Is he implying that if you want to save money to buy a house, you should look at how you spend your money and cut back on luxuries? Because that’s just ludicrous.

Honestly, if you believe that $19, $20, or $22 is a reasonable sum for half an avocado and some hot bread, then you probably need to take a good hard look at a lot more than just your home affordability scenario.

It might have gone faster but they couldn’t get a window up.

Eh; not so much. On a flying-mile high speed run at Bonneville, especially with speeds of only about 200 mph, you don’t need to accelerate all that hard to get up to speed -- it’s more about the car’s aerodynamics and top-end horsepower. With proper throttle tip-in you should be able to get up to speed without…