That’s the point. Firearms are called the great equalizer, because they give the most physically weak and enfeebled person the ability to fend off an attack by big, strong individuals in their physical prime. Modern arms like the AR-15 are lighter, have less recoil, and are easier to use successfully than most other…

Every death is a tragedy, yes, but regulating or banning small arms is not the answer.

The state has no compelling interest in more heavily regulating small arms. Despite the attention grabbing headlines of mass shootings, these are statistically insignificant (more people die in swimming pools every year than are killed in so-called mass shootings). The widespread legal availability of firearms in the…

You don’t need a license, registration, insurance or background check to buy a car. You can build one with as many wheels or as much horsepower or as fast as you want with no paperwork whatsoever. No paperwork or licensing is required at all unless you intend on operating the vehicle on public roads.

Firearms are already more heavily regulated than vehicles. If they were regulated the same, you could build a full auto grenade launcher and keep it at your house, or use it at a range, so long as you don’t carry it in public.

Those torque multipliers are awesome. Sadly they are only really useful on lug nuts and spindle nuts, because they require the reaction bar to be braced against an immovable object such as a jack stand on the ground.

Short answer: Easy availability of government-backed student loans.

My 1995 model year E34 BMW does that, but my 2006 Lincoln Zephyr does not. go figure.

Yeah I don’t care who knows how many miles are on my vehicles. The only reason I even note the mileage is so I know when to do oil changes and other periodic maintenence.

Coming from the resurrecting-dead-30-year-old-cars-so-they-may-live-again crowd, I must comment thusly:

I quite like car keys. They are elegant and incredibly reliable, compared to pretty much all the alternatives you suggest.

Why all the LHD models? Doesn’t Bentley make RHD cars?

Leer is a pretty cerebral guy

I wash my car periodically during the winter (and after the last snowfall/salt spray) to keep it from rusting up. I might spend a half hour per year on it. Otherwise I just make sure to keep the glass, lenses and license plate clean. I’m with you, I like to drive, not wash.

He pointed out near the end that they didn’t really break anything, mostly because the truck is so gutless that there’s not enough power to grenade the drivetrain.

For such ridiculously big rolling stock, their modifications weren’t too extensive. Plus it actually looks semi-proportional due to the truck being so damn long.

Fighting an automated system with an automated system. I love it.

Absolutely agreed. Germany is observing how this is all going down very carefully, and weighing their options accordingly.

Time will tell with Deutschland.

Yep. The UK left the EU because the EU is a sinking ship. Germany should be following suit soon, which will be the death knell.