Fortunately for people, there are no recorded orca attacks in the wild, just the ones in captivity. Orcas have very consistent diets and habits that get passed down generationally in the pod and it appears no pod has ever cared about humans (yet). That intelligence, specific diet, and likely rare interactions with…

Because the orca sees him as a floundering blob and not a legitimate threat or food.

Getting near an orca and it’s calf? How is this guy still even alive? 

It was a bit of an exaggeration but probably 7-800 a month. 4 of us, My wife and I, a 13 year old and a 3 year old. And I don’t buy anything crazy expensive. I go to Kroger and get gas points. I shop at publix when the BOGOs are good. And we shop at Aldi’s.

Who is responsible for the upkeep of the “speed limit database.”  

::beep:: ::beep:: ::beep::

I’m driving a 12yo car, but it looks and drives like new.

I have a feeling this will continue to be the trend until the prices on new cars and interest rates drop.

Can we talk about car insurance? Got a bill last month and mine is up 28.6 percent from 1 year ago. I’m a 50-something guy driving a 14 year old 160k Ford. My rates are supposed to trend down not up. As it stands now, my monthly expense for insurance is often more than gas. One more reason I’ll probably be delaying a…

lol -- glad you knew what I was going for there; clearly MY brain has yet to be effectively caffeinated today!

My 2011 Ram decided after 210K that it needed a new camshaft. To replace the truck with a basically equivalent new one was 55K. Sales tax alone would have been $5100. Nope.

2015, 72k, ventilated & heated seats, heated steering wheel, remote start, GPS, bluetooth, moonroof, *and* no payment other than insurance and maintenance? Yeah, I think I’ll hang on to my car until it won’t let me. No responsible way to afford a modern equivalent. 

I think I know what you meant but this stopped my uncaffeinated brain dead in it’s tracks:

I typically keep my cars for about 10 years. Honestly, if you stay on top of the maintenance and keep them clean, a car from 10 years ago is just as nice and functional (and about as safe) as a car from a decade ago. The amazing savings from not having a constant and always-increasing monthly payment is icing on the…

Nah instead of not having a $1000/mo car payment I have a $1000/mo grocery bill.

Car prices continue to climb, wages no longer tracking with productivity (or inflation)... yeah, people will cling to their old ones longer.

Certainly less poor.

We have a “new” car that is 10 years old, actually 11 and our “old” car which is now 17 years old. My wife doesn’t drive much so hers doesn’t even have 90k miles on it and mine, well I just hit 287k miles yesterday. No signs of slowing for either, so we are helping those averages go up and will continue to.

1993 and a 2016 here.

Yay my newest vehicle meets the average. The two others are 2005 and 1997.