Uncertainty and possible recession are exactly why we were discussing it. (BTW, we won’t do it because neither one of us wants to get rid of what we drive now, so the discussion didn’t go very far.) When things were shit after 2008 we bought a couple foreclosures. Nobody wanted houses; my only regret is not buying…

Some in Illinois have gone to curbside delivery, IIRC

My wife was wondering aloud yesterday if it would be a good time to buy soon.

This is potentially the start of some things realllly sucking. I’ve been concerned about this shit show causing civil unrest for a bit (I do live in metro STL), but add this to everything else and it’s definitely not pretty.

This is very cool, my wife and I may be relocating to an island in the States that has an established golf cart infrastructure. I may have to widen my ideas of what to get.

Exactly. I believe some states (Mass and Ohio?) had already suspended the requirements. Historical context FTW.

While this is the first time HOS limits have been suspended nationwide since the limits were put in place, there has been removals on the state level in response to localized disasters such as hurricanes.

IIRC, it was the other way around. Count Rossi did not like the looks of the “/20" variant, which was generally seen as ugly at the time, and refused to have his name and colors on it. This gave ze Germans an opportunity to have some fun.

I read an interesting article earlier today, https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2020-03-14/coronavirus-will-we-run-out-of-toilet-paper, about the TP supply pipeline. Because toilet paper has such a steady demand with little variation, many factories are running 24/7 with very little excess capacity to be as…

I believe lug bolts is the proper terminology, at least I hope so because that’s what I call them. My 996 is bolts, so was my B5 Passat and the Cayenne my wife had. I’ve come to actually really like them, as long as you have the little aluminum rod to help mount the wheel and tire. 

Millenials are a diverse group. Not all are as broke and cash strapped as people want to think. The Barracuda may not be the thing, but Integra Type R or certain a certain $176,000 Supra probably aren’t being snapped up by Boomers.

Soft on Demand does not sound like a good name for a porn company.

The entire line of Boar’s Head condiments is awesome. Unfortunately I can no longer find the one (Cajun mayo, IDK anymore) that my wife loves.

I, for one, welcome our new cartoony. ass-engined overlords.

Interesting. The math does make sense, but by theory is that people won’t want to share with others due to “I don’t want people doing X in my car.”

Please don’t do that either.

It might also make you crap your pants!

Somewhat tangentially, I’m curious how the current Covid-19 situation is shaping the opinions of the crowd who wants a movement towards less privately owned cars and more towards shared autonomous vehicles.

I’ve owned a Tracy-load of Jeeps, mostly Wranglers, but as sacrilege as some would find it, I would love an IFS Wrangler.

Dafuq?