I think the obsession with low center of gravity was just on the part of marking copywriters (and perhaps uninformed buyers). Mass centralization on sport bikes? Sure. But a low center of gravity is NOT a good thing on any motorcycle because that makes it harder to steer. Motorcycles turn by steering the front wheel…

Yeah, I don’t think people realize how awful these were. A family friend, in the early 90s, had one. It was slow, had a shitty interior, and broke down all the time. It was the second-worst car on the market at that time, beaten to the worst spot only by the Yugo (which I think was still getting sold in early 90s).

Yikes, this is a sad mess. The creator(s) of this video should have taken some Ritalin (or whatever drug to deal with their ADHD) before making this, instead of the acid or crack they actually took. Was there any shot in that video that was longer than 5 seconds?

Oh god, yes! With the time change coming soon, there will be way too many idiots driving with just their dim DRLs and no rear lights. It should be illegal for the dashboard to light up in a car if only the DRLs are on, so morons at least have some sort of a signal that they need to turn their lights on as it gets dark.

Where do you keep your smartphone when you are driving? In a place where it is able to record your conversations and maybe get some GPS-reception?

Yeah, the fact that there are cars that send data about the car to the manufacturer wirelessly, and that people ACCEPT this, is freakin’ insane to me. My newest vehicle is from 2009, and if I’m ever forced to buy a new car, any kind of communication going out from the car to anyone - especially the manufacturer - would…

Funny, when a small business on Shark Tank has women in poor countries making overpriced handbags they’re “helping”, but when a large corporation has them making widgets they’re “taking advantage”.

If I prevented you from selling your services to anyone else for a higher price, then it’s ill-gotten. Otherwise, it’s a fair price.

The answer depends on whether or not you’re the one keeping that person from having money. Are you the one barely letting them live, El Presidente? Or are you the foreign industrialist who is saving their kid by offering them a job?

Wow, seriously? This can’t be permanently turned off? That’s insane. That would be a non-negotiable for me - I would never buy a car with auto start-stop that can’t be completely disabled.

Their wealth comes from investing, which you know, powers the economy, creates jobs. The more jobs there are, the more non-wealthy people are needed to fill them. Getting a job, and then another job, is the path to higher pay...

Slave labor? If so, the gains would be ill gotten. Paying people a wage they’ll accept to do work voluntarily, it’s hard to consider that ill gotten.

With respect to the ~50% of wage earners who don’t pay income tax, there are a very number of them. Taxing them even a little would generate large amounts of revenue.

The problem in the US is that too many people pay little or no tax.

The threshold for the tax is tens of millions of dollars, but thanks for the scare tactics.

It would only tax people with $1 Billion in assets, or people who show $100 Million in capital gains for three consecutive years.

Looks cool - but Honda completely lost me at “DCT”. They’re trying to push DCTs really hard for some reason, but being able to precisely control how the engine’s power translates to thrust at the rear wheel is critical on a motorcycle, especially off-road. 

You need more than 670hp?

Yep. For me, when the Z06 was announced as N/A, it became a giant shrug for me. Meh?

When’s the last time you drove a rental car more than 250 miles, though? I’m betting most customers never bother with a charger.