Also, living in these “urbanist utopias” in the US where public transit actually works well is ridiculously expensive--like, you need a 95th-percentile income to live here unless you’re living in a house you bought in the ‘70s or ‘80s and paid off in the ‘90s or ‘00s. It’s pretty much limited to places like NYC, San…

“Conservatism has one principle, to wit: there is an in-group, whom the law protects but does not bind, and an out-group, whom the law binds but does not protect.”

Not to mention, Mass.’s lemon law applies to private-party used car sales. If this car won’t pass inspection because of rust or because of emissions issues that would be very expensive to repair, it’s unsaleable in Massachusetts. Hence shipping it up to “Live Free or Die” New Hampshire, where such laws don’t apply to…

Scion was intended to be Toyota’s “youth brand” because by the ‘90s, Millennials had come to view Toyota as a ‘Dad Car’ the way us X’ers and younger Boomers had come to view brands like Buick and Oldsmobile. Something that belonged to older generations and wasn’t really relevant to younger people. Joke was on them,…

Seconded. My mom bought an ‘03 Ion based on my experience with an SL2 that had been a really good car for me.  Well she passed away about a year later and left me the Ion with about 4000 miles on it.  The amount of stuff where “This shouldn’t break on a car under 3 years old with less than 10,000 miles on it” was…

This smacks of the “Joan Claybrook special” speedometers that only went up to 85.

Right? Tangerine Dream started playing in my head as I was reading this article.

In the past, the advice to passengers in a hijacking scenario was to sit tight and comply with the hijackers’ instructions. By and large, until 9/11, that advice had worked. Some hijackings had resulted in the deaths of a few passengers but the overwhelming majority of aircraft passengers had survived hijacking…

BMW prices for a Ford Pinto 0-60 time. ND.

1. Gas pumps with advertising, especially when the “mute” button (typically second down on the right) doesn’t work

They didn’t learn from the tire fire under I-95 in Philadelphia’s Port Richmond neighborhood in 1996, why start now?

Murder-suicide would be a lot more likely.

Go to YouTube and look up “Kennedy Steve”.  He was a ground controller (now retired) at New York’s JFK Airport with a real sense of humor.

There’s also Weird Al Yankovic’s “Albuquerque”, which mentions “a guy with a Flock of Seagulls haircut and only one nostril”.

The difference between “Yield” and “Stop”. If you’re at a Yield sign and there’s no conflicting traffic approaching, KEEP MOVING.

Wow, Mahwah. I grew up one town over, can confirm, this is typical entitled behavior for that part of the world. It’s why I’m glad I don’t live there any more and never had any inclination to move back.

Also lots of 1-3 year old “COVID cars” are missing features due to supply chain issues and/or have lower than expected build quality due to staffing issues and labor shortages.

Reminds me of the Squalo from GTA: Vice City.

I’m not sure I’d want to be 10 years old again.

And your friends/family/entire support network is there.