Ever since I made this comment about custom Jeeps, I have been getting adds for them on my browser. Must be a new Kinja thing. 

I fail to see how you are claiming the high ground while trying to excuse attempted mass murder.

Man. You’d hate to see all of the lifted $100K full custom Jeeps with 36"+ tires around me that don’t do anything other than cut people off coming out of Costco because they are too busy with their Starbucks drink to turn their head and check for cars before merging. Seriously, if someone is driving around with the…

In my Silverado, I thought it was in the DIC under the lock/unlock or approach lighting settings. 

People who get into their car at the gas station or crowded parking lot and take 5 minutes to actually put the car in gear and leave. What do you have to do for so long?

People who get into their car at the gas station or crowded parking lot and take 5 minutes to actually put the car in gear and leave. What do you have to do for so long?

The main time the reverse lights come on like that is when you hit the unlock button. When you lock it they go off. I guess they think that means the people unlocking the cars are about to leave.

They’re great if you are in an area with no street lights. I think they only come on when you unlock the car. If you don’t have any other lighting, like on my parents farm at night, it lights up the whole yard. 

3) People who brake while changing lanes in front of oncoming traffic.

You probably don’t understand that in MA the state mandates the insurance rates. They set the parameters that determines the rates. For instance, the rate is basically doubled for anyone who has been driving less than 10 years. When moving from out of state, the rate went up from ~$500/6 months for one car to $1,700.…

Chicago doesn’t even make top 50 if you are talking about world cities. It’s not even the worse in the US. 

But the reality is that an entire nation, and an entire movement of people who believe that corporations and billionaires should not control our country, just gained something more meaningful.

Overall, consumers and corporations seem to have come to grips with the notion that we won’t all have robotic chauffeurs by 2020, which is what it felt like everybody thought when I was at the Consumer Electronics Show a few years ago.

I know it is not the same, but I know someone at a Boston hospital that was thinking of getting a moped. His boss pulled out the stats on how many people working for the hospital died on mopeds. He didn’t get a moped. 

Mercedes said the same thing when my C300 had to have two engine rebuilds within a month, 4 months after I bought it CPO. I told them there is no way rebuilding the same engine twice is a good idea. Now I have to keep taking it back because it is leaking oil, gas and/or coolant, probably due to the rebuilds.

I’ll admit there is a toxic culture around trucks, just as there is with tuners, stancers and other car cultures, but it makes up a small percentage of the market. Most people buy 1/2 ton trucks and never modify them significantly. Maybe 1/2 ton is still more than they need, but just like HP and 0-60 times, these…

If you think potential mass murder is justified due to trash throwing, I think you may need to seek professional help. 

That’s like asking how many people who buy sports cars actually take them to the track, or drive over 100 mph daily. The answer is not everyone, but vehicles can do more than one thing. 

I’m convinced 80% of people who buy pickups and full size SUVs could live their lives exactly the same in every meaningful way driving an Accord instead and just renting a truck for the 1-3 times a year they actually need it.

Except all of the politicians are rich. With the exception of AOC the rest are in the $10M+ club. Even Bernie is married to a billionaire.