Toyota and Subaru hopefully.  And I guess Ford and Chevy.

Second part of the sentence, I can walk to four non-dealership shops.

My local Mazda dealer does excellent service work (Ira Mazda in Westood, MA) at fair prices.  I’ve done all my warranty work there on two Mazda’s I own, but for routine maintenance?  They’re a 30-40 minute drive from my house and I can walk to four independent/regional chain shops.  It’s purely convenience for me.…

Some experts agree that Omicron has changed the calculus of what China can accomplish:

An excellent podcast of labor and safety issues at the Chevron facility is in the third part of this Behind the News Feb 3 podcast:

I know what I’m watching this weekend.  Thanks!

Call me crazy, but this seems to portend bad things for the big chunk of the market that needs reasonably priced cars.  That has to have knock on effects that are hard to anticipate.

I looked at purchasing a base ‘22 Civic MT hatchback.  Great little car, but the MSRP was inflated and there was an added “Market Adjustment” of $2500 bringing the total cost to just north of $30k to drive it off the lot.  I passed and am hoping if supplies can catch up I can get it for closer to MSRP next year.

I did exactly that.  Looked at a base Civic Hatch, had an honest conversation about the pricing power they have, and then I balked at paying north of $30k for a base model Honda Civic.  They sold it that same weekend to somebody else anyway.

I prefer aux jack plus Anker Sound sync and ground loop isolater. Has a few buttons i can press to pause, skio, or go back. I love it. And it pairs so much faster to my phone compared to modern infotainment set ups. 

Class action law suits to the rescue.  Disallow arbitration if we don’t get better consumer protection laws.

One of my friends got a Kia Niro BEV for way under MSRP.  Granted, it was a 2020 model, but the dealer on Long Island shipped it up to MA super fast.  He spent about $21k total.  So far he doesn’t have complaints about mileage etc, but I was pretty surprised he got that deal.  You’d almost think a dealer could foist…

Wait for the new Type R? I was pleasently surprised with the more subdued styling of the new Civic hatch. Would have bought if the base MT model wasnt aelling for $31k out the door. It's a lousy market to be a buyer. 

That's not true. Do you know how many people don't vote? It's a fallacy that every vote for Nader = a democratic vote. 

There’s also far more money on a per capita basis in the Northeast as careers in symbol manipulation (e.g. banking, law, lobbying, etc.) are extremely lucrative.  People flush with money are happy to spend it on things that other people would find unreasonable.

BMW still outsold Tesla in the US in 2021, but it’s close in terms of total sales. And if you look at global deliveries in 2021, BMW far outsold Tesla. More than double in fact. Tesla has quite a ways to go to beat the old Bimmer.

BMW still outsold Tesla in the US, but it’s close. And if you look at global deliveries, they far outsold Tesla. More than double in fact.  Tesla has quite a ways to go to beat the old bimmer.

I’m in agile as well, but our product serves global pharma with the option to get a validated release.  I’ve definitely pushed features a release or two to clean up bugs.  And while we use the term MVP, that’s often for customers that decide they require functionality by such-and-such date and we agree on the scope of…

Amen.

Sure. Here, read this: