I agree that electric is the wave of the future, but I will point out that talking heads have been saying battery technology would be where it needs to be “in the next decade” for at least two decades. Couple the technological difficulty with the toxicity of manufacturing/disposing of  batteries and I think we’ll see…

Toyotas, especially Corolla’s seem to be especially worthless in ice.

Stop it with the maths.

The discussion pretty much moved into something deeper than the ability to purchase a vehicle.

Fair points, all. That article made me wonder about a few things, especially how many of those with no savings even have a retirement account to draw off of.

You don’t seem to get it at all. He might be poor, he might not be poor. He’s saying most people don’t and will never have 20,000 dollars in cash. I don’t have 20,000 dollars in the bank right now. I have, but it took a long time to save it and I foolishly spent it on a down payment for a house. I might again someday.…

This is how you kill a Cavalier:

I learned to drive in an 87 Cavalier.... damn.

Also how the term “balls out” originated. Next, please explain the expression “cold enough to freeze the balls off of a brass monkey.” It’s not what you think, promise.

1.5 million on hookers, drugs and cars. The rest he just wasted.

Jesus Christ. I read the first 20 replies and they’re all about bookstores. Everyone knows Powell’s Books in downtown Portland is the best bookstore in the world. But the point is stories about celebrities acting like jerks, not bookstores. Soooo.... Lady Gaga is an entitled brat. Working security at a hotel, I was…

Holy fucking shit is that even legal to bind someone to a loan without disclosing terms first?

I never, ever make fun of anyone’s name...

How do you figure it’s still under factory warranty? Unless consumer laws in Australia are radically different its a 10 year old car. As noted every seal, gasket, hose, tire, bushing and rubber part on the car are suspect. Regardless of milage it’s still a 10 year old car. What am I missing?

Lol I’m a block away from that building, right in the heart of the “Pearl”...

The guys name is “Choppa” for fuck’s sake....

Why oh why am I greyed again?

I am saddened...

This idiot should be in jail.

It’s illegal in some states here to combine fogs with low beams, they count as high beams. Of course everyone leaves them on anyway. Hate them.