In 2005, I was certain I’d be able to pick one up for about $60,000-$70,000 once the values dropped in a few years.

Well, I got that one wrong. Not even close.

I think the major issue here is that you’d have to dig up and replace the road to change the encoded data.

Permanent things to indicate unchanging conditions like road signs are far cheaper, and local information is readily available on things like navigation software that updates in real time.

I’m just not sure I see a…

Yeah, nothing to do with increased efficiency of turbofans on larger aircraft that don’t need to fly as fast or maneuver as quickly... Nope, none of that here. Got to be a conspiracy.

/sarcasm/

No shit. My sister’s an ER doctor and the money flowing through that place is ridiculous.

He thinks it’s being purposefully engineered by the government. As to why, I don’t know. He’s fearful of a lot of things. I’ve never really received a logical answer as to why government would engineer climate change. I don’t deny its existence, nor do I deny our involvement in it as humans, but I just don’t think…

There’s a guy I’m friends with on Facebook that posts chemtrail stories all the time. His claim is that coal fly ash is being dumped on populations to induce cancer and push money into the medical industry.

Where in the hell exactly are they storing this stuff in a fighter that can fly most of the way across the United…

I love reading the manual on a new car. It’s my bedtime story. I get up and run down to the garage when I discover a cool new feature.

My Focus ST has freaking “mood lighting” that changes colors! I didn’t notice since it was daylight when I bought it... You bet your sweet ass I was down there playing with it at 2:00AM…

This is how I and my family feel. When I’m done with this thing, take what you want. I don’t care if it just goes to a medical school for a lecture; it’s potentially helping someone.

We have a tradition of cremation and spreading our ashes over a specific place on Lake Huron. That’s exactly what I want done to me.…

“Wipers on = lights on” is just easier. That 500ft law is ridiculous. Is a cop going to get out a 500ft measuring tape to prove the visibility was reduced? As far as I’ve seen, in bad weather visibility comes and goes even across a neighborhood around here.

I’ve mentioned it before, but if my lights are set to…

I run with my lights on all the time since my 2014 Focus ST will deactivate them after 30 seconds of ignition off to prevent draining the battery. Other cars probably do that, too. I never have to worry about turning them off.

I just think it’s safer to drive lights on than rely on the automatic setting. There are a…

That’s the thing. People project their own deeds on others, but in this case it happens to be the higher-ups in Beijing, not the cheating husband accusing his wife of infidelity or the alcoholic accusing everyone else of drinking too much.

I got my license in 1996. They eliminated driving courses in high school, at least in Ohio, by then.

First thought: Hmmm. Is this an actual barn find with maybe 2,500 miles on it? That could be something. Let’s find out!

...160,000 miles. Dremel or something taken to back left. Interior that looks like someone is using the dash as a Petri dish and left a chainsaw running in there overnight.

Loooooooong haaaaaard hit on…

I loved it. It was my only car for almost four years. In Ohio. Year-round. Mine was specified with the 1915cc air-cooled flat four and made about 130HP. Weighing 1200 pounds, it was pretty darn quick. It will get you noticed, too, so if you want to ever spend fewer than 15 minutes at a gas station talking to people,…

I think the stupidest rule I’ve ever heard comes from my own neighborhood:

I’m 36 and I’d still be thrilled.

I owned a Beck 550 Spyder for a number of years, and you can’t specify Porsche emblems from the factory for obvious reasons like that. You’re free to put them on yourself after delivery, though. You’d also personally be on the hook for misrepresentation if you tried to sell a replica as authentic.

There have been…

OK, well as an arachnophobe, you’ve ruined my night’s sleep. I usually destroy them with a magazine 1200 times. If one ever got up, I’d shit my pants and just run like a bitch. I’d be scared it would somehow get in my car as I sped off.

Damn, I hate you... LOL

I’ve never actually feared an average Russian just as we don’t generally fear the average person walking down the street.

I think that’s how my dad, who was in the Navy on Polaris missile subs saw them, too. I’ve never served, but it seems once you’re actually in there in the service, perspectives change, but it was…

I was as well. I’m 36, born in 1980. When people think about air raid drills, they think 1944 Berlin. Nope. We practiced air raid drills during the Cold War. As late as 8th grade, we had drills where we hid under desks in case of a Russian missile attack. It was always specifically Russian, so that’s a hard thing to…