I don’t care about range. heck, my Spitfire can barely do 200 miles on a tank of gas. But I can fill it up in less than 5 minutes and do it again and again, literally anywhere in the country without worrying about whether there will be a charger where I am going, that the charger will work, that I have the right…

Maybe they know “Toyota promises affordable 300-mile EV” won’t click as well as “Toyota promises 900-mile EV.” So in a way, we have to thank them.

Toyota is just subtly letting us know they have a lot of shit in the works that they just don’t want getting out.

The hikes are meant to discourage borrowing.

Yes, and the common retort is “but medical bills”...which no longer affect your score.

The credit system is a pretty good indicator of “do you pay back your debts, or not.” As a consumer asking to borrow money from businesses that are not charities, those businesses like to know if you suck with money. It’s not really an unknowable issue.

There’s nothing capricious or inscrutable about our credit system. I can explain it to you in 3 sentences. Based on your history of good payment, you are issued a credit score. A high score means you are responsible and pay back your loans. A low score means the opposite. If you have a low credit score, you have to…

The ugliest from America is yet to come. WTF is this ?

Shane, get a Ford Thunderbird. No, not one of the last gen Boomer bait convertibles. You’re not getting one of those for $5,000 outside of a salvage yard anyways. You need to go for the big personal luxury coupe of the generation before the Thunderbird’s tacky swan song. These cars used the same 4.6 Modular V8 as the…

Waiting for the dealership-stans to tell us about all the value junk fees bring to the car buying experience.

“36 percent of Americans side with striking workers, while just nine percent are backing GM, Ford and Stellantis.” So the correct answer is that 55% of Americans don’t care at all.

I paid 9% on my student loans for 35 years. 

Exactly this.  Was driving a Polestar 2 for a spell this spring and could only get 150KW when charging with a 350KW charger.  The 150 chargers topped off at around 60.

I am totally with you, I have a Kona, it max out at 100kw, lots of time I end up hooking up to 350kw charger, not by my choice, just b c all the 150kw chargers being taken, and while i was charging my car, cars I assumed its have higher charging rate pulled in, and the drivers often looked at my car, some even told me…

Yes. It’s time to end CAFE. A couple of reasons:

Bingo! I always went to the gate with my family to see relatives off, spend some extra time talking, etc. before they left. This was normal before all of that 9-11 “security theater” started. Of course the security wasn’t anywhere as intrusive as now. I used to bring while 2-liter bottles of vodka on board.

This. The security theatre is just that theatre. Run checked bags through the bomb sniffer. Carry-on luggage the same.

It was better. People weren’t afraid of the boogeyman.

Am I just getting old that this seems shocking to someone?

I remember when your family could basically walk you to the gate. I’m not sure if that was a better time or just a naive time.