Clearly you have never seen the pockets on women’s pants. Pockets which in many cases, do not exist. So pocket knives not really an option for everyone.

Bicycle. Motorcycle. Bus Pass. All more fun than driving in traffic in a car.

oooof. I cannot even imagine what it’s like to have to enter that into your cross country drive equations. Or daily drive equations.

If only there was a system in place where drivers got paid a guaranteed amount for driving people around and that price was stable no matter what time of day you were using the service and oh right thanks uber.

I hate this defeatist argument. I get it, but I hate it.

Gonna vote for the humble station wagon. I’ve done several cross country trips, but the best ones were done in a wagon.

If we had listened to Jimmy Carter, worked on efficiency, occasionally put on a sweater when it got cold instead of jacking up the heat 50 years ago, instead of following reagan’s “fuck it, burn everything and crank the AC” policy and all the GOP policies of ignoring the climate ever since, can you imagine how much…

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.