Giant props for the guy for his voice. So many times when people film a police confrontation the person filming genuinely loses their cool and their voice gets all high and pinchy and they get really scared. This guy kept his voice right in the angry non-intimidated zone, which made it a lot less embarrassing to…

Dude. Thanks for reporting this for what it was—a straight-up diversion that absolutely failed to mention the 14-year-old aspect. Can’t wait for the others to come forward and put him in prison.

There can only be one...

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Oooo...all street cred gone! Oh, well, it was foolishly burned up praising a car I genuinely enjoyed.

You’re so right about that. Context is everything. My dad let me drive an SC once as a teenager. Maybe compared to today’s fast cars it wasn’t amazing, but compared to the 1986 Suburban I drove and the 1972 Baja Bug, it was kind of mind blowing. To actually be pressed back into the seat as the turbos hit their…

I thought my religion, profession, and left-field car history rendered me unique. Many pardons.

Well, to be clear, I’m an actual believer. But, yeah, this first-world-problems coupled with patent ignorance and a butt load of tone deafness to the 99% who can’t buy a Tesla is kind of awful, coming from anyone.

Oh, man, I can imagine! Try telling a CPA anything, for that matter. As for lawyers, my wife is one also. We’ve told our nine-and-eleven-year-olds about their “bundle of rights” including the right of exclusion in terms of Lego ownership many, many times.

Well, I’m a med-mal attorney, so I actually know just enough about medicine to know what I need to look up. Or ask an expert about. It’s a cheap but effective substitute for substantive knowledge.

Well, I know just enough about medicine to be dangerous, because I’m a Med-Mal attorney. Or, perhaps, I’m sufficiently knowledgeable to know what I don’t know and need to look up.

Rich people think they’re good at everything. Try telling a doctor he doesn’t also know how to invest in real estate. Or a lawyer they don’t know crap about medicine.

Officially an embarrassment to Mormons everywhere. Besides the stupidity, don’t drop “thrifty” buying an expensive car! Dude, own it. You’re rich.

That’s a funny idea. Government issued free beer and weed would, in fact, solve the wasting-money problem...but what would government-sponsored indulgence be like?

May have to leave things as they are with that one...

Oh, I mostly agree with you. Because, really, in their poor-person world, drinking and buying a flashy car gets them local respect and romantic opportunities, and they need that to survive just like anyone else. So, my offer of compelled sobriety and a decent but not flashy car might improve their lives less than I…

The war on drugs has only just begun! We’ve got local meth labs essentially shut down now, though we never talk about that. I think once we start to see the long-term increases in crime and other collateral damage in Colorado et al., we’ll be able to get American’s head straight about re-criminalization and…

Well, see, it’s worked for me perfectly. Never touched the stuff, never spent money on it. Life’s worked out for me. Life hasn’t worked out for my alcoholic friends.

So, you’re right that it is paternalistic. But that doesn’t mean I’m wrong.

Ideally, American would self-prohibit. That’s what I’m pushing. I know…

Oh, sure. I’ve known guys who run their own bulldozers and whatnot; they’re the secret rich person next door. My immigrant-type friends, not so much.

Dude, so much. My friends who work construction and even my friend who’s a janitor at a tire factory have always driven better cars than me. They can’t possibly afford it. They’re being slowly crushed to death by debt. It’s not avocado toast these young kids are eating, it’s the beer and the new-car smell.

Best program…

Classic case of rad car for $5k, but not for quadruple that.