Nope. They bought State Auto Group, which is a totally different company with a soundalike name. And State auto group is on the list.

One common theme across that slide show is companies with gigantic marketing budgets trying to make their insurance cool.

State Farm did not make the list. Which is odd since they’re the largest auto insurance provider in the country. I’ve been pretty satisfied with them.

State Farm, not on the list.

I don’t think I’ve ever had a car with more than 200 hp and so far, that’s been fine.

Except that, when Toyota builds them (like the prius) they tend to be some of the most reliable vehicles on the road.

The big Japanese brands have built some awesome UJM/retro bikes but as far as I remember, most of them didn’t sell well. Kawasaki’s W650 comes to mind.

OK, hold on there cowboy. TDIs weren’t great and that was the problem. VW engineered that noose, made sure it fit, tested it multiple times and then put it around their own neck, then just tried to cover it up with a scarf. VW can fucking burn for that cheat. They did more damage to small diesel engines than…

The downside with the shared audi platform was that sure, you paid 25 k for a nice basic car- my Jetta/golf wagon was fine-  but your maintenance and repair costs were that of a much more expensive car.

Tough but fair.

Honestly, when isn’t Volkswagen in a crisis? I feel like there’s a new crisis at VW every couple years, and then they fix it by either spending the money to make cars better and not prone to breaking or they cut expenses and make their cars objectively worse for a while.

I think the problem is that the Triumph Bonneville exists, so there’s already a UJM (because a UJM was just a british motorcycle that actually worked) and I think there’s more than enough modern bonevilles for everyone who wants a UJM.

Man, it really sucks when someone tells you what you can and can’t do with your body, like, taking away your choice to do something.

To be fair, I get mad at people driving dorky looking bro trucks but then I never actually do anything more than point and laugh...

Prii tend to draw assholes who have something to prove- like, it doesn’t matter how you drive it- drive 80+ with all the other traffic and there will still be some asshole on your bumper who wants you to know that he (because it’s ALWAYS a he) doesn’t like your choice of vehicle. The site of an infinitely practical…

Everyone loves to make fun of “protecting the local wetlands” until their neighborhood floods.

It’s how many of the current crop of F-1 drivers got their start. So maybe not professional but definitely a potential path to a profession

Right, but that would probably have come up if he’d, you know, filled out the proper paperwork in the first place.

The difference being, a plane has one cabin, a train has multiple, so one can move between them, trains are larger so you can actually stand up and walk a baby around, train air pressure isn’t going to be making baby extra cranky and trains are less noisy in general. But yeah, mostly people need to understand that if…

What pisses me off is that we’ve already figured this out with gas. There’s one standard nozzle for any gas station, regardless of brand, regardless of anything. And that standard nozzle is attached to a standard pump that’s designed to take standardized methods of payment- I don’t need to download a special app to…