“By the way we had to replace your roof. It was peeling off in resentment of the rest of the car...”

Gotta love the oil change upsells! The jabronies offering $35 full synthetic oil changes down the block tried to upsell my wife everything just shy of blinker light fluid on her 4 year old car with 25k miles. Transmission flush and coolant flush; $200 antibacterial/fungal climate control sanitation; $100 cabin air…

I use a drill to tighten the lugs, impact only for loosening.

IDK about you, but if I pay someone money to service my vehicle (a service they offer and advertise), and they are grossly incompetent, fuck it up, and cause damage leaving me worse off than when I started, there’s gonna be hell to pay. Full stop. No if’s, and’s or but’s.

You must be fun at parties

But if you’re not in the showroom in person, how are they going to hit you with the 4 square and the anti-rust proofing add-ons?

My sister-in-law just bought a Mach E over a Benz cross-over/mini suv. She’s not an enthusiast, just wanted the comforts of a luxury car. She would have NEVER spent that much scratch on a Ford with a blue oval logo on the hood (and hates all domestics). But the only logos on the Mach E are the pony. GENIUS marketing,…

No, it means a sales rush to sell products with dwindling tax credit program. We saw the same thing with solar panels, it’s a seller’s dream- full money in your pocket but the customer is getting a discount.

The income caps don’t make that much sense to me. Generally, if you have limited income you are less likely to buy something brand new and take the depreciation hit, when you can get a used one that’s a few years older for a lot cheaper. But then again, someone has to be making the fiscally bad decision to buy things…

+1. My original comment was summarized as “conform” when it was actually about taking steps to raise your social status (including popular hobbies) so that you’re less of a target. Don’t have to outrun the bear, just those lowest in the social structure

That Norman Rockwell whole turkey on the dining room table moneyshot is VASTLY overrated.

You can tent it so long as you poke holes to vent for steam. That’s how you get chinese takeout that’s crispy not soggy.

The increases in size weren’t due to styling, but safety regulations. It’s incredibly difficult to build something that small while still complying with U.S. and EU requirements- even without an engine.

Small coupe, rwd, with 3 pedals? Just wait 3 more months for the Z and get 400 ponies and a factory warranty

So instead of independent contractors, the trucking companies should switch to hourly and pay for the idle time caused by the port’s screw ups?

Keep in mind, the list are low-hanging fruit of things that you can do to raise your social standing and be less of a target. It’s not a list for how to be popular, nor do you need to follow every step. It’s more of, “here are some reasons you may be getting targeted to have the shit kicked out of you.”

Some (but not all) of the people buying Mach E’s are cross-shopping them with higher end luxury brands like Tesla, X5, GLE’s, E-trons, etc. They aren’t previous Ford owners. Before the Mach E, Ford didn’t have any real premium offerings.

Kids from broken homes with abusive parents can be bullies. Kids from well to do homes with loving and caring parents can also be bullies. Middle/High school is Lord of the Flies. Kids are hitting puberty, hormones are going wild and they’re getting their first taste of autonomy and agency. It’s their first society…

Aforementioned GMoney. It wasn’t so much about conforming (you don’t need to be a moderately attractive heterosexual caucasian from a well to do family to avoid bullying). It is more about social standing. Middle/high school is a jungle and reputation/standing is everything (it is more like Lord of the Flies than…

I don’t need free. I’ll GLADLY pay $59.99-$69.99 for a game that’s fun and brings me dozens (if not hundreds) of hours of entertainment.