Stop it with your calm, reasonable take ;)

I have a personal hot take on 3rd gear. Here’s the thing with me - I support all the usual Transit Memes for New Urbanist Teens measures. Cities should serve their citizens. Walkability and density should be prioritized over roads and parking. Resources and entertainment should be well-distributed into the urban…

The work pileup is why my colleagues are all so good at saying “I can get this done in 5 days and remember, I’m going to be out next week and you’ve only given me three days, so I’ll get back to you when I return.” Triage that shit — do what absolutely cannot wait (regulatory or outside deadlines, etc.), then do what…

Insider trading is actually pretty hard to prove unless the person doing it is *really* stupid. And you usually don’t get into a position where you CAN insider trade stocks by being stupid. It’s more common to get convicted of lying during the investigation than actual insider trading. See Martha Stewart for a…

So you know how when you decide to take a vacation you end up regretting it about wednesday of the week before you leave? Well, it’s wednesday. My office is piling me high with projects to finish before I’m gone for a week, I’m absolutely exhausted and I’m seriously at the point of “FINE I’LL JUST STAY.”

Add to that my…

Stock prices no longer have any connection to the actual value of a company, news at 11. 

Sure, in a vacuum, as a theory, it could be considered agnostic. In practice, how it’s been developed, implemented, and monetized is not.

The number of people who:

I don’t think a 100-mile range EV is viable in Ohio. I know, I know, some people could live with it - but most won’t.  Cut that 100 miles in half when it gets cold out and the car is a few years old.  Not really viable.

4th Gear: C’mon Erik. Investing is not just for “mostly the wealthy”.

Was going to be my exact comment. Writes for a CAR BLOG but says “forget all the gorgeous historic cars in a Jalop heaven and let me play golf instead.”

Talk about a 5th gear.

Erik, car enthusiast: “Get these damn cars off my lawn so I can play a round of golf at a course with a greens fee higher than the total value of my car.”

we should probably crush every car made before the mid-’80s

AWD always takes a back seat to true 4wd in the snow, especially when paired with a rear locker and decent tires like a 4wd ranger or F-150 comes with.

Inaked it you’ve never driven a good AWD with good tires in the snow?

Carvana’s business model is the same as what the Detroit Big Three did for decades. They were essentially very profitable banks that relied on largely unprofitable car production to make money by creating a market for their loans. Most other car companies do as Carvana does, make money on both sides of the equation. No…

‘You’re using taxpayer money or you’re using stockholder money. You have to use it in the most efficient and effective way.’

“If the loans do sour, then investors in the future will not be willing to pay the same premium, and then profitability will be impacted,”

Um, what’s do you want more than anything at the scene of an accident? DUH, a first responder! Crash directly into an ambulance and there’s no wait for paramedics.