I’m sure we could get one from some Nordic shipyard for a tenth of the price, but if the pork ain’t being spent here... 

The price tag is $1bn/ship, so once we add in the inevitable cost overruns etc... Maybe 3?

Good luck with that. Every time Washington gets close, something distracts them and the money goes elsewhere.

The battery thing seems to be a Subaru problem. We’ve had four Subarus over the past five years or so and all have had the OEM battery die.

2014 here, 55k miles, zero issues.

You can thank the Chinese market for that. 

I very much doubt Australian aid to PNG—which is a good idea—was spent on this absurdity.

Yeah, the 2.5 is a real drag. I mean, it’s not bad, but there’s a big difference when you step up to the 3.6 (although that engine is a gas hog - looking forward to the turbo 4). 

“I’ll let you write the substance...you let me write the procedure, and I’ll screw you every time.”- Dingell

Yeah, exactly this. The six is significantly better. 

Definitely a gas pig, but having lived with both, there’s a world of a difference between the H-6 and the four.

I’ve said this before, and I’ll say it again: what the hell is the UAW doing about it?

The dining cars lose Amtrak tens of millions each year. They need to go.

That game is a masterpiece. 

I’d love to have been a fly on the wall at the design meeting where they approved that front fascia. I can’t believe that multiple people looked at this and said “yes” (and, presumably, thought it looked good or was at the very least palatable).

You ran it, you own it.

Alanis’ pizza monograph deserves a mention. 

$60/month!? It’s $50/year.

Interior in these sucks - especially for the $55k sticker. 

My local dealer sure as hell will.