Other suppliers don’t have leverage because the automakers know they need to prop up Takata; if Takata fails, the OEMs are presumably taking over full financial burden for the recalls. It doesn’t require pictures of Mary Barra and Magic Mike to keep the business relationship going, the leverage is already there.

Her (former) prosecutor husband is a piece of work, as well. The story of how he put away this man and separated him from his family has resulted in a judgment against him http://www.freep.com/story/news/loc… The gist of that story, a man almost went away for a long time for molesting his nonverbal daughter based on…

Theismann says you are no Norman Einstein

I agree... i don’t ride, but I don’t want to accidentally hit someone on a bike because I didn’t see them well enough.

I can understand the desire to improve night visibility on a bike... approved

Yeah, Lester must have said something particularly vicious, since his catcher seems to be immediately aware why the umpire is walking towards the mound.

He is a grandmaster wizard manipulator. She believed each successive absurd lie, and still believes in his “goodness and love”, because he knows all of the perfect things to say to convince her that it was all real.

I believe it is Red Dragon, and is the work of Dr Hannibal Lecter.

Sorry, but crack pipe on this one.

The Dart was based on the Alfa Romeo Giulietta platform IIRC (the mules driving around metro Detroit during development were Giuliettas) , but it ended up adding a lot of weight.

I know, right?

Neutral: NHTSA needs more full time workers in the defects office. They have 28. That leaves a lot of ground to cover for each employee, and its surprisingly few for a government agency with a nearly $1 billion dollar budget?

now I want a Jag...add that one to the growing bucket list

Also, his haircut does nothing to help his “Krylon-huffing Martian” look

Could all of this merger talk be an elaborate strategy of diversion and obfuscation? Since it coincides with what is bound to be the most contentious UAW contract negotiation in a long time, it makes me wonder? If Sergio thought it was going to have a negative effect on negotiations, I don’t think he would have pushed…

...irony, as in the shooter must be a member of the Black Panthers, then?

It appears to be this Carolina Panthers plate, (not to be a buzzkill on your joke):

Ehhh, I think they just set lofty product plans as part of an aggressive market approach. Regarding Alfa sales, I think they are absolutely reaching for the stars from the bottom of the Grand Canyon - let’s see if they can hit even five digit sales. If Sergio really thinks there needs to be more consolidation in the…