Oh Supra... we wanted to love you. But so many problems... The base model has no guts and is the reason that 86 is underpowered; Japanese styling and German reliability (that’s not the exact opposite of what everyone wants...); you can’t row your own gears; you can’t open the windows...; and the model you would buy is…

Eastern and Western corruption are different. In the US, the corruption means a business can do pretty much anything without consequence or reprisal of government stopping them unless/until it’s something truly outrageous (and even then, some bribes WHOOPS “campaign contributions” make it go away). In China, a…

Why not a battery percentage and a mileage range? The current mileage range problem is that it’s only good if you’re doing a constant 65mph with no stops or breaks. But if you’re driving like a bat out of hell, you get maybe half of that.

Simple math. In order to turn a profit, the tourism fees and revenue needs to be great enough to cover hundreds of millions of dollars worth of repairs, and overhead costs of running a restaurant/hotel, and interest on the loans, with some surplus. That will never happen. That’s why it keeps getting sold by…

Prenup discussion absolutely. Legally, a marriage is a business entity between you and your spouse, as recognized by the state. Like any business, you are subject to the state’s default rules unless you make your own agreement and remove/add provisions that work better for you both. Even if you both decide the…

Imprints on casings at time of discharge are not commercially viable (nor will it ever be if it’s not legally required, it’s hollywood sci-fi) and criminals can defeat it by sanding off the stamp (which will wear naturally over use as well).

Not just liability insurance to own a firearm, but require proof of liability insurance to buy ammo.

I don’t think there’s been any additions to the handgun roster since 2013...

Say what? No, you cannot get any pistol on the market. You can only get those that are on this magic list https://oag.ca.gov/firearms/certified-handguns/search. Zero semi-automatics have been added in 7 years. New proposed legislation mandates guns imprint a stamp on all casings (which is a technology not yet in…

That’s all landlords. You acquire a piece of property to rent it out so that 3rd parties cover all the expenses associated with the ownership, and kick back some profit. For many non-commercial landlords (people doing it on the side with a handful) they try to acquire a handful of properties during their prime earning…

Bingo. 1 rental property you’re likely ok. 2-4 can quickly become an unmanageable mess. But if you get 8-9? Then the volume makes it feasible to hire various service professionals, and with the cost amortized across all the properties it becomes cheap. Having a maintenance guy, landscaper, property manager, etc. all…

Being a landlord is absolutely a first-world problem. There are absolutely asshole landlords, and no doubt I’d rather be a landlord than a tenant.

I take it you’ve never known the particular joys of having to write a 4 figure check to some asshole tenant who treats your property like John Bonham treated his liver, is always late paying, and who’ve you’ve bent over backwards to accommodate...

It’s a boat that’s taking on water. So long as you can patch the holes and pump out the water, in time you’re fine. But get too many holes at once, and you’re sunk. The problem is when investors have 1 that’s doing great (because they got lucky with a good tenant and no unexpected damage) and are making money, so…

Anything on my old mini cooper. Step 1 to ANY task was: jack up the car, remove the wheels, and drop the subframe. So much fun to drive, but such a PITA to wrench. Juice wasn’t worth the squeeze.

Routine helps. When using a start/stop with no key tray I put my wallet and the key together in the center console (same when I get home). Then when I’m leaving the house or getting out of the car, I do the “pat” to check for everything.

Useful if the key is with a passenger/bag that gets out. Say you’re dropping off your kid at practice and you gave them a bag to deliver certain things, but you had accidentally dropped the key in that bag; or you’re dropping off the tot at daycare and they’re a kleptomaniac who likes to take and hold keys to feel…

Blind spot monitoring alarms that don’t allow you to alter the distance. I’m fine with the orange lights in the side mirrors, and I am constantly manually monitoring the cars around me to ensure no one is in my blind spot. However it drives me up the fricking wall when I put on my blinker and the blind spot alarm…

Damage. Before push to start, most drivers had a bunch of crap on their key-rings that would hang down, putting pressure on their key. Not good for the ignition lock system. Push to start avoids that issue and most drivers find it more convenient to boot

You can use whatever parameters you want to ascertain if a Tesla is a “better” or “worse” car than a German car. It’s a coin toss. But no matter how you slice it, Teslas are not more “luxurious” than the Germans.