going to be purchasing the 50-100k+ range. You are arguing that the middle-class should now just accept the fact they are fading away, and buy only the Civics and Elantras, because with falling wages, that is…

As cars continue to rise in price, but the income inequality in the country skyrockets, new methods are going to need to be available to allow people to purchase things. Income for the middle class has actually fallen from 10+ years ago, while the average car price is creeping up on 32k. Wage stagnation has been…

No, this one will actually come with a courtesy spit, rather than just going in dry for the full on AMG treatment.

Why did Kanye let her finish?

Weren't most Mitsubishis in the 90's better than a lot of people remember? I always had the impression them being kinda "meh" was a development of the past decade, when they lost the ball entirely.

Sure sounds like a cracked pipe...

yea back when this was dodge's big sedan

8 cylinder, AWD, manual, wagon...your move Dodge

I wish NASCAR would pay attention to this.

Between stuff like this, the Australian commentators, and the presence of Bathurst as part of the course, I think V8SC is pretty much confirmed as my favorite series of all time.

More reasons why this is the best series around at the moment.

Ricciardo says thank you for the win. :)

Mercedes have a problem on their hands and it will only get worse. Racers will race. But as Toto Wolff said after the race: "There is one rule: You don't crash into each other."