Who takes $55k cash only for a car? Do they expect someone to show up with a briefcase full of $100s?

Sounds like a typical scientist/engineer. They look at the data (can he function without her) and make a decision based on the data (yes, he can) and people’s feelings don’t matter.

FAST & EXPENDABLE?

Fast 9: Jesse somehow didn’t die and has been working behind the scenes as an even more secretive and elite CIA agent to help the crew.

Hopefully pizza consulting really takes off.

Spot on. I want an electric car. Not for any principled reasons, but because I’m really intrigued by electric drivelines. It’s something different, with some very unique characteristics.

Eh, most gas stations I’m ever at only have a few actual parking spots.

I think that’s a real testament to the notion that Tesla owners are not in fact eco-warriors in the first place and Teslas are not eco machines, They are Toys for innovators and early adopters. You are far more likley to find a green mind driving a Prius, Leaf, Volt or Bolt. Nobody talks to i-MiEV owners.

It costs $15 more.

It costs $15 more.

Isn’t that about the right shape to become a Nascar track?

“YOU HAVE MORE MONEY, GIVE IT TO ME!”

The idea that the rich will gladly pay this tax, and not strategically plan their income to avoid paying it by using their considerable wealth to hire the very best accountants and lawyers and lobbyists, is quite cute on your part.

I think it’s about time we get a flat tax of 10% for everyone. No ifs or butts.

Buell was a completely different customer base. Sport bikes and cruisers don’t seem to have many crossover shoppers. Agreed that they didn’t know how to relate to that customer base, but they tried to use it as a “starter bike company” for harleys, but a Buell Firebolt didn’t really inspire someone to own a softtail.

Just because you have a high income does not mean you are rich.

Except $500k in New York isn’t “rich”. This is upper-middle class in the rest of the country...minus San Francisco.

those bastards killed Buell, they had that coming

Pretty sure they already pay tax.

Yeesh walking into a harley dealership to ask about their buells was ridiculous back when I did it. Like suddenly you aren’t worth looking at as a customer because you don’t want to dress like a pirate and slow down traffic on a thirty thousand dollar gas powered noisemaker.

This exactly. The V Rod is a prime example along with Buell.