Not my cup of tea, but everyone commenting on the price/value understands that the buyers of these don’t care too much about the cost, right? Not cross-shopping the CX-5, right? Not ever going to buy a used car, right? This is a focus-group derived home run. A serious cash cow with no direct competition, simply…

Ouch. I’m all for a balanced marriage and all, but if your wife doesn’t see the huge upside of a minivan vs an SUV then there’s really only one endgame for this.

Agreed, with a simple if-then-else statement to follow:

If you drive an older car and don't have AAA or equivalent, you are an idiot. I would also say that if you have a job that won't cut you slack for the occasional car issue, you need to get a better job. Life happens. Certainly every person I have ever worked with who had a child has missed 20X as much work as I have…

From a network engineer description for how data network works: plug wire in, blinking, go surf web.

If you already own a car, start doing your own maintenance. Also, find a web forum for enthusiasts who own the same model as you, and make friends with the more knowledgeable folks on there. It should be apparent who they are.

SHHIIIEET

The rotating crank drives a belt that wraps around another pulley, which in turn drives a magnet around a coil, witchcraft happens, and electricity is produced and quickly crapped back into your battery.

I like this article a lot. Akin to my exhaust breaking at the cat while traveling 60mph on the highway in my C230K. Pulled over, yanked it out from under the car muffler and all, put it in trunk, took it to shop and muffler man welded it back on for $30.

This SUV is vulgar, pointless, and offensive to look at. I cannot wait to pick one up for $45k in 7 years.

This makes me feel things. I know it's bad, I know it's dirty. But I want to be in it. I want to be out in the badlands driving this thing, Kyuss blaring through the shitty partially blown out speakers, on a mission to find some Shamans to take me on a spirit trip.

Hey look, there are some kids on your lawn that need yelling at.

Now I want to hoon a battleship!

You know, I understand large flightless birds because it makes sense that they’re just too big to fly, but why would small birds be flightless? Why even be a bird if you’re not gonna fly? Evolve those wings into some hands with fingers or you’re just wasting your time, bird.

I’m disappointed that you find this all-but-overt declaration of war by Australia “Entertaining"

It’s almost like they’re in business to make money rather than in business for another reason that has never existed in the history of businesses larger than your buddies craft beer mug shop.

Am I the only one envisaging a scenario like the end of Caddyshack here?

I take my flip flops off when I’m wearing them. Barefoot is easier with 3 pedals.

I’m 12.

Like others have said, it depends on the shoe, and also somewhat on the pedal set-up/layout. A basic lower, wider heeled shoe like a standard womens’ dress work shoe with a 2-3 in heel can give a right-foot braker a nice pivot point for your foot, in an odd way.