We will end up with SOME forms of socialism thanks to longstanding pressures, the results of COVID, and a reaction to Trump’s administration — and not all of them will be bad ideas. But when people wholesale reject the risks and work required to materially succeed to the degree of Musk and Bezos, I get a little…

I like it, but I think you have the wrong animal for BAAS

I am finding it hard to believe that this isn’t a Torch post.

The illusion of innovation from the tech industry is the real problem, I think. The media, this site included, has given the modern tech industry a veneer of glamor. It is seen as having higher social status than stodgy old autodesign. Some people will take any hit on actual wealth in favor of social perception. This…

Normally I’d agree with you, but I’m definitely drinking the T.50 Kool-Aid right now. 

Every time I see Gurgel on these pages, I will post this little vignette story:

“In the face of a crippling pandemic and job crisis, the company has decided to do what it does best: maximize shareholder value. A Reuters exclusive report on Thursday said the company is hellbent on paying out dividends to shareholders,”

Maybe I’m being over-sensitive, but that 2nd-to-last paragraph about potential military application kind of plays into the anti-Chinese propaganda being floated by the current administration. Why can’t it be what they said? Search and rescue, tanker plane? Chinese get to have these too, right?

Reducing my fleet has exactly nothing to do with this city ordinance. Well, maybe I’m doing it a bit more expeditiously, but I made the choice early this summer as a way to add more “balance” to my life. It was reactionary, and this letter just provided a timeline.

I don’t need a shed or more cars.

Unless the relationship with Maserati was different, the sultan’s modifications were generally approved and completed by the manufacturer or an in-house unit.

I work on my vehicles regularly and would have absolutely no problem with a couple non operative vehicles in an neighbor’s yard but when there are literally a dozen vehicles sitting there for 6 months to 2 year I start to worry about rats, wasps, and other vermin nesting in those 12 junk heaps and spreading to my…

I buy manuals, but I’m not buying mid-sized family sedans. :( That’s the problem - things that people WANT with a stick (see: Civic SI, WRX, GTI, etc) sell with sticks. Things that people don’t generally buy for fun (See: Camry, Accord, Malibu, etc) don’t sell with them. :(

David, The deal with an independent front suspension (or independent rear suspension for that matter) vs. a solid axle is all about roll center heights and roll stiffness. Stop me if you already know this but the roll center of a suspension is effectively the pivot point that the body rolls around when you go around a…

Most Caddys sold are XT5s and Escalades. Both have sass. Everything else doesn’t sell worth beans.

The slogan suggests they are a proud part of “hold my beer” moments everywhere.

In India, the market for automatics is still small, probably 25% or less. In an extremely fuel-sensitive market full of cars that have to be very low in price and power, the manual transmission rules.

if even low-life scum like car thieves can wear a corona-virus type mask then anyone can do it

1st Gear: So, wholesale prices are way up, yet, retail prices are holding steady. Just three months ago, wholesale prices were way down, and retail prices were holding steady. I’m totally cancelling my plans to teach macroeconomics over at the Community College.

Over time, overt racism had become unpopular in the mainstream. But there was still a political advantage to appealing to racist feelings or thoughts, and Republicans figured that out early on.

I’d challenge you to think beyond the binary.