counterpoint: the regulations aren’t being drawn up with stuff like a hellcat in mind at all. they’re being drawn up to cover the 99.99% of cars that aren’t hellcats and the modern muscle cars are just going to be collateral damage. look around in a parking lot. there are an awful lot of V8 powered trucks.

also, read…

The late 90's Taurus/Sable would like to speak up as well...

The center of gravity is somewhere within the wheelbase of the vehicle, and on a big load like that they’ll try to distribute it as evenly as possible across the axles.  It’s deceiving because the root of the blade is much heavier than the tips, so the CG is not nearly as high or outside the vehicle envelope as you…

I never understood this, either. I had 3 Subarus and I loved the company until they stopped building what I wanted. People were surprised when I bought a Mazda instead of another Subaru as if it was a given that I was going to keep buying whatever they put out. The Mazda was fine, but boring, rusted, and felt end-of-li…

Brand loyalty only matters if you buy into a product ecosystem. For instance, I have Dewalt cordless tools. I could also have Milwaukee, Bosch, Ryobi, etc. But I don’t want eight different cordless batteries plus attendant chargers. I want one battery to rule them all.

I also get this for Apple users - if you’ve got an…

Brand loyalty is like the dumbest thing in the whole world. Did you pay for the car? They didn’t give it to you for free? Then why are you loyal? Corporations don’t give a flying fuck about your ass. After a certain point it becomes a cult and that is where Tesla has journeyed. 

The 2020 Yaris is in the 80's% range so yeah the Ford Ka is bad. Then again I would probably still drive one for a 5-8K price tag. I mean we let motorcycles on the road and they have 0% protection.

I would guess that much like waiters and waitresses who seem to constantly be expecting higher and higher standard tip percentage increases, he is not counting the 10-20 dollar tip he is seeing on many of those drunken rides. I am sure the IRS would like to know how much it was, and I am sure if it is added by a…

Yeah, I read this climactic paragraph several times trying to make sense of it:

Was going to say, that’s not how it works, that’s not how it works at all. IRS reimbursement rate can’t even be applied in this situation, it’s irrelevent.

Tax income does not equal actual income. That 58 cent per mile assumption is going to be way higher than actual expenses for your car because it’s based on averages for work vehicles, most of which are big trucks/vans, not a tiny cheap sonic. Your fuel cost is probably ~7 cents per mile. Your repairs at 6K over 50k…

It feels like a bump. Road or commuter bikes pretty much all run rigid forks, even heavy ones. 

Will seeing eight or ten of these parked outside a bar tell you instantly whether you want to go in?

Are there braze-ons for fenders/racks or even a water bottle cage?

Unless you’re cross-braking, two-feet driving has more drawbacks than benefits. And if you’re cross-braking, you probably are doing some type of performance driving. 

Prior to Covid, I was getting ready to spend $2000-4500 for a nice level 3 ebike for commuting. I’ve had a chance to ride most of the offerings in this price range. Here are the reasons this thing is a mess:

Checked the Carfax. This accrued 10k miles in the first year. During that first year it went into service 5 times, 3 of which were to check the Airbag systems.

The only reason we’ve got so many roofs (rooves?) flying off is because we’re reporting on them. I told people to slow down on the reporting, and this problem with rooves flying off will just disappear, like a miracle.

Found the person who got so upset he didn’t read the rest of the guy’s comment!

You clearly have no idea what airplanes cost. Half that?