I understand why they want to move a car off the lot before ordering, but in my case a) I had already checked inventories online in every dealership within a 4-state area (and found nothing) b) they kept trying to push cars on me that weren’t even close to what I was looking for (such as a car with an automatic trans…

It’s not just a couple of manufacturer’s dealers. More manufacturers than not have at least a high percentage of shitty, sleaze-ball dealers. There’s a reason why almost everyone (regardless of what car they drive) hates going to the dealer for anything.

Someone in sales correct me if I’m wrong, but I think they get a lot of their commissions from financing. But yeah, it boggles my mind that they’d let a potential sale walk out because they’re too stupid to deviate from their script. Only getting a commission on the car without financing is a lot better than nothing.…

You might be right about this. I feel like Hyundai and Kia have made good steps in getting to where the Japanese carmakers were in the 80s and early 90s, but it feels like they’re jumping into the high-end/luxury market a bit too quickly. Even if the time frame was similar for when the Japanese started their own…

I’m scratching my head wondering why everyone keeps clamoring for a new rotary/Wankel engine. Given how much development and refinement has gone into improving piston driven gas engines over the last decade, what would be the advantage of a new Wankel? I mean, I guess it might be a bit more efficient in the…

Actually, from what I’ve heard and read on media outlets such as NPR, the ex-military guys are usually the more restrained cops, especially those who have served in Iraq or Afghanistan. They said the reason is because those guys are trained in de-escalation and not to fire kill shots unless absolutely necessary. It’s…

I can’t remember which movie it was, but I was watching a Cinema Sins a while back that I turned off after a couple of minutes because almost every single point that they made was a disagreement over style rather than any actual “mistakes” in logic, continuity, etc. And of course, as others have mentioned, the run…

This is too perfect. I wish I could give you more than one star.

And they’re also your words in that big title.

Fatburger’s not bad, but here in Las Vegas it’s hella expensive. Last time I went (probably 5 years ago) I had some pretty big cheeseburger (can’t remember which one) plus fries and a drink and the total came out to like 14 bucks or some shit. It was good, but not that good.

I think Fish was in “Biker Boys” (or Biker Boyz or some shit). Could be wrong. All those energy drink car & bike movies from the ‘00s blend together into a mess of ridiculous stunts, half-nekkid women, dated vinyl decals and questionable CGI.

You are correct. I had it backwards. :P

Oh, yes. YES! Let me chug a 12-pack of each along with half a dozen Four Loko’s and I’m good to go, brah!

Where is this from?

Worst product placement ever.

Interesting. GM uses NX, right? I wonder what Ford uses. I know Catia is pretty big in aviation, at least with Boeing (and Airbus too, I think?).

Really? Where do you live? I’m surprised, because SW seemed to always be the closest thing to a de facto mid-priced CAD program, and most of the job postings I see list Solidworks in the qualifications list (although, Inventor is the one I see 2nd-most).

A bit of apples and oranges. I would say comparing Inventor to Solidworks is a better comparison. Similar suites in a similar price range. Catia is a whole ’nother price class.

Fair enough. I haven’t used any of the newer versions of AutoCAD, so that looked foreign to me.
When I switched from Inventor to SW about 9 years ago I found somethings I liked better about SW and some better with Inventor. IIRC I think I liked Inventor’s sketching system a bit better. Both good suites, though.

Fair enough. I haven’t used any of the newer versions of AutoCAD, so that looked foreign to me. It was definitely imported, though. No way FCA uses AutoCAD for any auto design.