Yeah, I also didn’t factor in the tax bill too which would undoubtedly suck. So I would probably put in a full 40 hour week, but I will be honest, it would be tough to be all that productive by about Thursday after lunch.

Good. Keep driving it and using it as a truck. TRUCKS should be used for the purpose a truck serves - to haul cargo, to drive across terrain that isn’t pavement, and to tow heavy loads. A truck should NOT be used to drive back and forth to an office job, and should not haul more people than cargo, and should…

Yep. Abandon long-term stability for an expectation that profits will somehow magically increase EVERY quarter.

It can’t be any worse than the current Ford Escape?

Andrew, the new mustang has the mullet of tachometers.

AZ native here; Agreed. Even if a correlation exists, that doesn’t mean causation.

can you show me the correlation between open carry and gun deaths?

German engineers doing something in the most convoluted way possible? I’m shocked, SHOCKED I tell you!

Doar bought a 2014 diesel Jetta for $23,700

My salty take on 1st gear:

It’s really refreshing to see an honest-to-goodness wagon again. The rear end is a perfect fusion of styling cues from Volvos past and present.

The same thing happens in education. Teaching to the test rather than making kids smarter and conveying knowledge and skills to them.

ALL Large companies in ALL industries in the U.S. will engage in these type of activities unless there is incentive to not. The penalties and fines for these activities are always much less than the profits taken during the time of violation and the investment needed to stay in compliance for ALL companies. I hate to…

When the test requirements are beyond the point of diminishing returns or otherwise shift the design balance away from customer requirements what happens is the product becomes designed to pass the test. The government’s test becomes the requirement, the customer.

Straight off a early 2000's Chrysler

Wait til the home bubble burst 2.0 happens this fall.

Well... so far it’s;

Reason number 678,987,456,892,369,923 why I can’t wait for the death of car dealerships.

You do realize you can pay more than you legally owe, right? Toss an extra few grand into the fire if that’s your thing.

Protip — they are all cheating