To quote Strongbad, “Look at her stupid head. Look at how stupid her head is.” 

It was quite the wakeup call to watch and learn how much of our system really just functions on historic norms.
And what can happen, or what will happen, when people get into it who don’t care about civility or norms.
Pretty fragile. 

Like others have said, parties didn’t exist in the US at that time. They sort of existed in Europe, and the founders were very much NOT a fan of parties developing. 

1st; this is not the Game of Thrones fan rewrite I was looking for...

These cars that are sitting on dealer lots for a year or more are totally going to be screwed. Lot rot is a serious problem. So you better have a good eye on the warranty if you’re getting one.
You’ll need new tires right away.
New oil. Maybe new battery. Check other fluids.
Cars are not supposed to sit around unused…

Absolutely! F*&% them.
I tried car shopping twice. Once in 2022 (before the real crazy price hikes). That experience was pretty lame, because lots of cars had supply and parts issues (understandable, I was dealing with that at work as well).
So I put it off till the next year.
In late 2023, the prices on everything…

Isn’t this what the Fed and financial titans wanted?
They accused us all of having too much liquid money laying around, and having too many high paying jobs.
Close the flood gates a little, make us spend all our liquid money, and lay off some of us.
Ohh, jeez, now we can’t buy things and these companies and banks are…

Interesting...I didn’t see much of that stuff look like user abuse per se. But more like, a heavily used, beat, old vehicle that’s on long routes all day, with the windows/doors open. Probably by some smokers. Lets not forget all the crap that sometimes fall off the mail. Much of it being paper, which is dusty. Mixing…

I would be a trusty Trico. 

Genesis GV80?!
As a proper Virgo, I refuse.
Especially since I’ve seen Genesis models with many rubbed off finishes on their interior buttons.
Way to turn a Virgo to sheer insanity. 

I remember seeing at least half a dozen M body Chryslers/Dodges at the demo derby we used to go to in college, down here in IL.
Those M bodies were indestructible! They often won. And all rolled off the field on their own power.
It just killed me seeing them all smashed up; an ‘83 New Yorker was our family hauler…

Yeahhh.... Europe has a different mentality. You have to prove your stuff is safe before you sell it.
In the US, you put it out there as long as it checks the boxes against past regulations. It then goes through consumer-active field testing, where people may get mained, or die. THEN there’s investigations, tests,…

My SiL is constantly bitching about how busy they are and how many activities they have to constantly drive to after school, and on weekends.
Uhhhh, last I checked, YOU’RE the parents who signed them up for all that stuff.
How about stagger it out? 

LOL yes she is in fact part time, since she is now in charge of Dodge also. 

Ask your doctor if Stellantis is right for you. 

Oh man, I had a red Dynasty with red interior in HS/College. It had the 3.3L v6, which in that light car, could actually beat the pants off some souped up Hondas back in the day. :D
That was a comfy yet fast boat (back then). 

OMG your ads are as bad as Snapchat. No thanks. 

For me, it has to be a tie between the Dodge Caliber (any year) and the early 2000s Chevy Equinox.
Both of them drove terrible, and had the most atrocious plastics I’ve ever seen outside of a Panda Express container.
The Caliber was slow and buzzy with it’s ridiculous CVT, merging on the highway was literally…

aka, the LG and Samsung appliance approach.
Friends who had a 2yr old Samsung dishwasher at the time.
The drain pump died, but the repair company said Samsung changed the pump design already, and there were no replacements.
He was, however, able to jerry rig the wire harness of a Frigidaire pump into it that matched…

I’m pretty sure his unrequited love, Sandy Munro, had a hand in the steep cost-cutting of the CT design.
That’s why Sandy is so visibly butt-hurt about the criticism.