Anthropologists will look back and declare that once we had to stop rewinding and being kind to each other, the crumbling of the empire began.

This should have been published on The Takeout

Their is no reason for the U.S. Consumer to pay the Tariffs, which take effect on China today.

It’s funny too, because the end goal doesn’t seem that crazy when it comes to the dealer experience.

The problem with trying to improve the dealer experience is that at the end of the day it is still a dealer experience. The weakest link in the customer service experience is the bit that directly interacts with the customer. If Ford can somehow change that...

I’d spend a billion dollars on Faraday right after my Elio gets delivered. 

I don’t think I need a driving school to teach me how to jump my car.

Don’t jump your car too hard, or you might completely ruin it, like this:

I wish I had the money for that. It'd be fun to watch all the millionaires vomit

Just once I’d like to see a Ferrari wearing a Fiero costume for a change.

Nothing at all. The Fiero, especially in later GT trim, is a fine car. Not without flaws, but a fine car all the same.

I’ll try to explain it for you in simple terms:

When the ‘Mad Max’ Dystopian future is finally here, I want David Tracy on my team.

Too true.

But but he never stopped to think about whether he SHOULD do it!

Unfortunately, his health insurance doesn’t cover potholes and he now owes $62,950 for the procedure.

Tesla is ahead of schedule.  They weren’t expecting to blow up in China for a couple more years.

I mostly agree with you, but I’m not sure I agree with the reasoning. For me, it’s not a matter of asset value vs repair cost, but a matter of utility value vs repair cost. Asset value is the value of the car, while utility value is the value you get from using the car. These two are different, and the distinction is…

I’ll bite.

I once owned a 1993 Grand Am. Blew a head gasket. Shop would fix for $2k, car was worth $500 in its condition.

Instead of fixing it, I bought a MazdaSpeed3, new. $400ish per month payments when I was in my early 20's and making not so much money.

If I had fixed the Grand Am, I am confident I would have gotten…

The Briggs & Stratton purist in me says that a six-wheeled Briggs & Stratton has one too many wheels.