“hated commuting to/from”
Getting to and from work is often the highight of my day. I’ve organized my life so that it takes 25 minutes to ride my bicycle to work.

I once lived in a spot where I could light up a cigarette (when I used to smoke, gross) walking down the front steps of my house and stub it out when it was…

“get a job doing something you love”
Hogwash. This was absolutely the worst bit of advice I got when preparing for my career.

I worked at a couple of big companies after college. A auto finance house subsidiary of a household name finance company and a direct marketing arm of a household name music and entertainment…

Worked for an auto finance house in UK... 2.0 is big.

Oh, right, yes I meant the design of it in general.

I agree with you, even though a a quad cab and a short box suits my needs better.

A twin charged one that ran on exotic fuels.

I can imagine that to the average team owner, misplacing an old race car would likely be as easy as misplacing a pair of pants or boots.

It reminds me of the Australian Fords of the same era.

When I’m driving? Playing with the phone when waiting at a red light. This is gets a triple swear word score when they’re a: the first in line, or b: in a short cycle left turn lane.

When I’m walking? Speeding on residential streets. My dog won’t even pee on our block face, let alone his yard. so I’m on foot 3 times a…

Hear, hear.

Ha, that’s funny, because I was about to post above that I know nothing about the Phaeton, but “Is it reasonable to assume that before it will pass DEQ it’s likely to cost $28,000 to fix one or all of the eleventy catalytic converters or something else just as weird on it? “

At least the 8 series is pretty. I saw one…

It doesn’t help that American license plates are horrible; ugly, squat, and fat affairs.

I’m friends with a Saab guy. After remarking on a 99 EMS in my local garage the proprietor says “the owner’s here.... hey Tom....”

I asked him if he recently acquired it, and he said no, why do you ask? I said my friend had one that he recently sold.... Oh, you mean that guy from the Bay Area? Picked up the car in such…

I wish that saying “facts don’t matter to these people” was news or any sort of revelation.

I think you’re right, mostly. But, because car manufacturers design to pricepoint....A car for under 20K will purposefully be designed to look and sound like crap. Faster, safer, maybe but I don’t really think more luxurious.

My 85 golf had a more attractive interior than my 2000 Focus. And while the Focus has air…

People are required to demonstrate that they aren’t legally blind and understand that driving requires one to look at the road in front of them.

Right.  If everyone who can’t afford the car they’re financing stopped buying new, the global economy would crash before prices came down to what people could afford, in general.

Yeah, the one in 1978.

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