I get it, but here’s another example of the same thing. Women (and perhaps better stated as people, but generally women) who are in abusive relationships can flee to a shelter. And they usually don’t flee from one state to another, do they? No, they need help, and the closest shelter is usually the choice, is it not?

Agreed. And although we should offer help to those looking for asylum from their home countries, why is it okay that the Central American ones not look for that help in other countries, one closer to home, ones that speak the same language? I mean, we could easily send aid money to countries offering shelter to those…

Great advice, but you are offering it too late for most people who might have gone with a loan from this company. You are just effectively closing the barn door after the horses are out.

...cough, cough... Buick Envision...

As I noted before, I like history, I like boats, and I really, really think saving the QM is a really bad idea.

Well, you are not wrong, but then, any discrepancy in mass between any 2 or more colliding vehicles will mean that the smaller one suffers most. And there will always be some “big as or bigger than you” vehicle, whether you are on a small motorcycle or in an RV or driving a semi. And “back in the day”, you knew if you…

Everything you say is true, but one fact also looms in the background.

I am going to validate what you said about Fiats. I currently own and drive a 2015 500 Pop (base model, manual) and really have not had any issues with it, and currently at 87K and going strong. Basic maintenance done regularly, and the one recall for a clutch spring done early (not an issue on mine, just replaced it…

Lots of good arguments for both sides, and that in an of itself is healthy.

Ha, 200K miles? Psheesh. Mine (black and tan 96) has 240K, and yeah, the airbag light would be blinking if it hadn’t burned out. But it runs like a top, and when it does have any issues, repairs and parts are cheap and plentiful and easy.

Some executive or middle manager made a bad call, I think.

The issue with owning one of these now is that a lot - and I mean a whole lot - of parts for the “luxury” items are no longer being made.

What Musk seems oblivious to is that Xi doesn’t care how popular Musk is, how rich he is, and how powerful Xi and the Party really are.

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Seems to me that we might be better off just spending the money we spend on developing autonomy on creating a working transporter like in Star Trek. Both seem about as likely as the other, at this point.

Yeah, that seems to make all this suspect, really. More likely going to be insurance fraud, as the value of the bikes are likely inflated by insurance value versus actual value to a buyer right now. A coworker is selling his Harley and is getting very little for what is an excellent one. Insurance pays out based on…

Interesting to contemplate if China will become the leader in automotive or not.

The real problem: a city owns the ship.

Yeah, and Henry Ford just wanted to spare horses from having to pull wagons for humans.

So true that there is a huge disparity on how operators run the grids locally. California has issues, so why there is not a public outcry and demand for change is beyond me, especially in a state that seems to want to be the leader of the eco-movement. But for all the issues with the California grid, and with others,…