Definitely interesting info, thanks!

I think I may have to wait a bit— cheapest on Turo is about $250/day haha. That’s a hard no. There is a model S for rent for $60/day as well, so that might be more up my alley for a test drive.

The new Civics are surprisingly nice, actually. My wife has a 2006, her sister just got a 2017 last year with the 1.5T. There’s really almost no comparing the two. The turbo motor with 170HP is actually pretty peppy, the interior is nice and well thought out, the electronics have really improved a lot, fit and finish…

Yeah, I’d estimate about 2 years before they’re down into the mid 20s. The lowest ones right now are going under $40K— I think they were going high 40s this time last year.

For sure... which makes it nice I’m in no rush— if they all start breaking down at 100K, the statistics will show that and I’ll know buyer beware. If people start reaching 150K with no major problems regularly, then it could be a good idea.

From what I’ve heard the cars have been pretty reliable from a mechanical perspective.... but yes, that is a trade-off I’d be willing to make. I buy used... to me it makes more sense to buy a car at the bottom of it’s depreciation curve and do the necessary maintenance to keep it on the road. I wouldn’t necessarily…

I live in the DMV as well, actually. The one I saw yesterday was in Maryland. I only go into DC proper about once a week for work and haven’t come across any there yet— I’m sure if I still lived in Vienna I’d see them, as there were a ton of Tesla owners up there.

That seems like an unreasonable degree of luck to assume any of those things actually take place that rapidly... especially considering their past performance. Based on their past, it’d seem more likely that they break ground next year, take slightly more than a year to make the buildings, another year to install…

Yeah, just had a chance to watch the video— from the writeup they’d made it sound like the Vette owner just got a better launch— looks more like a combination of the better P/W ratio and the drag slicks.

Demon does have some technical wizardry that helps it launch better, though. Can’t overcome a driver delay, of course. Hopefully they switch platforms to the Alfa one eventually to get that curb weight down.

Whose orders are these fucks following? This is starting to feel a lot like a white nationalist cell has infiltrated the PDs and has activated those cells. It’s almost like they’ve infiltrated the highest level of gove.... oh, wait. Fuck. This is truly the darkest timeline.

I was a huge Bernie supporter in the last election cycle, thought he cared, would have won, would have led a progressive wave, would have led a government trying to help everyone. I’d like him since he’d spoken out against the Iraq war during Bush II, appreciated his support of palestine, liked his policy proposals,…

They brought him in after he told them he added empathy, care and love and affection...

Chris Celizza gonna call you a bully... 

Then he went and collaborated with Janelle Monae on her record that just dropped? Weird... like... was he the only one that *didn’t* know?!?

Better than Kanye...nothing earth shattering but blunt, to the point, and said what most everyone’s thinking...

Yep, cum trees... hate the things. Also, I’m pretty sure that’s a picture of my old office in Alexandria that had them (off beauregard)...

I thought that at first, but that’s some next level chess... coming from a guy that seems right now like he’d get down in a match and then decide that one of his pawns is named Kanye and that one’s allowed to fly directly to the king because kanye don’t believe in the constraints of the game anymore because the veil…

I noticed the inclusion of PG county (where I just bought a home) and many of the counties in NoVA— this article I came across (from 2011, mind you) presents some of the unique factors at play in the area:

I’ve got a window sticker for when my top is up that says “I’ll bet you a new car that my brakes are better than yours...” My wife and I just purchased our first home and I’d been having some minor heart attacks watching people behind me slam on their brakes in traffic jams. It’s tacky, but it’s cut down significantly…