I seem to have seen those “total value off MSRP” ads also including an expected trade-in amount, which . . . seems odd.

I saw these guys open for the Aussie Floyd show a couple summers ago.

The problem here is what the heck would you do with it if you bought it? Drive it? That would be stupid. Garage it? That would be stupid too.

You win (lose).

Yes, using the “insider” jargon was supposed to bring cachet. And Google thought they were being so original with their Kit Kats and what not.

For no good reason I’m tempted to go NP on this.

I can’t tell from the way you describe this: is this TWO cars (i.e. a 100-mile drag race) or a full grid, or what?

...most native Chicagoans actually opt for tavern-style pizza, such as the pies at Vito & Nick’s.

One doesn’t stop at “a Jewel”. One goes to The Jewel’s.

Judging food in Houston is problematic because your sense receptors have all been burned out by free-floating hydrocarbons.

Can we also say that “bruised lungs” sounds like a bad thing to get.

Enh.

Put a jump ramp at the end and I’m in.

This is a stupid car doing a stupid trick.

Yes. Pretty much any running Vette, in red, from any era, would be a NP at this ask.

You know who the unsung heroes of the ongoing USA Gymnastics shitstorm are? The dozens, probably hundreds, of parents of talented gymnasts who declined to turn their kids over to this abusive machine over the past 35 years.

There is a scientific basis for this idea (in the form of the “reliability bathtub curve”) — basically that past performance does predict future results, at least until it doesn’t. Put another way, an intact car with 280K miles is more likely to go another 20K without a major problem than a similar car with 150K.

Pit stops for refueling should be interesting. Set the sundial, Bob!

I didn’t even know this car existed. But I think it might be just what I’ve been looking for, with a 60-mile daily commute and an aging CX-9.

I guess you weren’t on this flight then