160 pounds [is] less than the weight of the average American female

Why do automakers insist on installing electrically powered doors? Just give us manual door locks like we’ve had forever. They work. They are easy to fix. They don’t require idiotic emergency levers. Stop overcomplicating things that work perfectly fine.

“One final question - how long is the appropriate amount of time cops have to suffer fools who want to be a PITA?”

Extremely surprised USAA didn’t make the list. Their quality has taken a nosedive in recent years.

“When we say do something you fucking do it.”

I watched the video of the stop. The cops definitely overreacted, because ACAB, but also Hills was definitely acting like an asshole about the whole thing. He definitely made aa wrong move when he rolled up his window and refused to roll it back down again or get out of the car when asked. Cops could not see well…

Yep Hill is 100% guilty of not “respecting the cops authority”.

You can literally see the man enter the truck at the begining of the video. You mostly described the tow truck operator... good job.

First gear — Towing someone’s car like that seems like serious overreach. I mean, you can’t compel a human witness to testify even if they were right there at the scene, so taking someone’s car seems like a huge violation. I mean, sure — ask the owner for the footage, and get a warrant if needed, but people also have…

It reminds me of this line from Wrongfully Accused:

How would a cop looking at a parked Tesla know if Sentry Mode was activated?  Are they just blanket-towing every nearby Tesla just in case?  Either way, this seems way too broad to be legal.  By the same logic, they could just seize every laptop they see because the webcam *might* have been on and captured something.

A neighbor built a dirt bike track in his back yard. My only concern is that the kids sometimes leave the track and end up in traffic, but it’s pretty slow there. Multiple neighbors try to raise chickens. Which is also pretty cool, until the Racoons eat them all, which is sort of sad. My wife runs a doggy day care…

I mean, we know who’s in the wrong. Like it or not, the dad didn’t figure out if one was necessary and/or didn’t apply for a permit. Unsurprisingly, most villages/towns/cities don’t want you to install paved race tracks in your back yard. So they require you to get a permit. He didn’t do it, and built it anyway. Would…

Ford was never choosing between helping or hurting people. They were and are trying to sell more cars. Nothing more. DEI initiatives are marketing, they broaden appeal, For most companies there is no moral imperative behind DEI activities. Now that the right has gone full blown open culture war, they know they…

Right there with you. I always loved the Xterra and wanted one badly when they came out - especially in yellow. This one is probably too high up there in years and miles to be reliable transport, and maybe priced a little too high for someone interested in building an off-roading toy. Not familiar with the current…

As much as I love this. I don’t $8,250 love this. I would probably swing at it for 5k but I also don’t know what others are selling for.

Basically any new cars. You Corvette fresh off the dealer lot is not special. If we want to see one we can go to the dealership ourselves or just wait to see one rolling down the road. I remember when the HHR and Prowler first came out and some people actually entered them into car shows. It was pretty lame to say the…

How do you know a given owner did that for their car? How do you know if any other classic owner didn’t? Seems like a weird prejudice to me as someone who did fully restore an early ‘65 Mustang.

Wait. I’m pretty sure I’ve heard every Trump voter I meet telling me that gas prices are at an all-time high, and the only way to get them back down again is if he’s back in office.

You know that’s a false-equivalency, right?