Neutral: I keep saying this, but yeah, a Mazda3 Turbo Premium Plus hatch last Thursday. Got it for $1750 under sticker, but paid $700 to have it shipped to me.

I just bought that Mazda3, and the transmission is just fine. It’s got plenty of power, handles like a dream, and the interior has almost everything I could want (ventilated seats need to be available on more cars). A stick isn’t for me (wife doesn’t know stick, I don’t want a stick in bumper-to-bumper traffic), and a…

If you like Mazdas, the CX-5 has been a great babymobile for us.

Casting a wide net worked for me. I took delivery of a new Mazda3 Turbo Premium Plus (hatchback in red, obviously) last Thursday. Locally, I was only able to test drive the Turbo sedan, but I found a dealer 500 miles away with the one I wanted and they were happy to ship it for $700 (which was covered by the loyalty…

“Can” is very different from “should”.

That’s just what the bosses want people to think. Even with an ample labor supply, the hiring and training process is both expensive and time-consuming, and employees leaving en masse is hugely disruptive.

Contrary to what employers would like you to think, it’s actually extremely costly to jettison a bunch of trained employees, pull up stakes, and completely relocate your business.

I long ago misplaced the dial calipers I bought from my college machine shop as part my machining class, and while I rarely if ever have a use for them, I still miss them.

My dream Vette is an early C3 T-Top, but this is beautiful enough to hold its own.

We have a baby, two pets, and full time jobs so I’m going to skip the 16 hour round trip from San Diego to Modesto.

One of these would be enough for a boycott.

Yeah, I’m getting the Turbo Premium Plus hatch. In red, obviously.

I’m about to get a new Mazda3 for $1750 under sticker... plus the $700 cost of shipping it 500 miles from a dealer that has the one I want and isn’t charging a stupid markup.

I’m waiting for the mail to arrive, as it should have the purchase contract for a brand new Mazda3 Turbo, which will be replacing my 2012 Mini Cooper.

I think that’s actually a mirror backsplash, which I guess is something you can do if you’re wealthy and never have to worry about being the one to clean it.

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For range in color and across models, it’s obviously BMW or Porsche. But Acura’s A-Spec Blue Pearl and the Type S’s Tigers Eye Pearl  are both fantastic.

It also explains why they live in Riverside.

It’s basically southern California’s armpit. 

Why are rich people so fucking insufferable?