JD does bottle some on premises, however it’s a relatively small part of the factory relative to the scale that they produce. I’d guess that the single barrel and other specialties are packaged in Lynchburg and mass products packed somewhere else. I took the tour in 2019 and it was pretty fun.

I’m with you here. I’m 90% sold on the Maverick, just wish it was RWD but oh well. I can’t wait to drive the new Ranger back-to-back with the Maverick and see what they’re like. 

I’m with you on the shifter, it’s not necessary and a stubby column shift is a better instrument. It’s just a waste of space.

I hate my fingers being sticky. Hate it.  I hate the sides of my mouth being covered in gunk.  Generally don’t like the top of my lip hitting sauce either.

Burgers have to be cut in half or, if substantially large, quarters.  That is my compromise.  And once all the stuff still inevitably ends up on a plate, will be eaten with a fork as a squishy mess.

My biggest reason to not use public transport is not the cost of the fare, but the annoyance of having to pay. Some train stations are manned, some are unmanned, some have digital only where you need a card, some have stops where conductors bill you. Busses I just don’t understand as they don’t make change and don’t…

He was acquitted; the prosecution can’t appeal an acquittal as that would constitute Double Jeopardy under the 5th Amendment. 

I wanna know the mechanics. How does it shift? Is the accelerator just tied to a string? This looks gnarly and weird and so dangerous it’s awesome. 

Slingshots are really the perfect solution as long as you live somewhere that doesn’t rain much. They’re still (relatively) cheap and don’t require a M license, and are really quite fun. 

Are those wheels as off-putting in real life as they look in the photos? Is that fabric hard to slide on? Can a large dog fit in the back?

Go and check out a brand new 2023 “Cadillac DaFuq?”

I’ve been connected to a lot of the beta testers’ Tiktok vids of the car, how it handles situations, and what it’s “seeing” as it is navigating. It’s…terrifying, honestly. Very wide in intersections, easily confused by double parkers, and just generally very bad for cities. 

Land Rover LR4. http://atcm.co/S2PVDP/249AD1C3

Not much, cause high mileage (150k) German car:

Loyalty and rewards programs are supposed to keep butts in seats and increase profit for the company. Since the seats are already filled and/or the rewards won’t cause them to be filled (in the case of reduced business travel), what’s the benefit to the company for offering them?

Results may vary. My high mileage modern BMW  has been no more or less reliable than any other high mileage car. 

Vanity? Likely vanity. 

Headlights are LEDs now (or at least will need to be in order to be adaptive) so a bulb burning out shouldn’t be quite an issue.

They’re competent cars now, sure. But…desirable? Something someone would pay EXTRA for? I don’t get it. They’re fine but I don’t understand the passion. Would be like someone lusting for a CRV or whatever. 

I have thoughts, but the biggest of them is the hilarious juxtaposition of the “You May Also Like…” suggestion being the story about Aaron Rodgers and how I didn’t realize at first that it wasn’t a photo of Jake Gyllenhaal. Would make for an interesting casting in a biopic…