I missed the part where it’s going to be an active lifestyle crossover with an available EV version.

It will have to be amazing, considering it will need to be able to sell 15 years after it’s debut.

First, “labor cost per hour” does not equal the top line on the paycheck stub, it includes insurance, the employer’s part of the FICA/Medicare bill, pension costs, and whatever else the person computing it decides to add in there. Hard to believe I’ve got to explain that.

I’m most concerned about the rising costs to buy a new car. There are way too many people buying cars that they cannot afford with crazy long loans. This has to come to a head at some point and it won’t be pretty.

Only for perpendicular parking.  If the lot is angle parking; you will pull out and be going the wrong way down the aisle.

Let the record state that I wore pleated khakis even though I knew they wouldn’t show up in the picture. 

Indeed people will be suprised how the simple act of making an appointment can change their experience. This might be worth another blog.

It’s ridiculous.

Mr. 3008 over here...

I hardly use a card anymore when getting gas. I look for a Mobil or Shell with a reasonable price and use the app on my phone or built into my Buick’s infotainment. You just tell the app which pump you are at and pump.

Can’t believe this isn’t higher up. Fuel is a big pollutant, you wouldn’t want to foul a waterway or somebody’s front yard with a 1500 gallon fuel dump unless it’s really necessary. A little inconvenient delay in landing is not an urgent necessity, like a fire or failed engine would be.

Most modern aircraft lack the capacity to dump fuel. The Dash 8 has a ‘dump valve’ but it is only used to vent the fuel tanks during refueling, and that feeds from an overflow tank, not the fuel tank.

From my days working for a company that had Dash 8s the dump valves are designed for jettisoning fuel during refueling not mid-air fuel dump.

Uh...you can’t just dump a shitload of Jet-A over a populated area.  You also probably don’t want to dump it over major waterways, forests, or anything really.  Not unless you really, really, really have to,

You do realize that regional aircraft like this don’t have the ability to jettison fuel right?  They can land overweight in an outright emergency but that would likely lead to structural damage. Even aircraft much larger than the Dash 8 such as the A320 don’t have the capability to jettison fuel. 

JeepName.4xe - Fatal error

Have a very polite conversation with the GM and service manager of the dealership. Face to face.
Ask to speak to the regional service rep. Make sure the dealer knows you are aware they are trying to help you and that you don’t hold this against them (unless its their fault, you shouldn’t) and that you don’t want to…

You choose! C or F. Doesn’t matter in this case!

-40, what are the units on that?!?

They are designed to work down to -40 (with a block heater, iirc)