It mostly comes down to the more stripped out interior being better for my work. I don’t want a Lexus interior if I’m driving out to industrial construction sites on a regular basis. I used to have a Trailblazer LS that I used for this kind of work but now I end up renting pickups or CUVs to use but neither is really…

It’s only paranoia when they’re not out to get you. It’s preparedness when they are.

I left St. Louis five years ago for Northeast Ohio. The one thing that immediately stuck out to me was that Cleveland and Akron have pulled themselves out of the hole left when manufacturing leaves town. St. Louis is starting to but hasn’t been nearly as successful as it’s Ohio counter-parts. Ohio does still have it’s…

I left five years ago and have no desire to move back to my hometown. My privilege allows me to visit my mother a few times a year without too much trouble, but I certainly don’t miss being pulled over for driving with a black passenger and I’m tired of hearing about friends and family of friends being killed.

Bring suit against GM under RICO (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racketeer_Influenced_and_Corrupt_Organizations_Act) What they were threatening falls under the same rules as someone asking for protection money. It was literally you give us this or you will be facing a much worse fate.

Funnily enough the first one I thought of was Detroit bending over the table for Ford on the hopes that white collar folks will start moving in after they do all this renovation work.

That makes me think of Kentucky Fried Movie where the supervillain sends a spy to Detroit as punishment.

I just wish they bring over the Prado as a Toyota. It’s basically just a GX with a 4Runner/Tacoma V6 and no air shocks. It shouldn’t be that difficult to bring over.

My theory is that a lot of manufacturers are waiting for 2020 to show off the mass market stuff. I think they want to gauge the global economy after Brexit is full force and 2-3 years of Trump tax cuts/trade wars before they commit to retooling lines that are basically paid for at this point.

The Range Rover is one of the nicest vehicles I’ve ever driven and I’d still take a Land Cruiser/LX over one if it was my money. I have irrational love for the current RAV4 and on top of that drive a diesel station wagon.

In Northeast Ohio, Amazon has been understandably more focused on Cleveland and Akron. They’re building their third warehouse in Cleveland right now, the second just opened, and have plans for at least one Akron warehouse. I haven’t heard about anything going in near Youngstown.

My other choice is Jeep and I would only take a Jeep product if it was free. Honda has scaled back in Ohio but is still running plants in 3 locations with Marysville having an Auto, Motorcycle, and the NSX/HPD plant. It’s still the best option we have.

The answer is always it can bring justice, the real question is “Will it bring justice?”

I haven’t seen a shift work since June when I started driving by the plant regularly. There’s always a few cars but I’m pretty sure those are just building maintenance people. I’m in Dallas for the week and I would have been happy to see the lot full today, at least until I saw the news.

As a resident of Akron and a worker in the Warren/Youngstown area, I would welcome this. I’m not a fan of Tesla’s business plan, or lack thereof, but while Akron and Cleveland seem to be getting their shit together, Warren/Youngstown needs something big to come in. With Lordstown gone, that really leaves Delphi a steel…

I rented a car this morning and my choices in the National emerald club thingy isle were all Hyundai and Nissan with three exceptions, one Camry (which someone else snagged before I got to it), one Rav4 (which I have for the week) and a Caravan. Note that most likely not all of the Thanksgiving weekend rentals had…

Don’t forget “owning the libs”, too.

In their defense that was shortly after getting the team back. Every Browns fan I talk to now hopes for a winning season but tend to accept 4-12 as a good year. They are a dedicated bunch of lunatics, I’ll give them that.

This is where I’m at. I don’t think I’ve ever met a combat veteran who didn’t have PTSD to some extent. Now admitting to that fact is another matter.

Most pepper spray available to the public is hot sauce based. What most law enforcement aggencies use is pure capsaisin based, the part that does the burning. There are morons out there who eat this shit, but I’m pretty sure none of them have tastebuds left.