“The government saved this company,” he said, referring to the rescue of General Motors in 2009 and 2010.

I think you two are going a little nuts and jumping right to “they should allow guns!”.  That’s of course silly.  But what about at least allowing a baton or something similar?  It doesn’t seem that unreasonable to me.

I am going to echo what FrankenCamry said but with more detail. At least in terms of the Centurion vans. Of course I am not speaking of the tiny Japanese Deck Vans.

rather than swerve into the metal pylons or concrete lane divider.

Forget the most dramatic injuries like “stump-shakes and wheelchairs”. Those are horrific but represent only a small percentage of veterans (though any percentage is too many). Let’s talk simple wear and tear. You would be hard pressed to find any combat veteran who doesn’t have knee and ankle problems. Read some of…

On the subject of lengthy training:

Let’s not let the Japanese makers off the hook either.

I say it’s ok but don’t go nuts with it. No more than one gear down. Don’t use engine braking as an actual brake, but it can be nice to take a little speed off before a red light.

Mustang Ecoboost manual here. Exact same thing. 6th lugs at 45-55.

Agreed.  See my post on this thread.  France’s reliance on diesel is a beast of its own making.  They need to help citizens switch, not merely punish them for doing what the government itself encouraged only a decade ago.

So I am just going to focus on the fuel tax issue and not any of the broader issues.

It could be worse. It could have been “teddy bears suck” night where people bring in a teddy bear and then they blow them all up.

I kindof expected President Trump to push for an EV credit extension, but add a requirement that the EV only qualifies if its American made.

To some degree, with a higher price point comes more freedom to cater to individual tastes. “So everyone of your neighbors have joined the CUV craze, but you insist on a sedan? Well, we can make that happen weirdo, but you’ll have to pay extra for it!”

Look at his post history, he has been out awhile. I don’t know all the details, but his hand was crushed while reviewing a SXS A TV.  There was some about it in his "What Car Should I Buy?" A few weeks ago.

According to the BLS Inflation calculator, $35,000 is $37,360 in 2018.  So this isn’t too unexpected.

I would like to take a moment away from oggling the new cars to say “welcome back, Mr Collins”.

Just to name one of many, Mark Cuban is more of a self made man than Donal Trump is. From software salesman with a bartending side hustle, to being worth $3.7B. Not too shabby.

Some other helpful advice.

The absolute best pack ins to ever be included with a game was Infocom’s 1987 text adventure Bureaucracy. It was a game that was developed with scripting help from Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy author Douglas Adams. The game was a Zork-style adventure about one man’s journey to get his address changed with his local…