Nothing to respond to. Firearms are weapons, highly effective ones. Weapons are just as necessary to society as transportation. Contrary to popular belief, violence (or threat of violence) is VERY often the answer, even in this day and age. Don’t believe me? Stop paying your taxes and see what happens (hint: armed…

I purchased, fueled, insured and maintained my own cars between the ages of 16 and 19 without issue.

I worked until 11PM when I was 16. Should I have had to break a curfew just so I could work and drive home?

I own my home, but my city of residence has this doozy of an ordinance:

And this is why we have those obnoxious, ugly-ass yellow warning stickers about airbags on every sun visor of every car made in the past 25 years. :(

Counterpoint: BMW M10 inline 4.

The parking brake has existed for over a century. The parking pawl of a modern automatic transmission is technically there as a redundant safety device to be used in concert with the parking brake. This is not the first, nor will it be the last auto shifter that somehow was not in park when the user wanted it to be.

Do you have citations for this? Did a judge determine this, or a jury? If I was on a jury deciding that, I’d never award damages because a moron didn’t use the parking brake.

...you do realize that there are cars which have the brake pedal on the right, and the throttle to the left or in the middle between brake and clutch?

There’s a reason that there’s about 137 warnings in the owner’s manual of every new car sold today, telling the owner to SET THE PARKING BRAKE BEFORE LEAVING THE VEHICLE.

The cab in my old truck is sufficiently large that the bench seat sits very high off the floor, and the steering wheel and dash is fairly high and unobtrusive. This means that even with the bench seat pulled all the way forward, there is room for a 6'2" man to sit comfortably because his knees have room to be…

Find an independent, well-regarded mechanic shop. Make an honest effort to befriend the main mechanic and his crew. If you’re bringing in your car for inspection or a weird noise or whatever, bring a box of donuts or an extra large pizza with you when you drop off the car. Make sure to bring enough for all the guys…

No, she’s not Canadian. Why, is there something special about Canadians and bench seats?

I have a ‘97 F-250HD (old body style, pre-super duty) with a straight bench seat, and I will tell you:

Is a straight bench seat even an option anymore on the new Super Duty? If not, it is a sad, sad day.

You have no point. You just keep saying “cars aren’t weapons, durrrhrr!”

I’m amazed it stayed shiny side up.

No friggin way. Asking price is about 4x what it’s worth, and that’s being generous. There are dozens of far nicer bikes of almost any type and any vintage that can be had for $2k around here.

If they sell the GT for 3 years, making 250 a year, that’s still more than 7 times as many new GTs in circulation as McLaren F1s.

You keep telling me I’m dumb, yet you refuse to give a reason why.