The algorithm always wants to take the most “direct” route and turn as soon as possible so near my house Google want me to make a left turn on a major road at rush hour instead of driving a few blocks south to where I can make the same turn at a traffic light.

My first thought is that a horse attack is going to be an insurance claim worthy of a Farmer’s ad.

Actually yes, Carnival cruises clearly owns ships which are in public records,  Best Western has hotels which are clearly there in Google Maps and when I rent a car I do deal with a company with inventory.  So if I'm going to shell out six figures on a multi year cruise you better believe I'm going ask what ship and…

Since we’ve just been shopping Japanese auctions I will leave out the proposition that a slightly newer Nissan Stagea wagon can be in the US for $10-12,000 and that’s AWD and turbo but not a full on GTR. The Autech version is a full R33 or R34 GTR but priced accordingly.

I think the answer is yes because water transport has the lowest ton mile cost. In the PNW most of the grain is shipped down the Snake and Columbia rivers by barge before being loaded in Portland. There are rail lines on both sides of the Columbia but trains only move grain from Canada for export or ship it inland.

“I don’t want to move to a city where the only cultural advantage is being able to make a right turn on a red light.”

Elon doesn't operate by logic and his handlers have been slacking off. 

It seems like basic due diligence. When you buy a car you check the seller owns it, when you buy a cruise check there's a ship. 

So I guess a bunch of people shelled out big money and made major plans to sail on the MV Vaporware.

Gordon Keeble deserves a vote for using a turtle as their logo. You know they can take a joke.

Having built the Lego VW Bus and Having just received a Defender 90 lit, muffin tins and a few plastic containers help immensely.  Just keeping track of all the pieces sometimes feels like half the work. 

I remember going to Ford’s South American web sites ooking for Ranger crew cabs and wishing I could get one. The ultimate was the early oughts Brazilian diesel models with the 2.8 TGV based on the Landrover 300 TDI. 

The Wilco Farm Store near me has extra long parking spaces so you can park a crew cab long bed truck but the width is standard. I like it because even my F150 is 20' and it sticks out of the Costco parking spots.  

If you tow heavy trailers regularly a dually is useful but I gave it ND for the 6.4 diesel because they are more failure prone than the 6 0.

So Netflix gave some dude with a mediocre record a huge budget and spent it on hookers and blow? No wonder they are losing money, raising rates and shedding subscribers,  myself included.  

Poor reading comprehension on your part. I said gun control doesn’t stop suicides, citing two countries with extremely high suicide rates and extremely strict gun control. Death is the problem, means of death is irrelevant.

The car I had a personal hate for was the early 90s Ford Tempo. I had one as a rental in 93 and it was painful to drive because there was a,metal bar in the seat back precisely positioned to give me a terrible back ache. Nothing else has been that uncomfortable.

Apparently you prefer special pleading over admitting gun control doesn’t stop crime, or suicide. I cited a counter example of the ultimate in gun control. Leave out suicide, the two countries with the highest suicide rates are Japan and South Korea which have infitesimal levels of gun ownership.

I'd like to see how a motorcycle compares.  While a bike loses out on aerodynamics it makes it up in mass and inertia.  Back in the early 90s Road & Track  did a 0-100-0 feature and a Kawasaki ZX9 borrowed from Cycle World smoked the field. 

Not so much the company as the dealers. I think the Hyundai Ioniq 6 is a great car but I feel unclean every time I drive past the wretched hive of scum and villainy that is a Hyundai/Kia store