Well, I have a catch-all that forwards all mail in that domain to me, so when I sign up for something it’s a zero-step process to “create” a new email address, the only time I have to spend any time on anything is if I have to send email out FROM that address. It’s rare enough that it’s still worth it.

Paying for my own domain and using a different email address for every site has worked pretty well. It’s a bit of a hassle sometimes (they’re all just stub accounts that forward to my main account, so if I have to SEND an email back to a company there’s a few hoops to run through), but still worth the trouble for the…

It’s Boston, he’ll probably get his own parade.

Of course. Not always true. Still a much higher risk.

84 months!!! “Keeping that car for a long time” is kind of required with that kind of loan term. You’ll be retired by the time you can sell it.

I agree and own one, but keep in mind you’re only in a legal ADvantage if you’re in the right. Your cam can be used against you too.

Look, I appreciate that you’re using populist opinion to validate your taste, but for an enthusiast site, “sales are down” is hardly a good marker of what the folks around here want. Yes, the average American consumer wants a beigemobile, as apparently do you. That’s great! Everyone caters to you, congratulations,…

My dad got coal for Christmas once. He was a notoriously terrible kid, so my grandparents actually followed through with giving him nothing but a stocking full of coal on Christmas morning. Granted, this was the early 60's or whatever when you didn’t get shit but socks anyway.

I was referring to new Subarus, not... classics. Because that’s what this article is about, new vehicles. I drove an ‘04 Impreza “Outback Sport” for quite a while and loved it, but the last few years none of their non-WRX cars have been able to get out of their own way, even with a stick (and the CVT is just…

I’m going to guess they drug you somehow? Or you just like sluggish non-responsive cars?

I used to live on a pretty steep hill, up here in NH. Despite being a pretty snowy place, lots of people keep summer (or “all season”) tires on their car, so every slippery storm I’d sit on my front porch and watch people try to muscle their way up the hill (eventually offering help if it seemed like they were…

I had a magazine company (Family Handyman, owned by Readers Digest) try to pull a “we send you something, if you don’t send it back in X days you consent to buy it and owe us money” scam on me. Thanks for the actual FTC ruling that I can use to tell them to go fuck themselves with a shovel.

Does a U-Haul count? One time when I was in high school we were moving, and U-Haul gave my dad a truck from the 70's, with a three-speed manual and no power steering. Never even a mention of the manual (my dad could drive stick, but there are / were still a majority of the American population that can’t) when they…

As someone who uses a Sonicare, I spent like 200 for two toothbrushes....

Re : Clear plastic helmets... sure you could make the shell clear but pretty much the entire thing has foam and padding on the inside, which probably can’t be made clear. So it wouldn’t be like “oh I can see that dude’s hair now” it would be ... the back of some pads, and adhesives.

Understood. I recognize that it’s just a preference thing, and it’s dishonest of me to compare all of my 15+ year old car problems with their physical keys to late model cars that haven’t had a chance to break yet. But damn it’s nice not to fumble with keys in my pocket.

My dad, for a few years, had a Dodge “Lil Red Express” pickup truck. I was relatively young (20?) and asked to borrow it one day. I think it had a three-speed automatic, and I hadn’t really driven anything “fast” before, so I thought it would be fun to try out. So me and my brother took it for a drive, and found a…

Almost no convenience features of a car are “necessary,” though I suppose it would be nice if they were optional for luddites.

I used to always drive with the windows open when the weather was nice enough for it, and get mad at all the pussies who didn’t. Now I rarely if ever open my windows. IT’s loud as fuck and I already have enough hearing damage, plus new cars it’s almost impossible not to get some level of the dreaded helicopter…

Not according to America’s Test Kitchen. Like so many things our mothers taught us about cooking, just an old wive’s tale.  http://www.americastestkitchenfeed.com/bake-it-better/2012/02/secrets-to-cooking-pasta/