True, and to the point I and the other poster was making. The SS system has historically paid out a ton of money to boomers and greatest generation folks before them, many times more more than any of them contributed. And most of those folks who worked had a pension in addition to their SS check. Now, we are all still…

The issue is that the dealerships often go back to when the brand was new, and thus desperate to have anyone rep their product. That leads to shady ones getting in on the cheap on the ground floor as the brand needs stores, pronto. Now, those legacy dealers, often the shady ones, are ingrained. When was the last time…

Perhaps you are not understanding the gist of my rant, good sir or madam, but it is not regarding the specific amount that I have paid in versus getting paid out in SS dollars, rather the fact that we (both me and you as well) have paid in for many, many years and all for naught, as the monies will not be there for…

Guess what? You are likely to see more and more of this. Us rapidly aging late Boomer/Gen X people realize that we are not going to see our Social Security payments - you know, the ones we have paid in on for 40 years - and our 401Ks are not going to help us much when the economy finally tanks. This becomes a no lose…

The thing about this recession nobody is mentioning: the rich don’t give a shit, they are not being affected.

Just have Ford sell direct and problem solved.

The idea of standardization is really the only thing needed. Everything else is gravy if we ever got standardization of most components. Why?

You have some good points, and one should try not to lean heavily on stereotypes, but the facts are showing that HD buyers - and those are the ones who count for the continuing success of the company and brand - are getting fewer and fewer. Yes, they are buying the more expensive ones, and likely because they are “the…

Understood, but name names. I mean, all that has been replied is “Chuck Feeney” as an actual example, and that’s it. And even then, while he did a lot of good via his anonymous philanthropies, did any of the people who worked for him fare - even slightly - as well as he did? How many other billionaires did his company…

1st Gear: Harley’s Profits Were Better Than Wall Street Expected

Well, perhaps the dislike of Billionaires is tied to the fact that they used a lot of people as stepping stones to get all the money they have, and they never offered much in the way of a hand up to those who got them where they are.

To those who find the Grand Tour triumvirate entertaining, great.

Everyone is correct in their assessments of parts that are ridiculous to repair, but then, really, from the OEM standpoint, repairs are a low priority side business, and really, having a replacement part be too expensive or difficult to replace makes the owner more likely to buy another new car, which is the goal of…

The minute a Billionaire says he hates what he does, yet does not stop doing it, is when I absolutely lose my shit.

No, they really did not save any taxpayer dollars. They funneled cash to a private company, which may well not be the best use of public money.

You do raise a good point, but approached from the other end, one could ask when do we stop expecting workers when automation is a viable solution instead? And what do we do with these workers? What positions do they now fill, and at what price?

Really, does the tinfoil hat keep you safe?

I cannot think of any modern car that does not automatically turn off the headlights when the car is shut down, so just leaving ones headlights on all the time would be the default setting, at least one would think. But no, apparently people must think that running the headlights causes issues, as they will do all…

5th Gear: Europe Wants Its Own Chinese-Style Infrastructure Projects

Actually, this is what our soldiers fight for, what our founding fathers actually thought about, in that the First Amendment is allowing free speech, regardless of how the person hearing it perceives it. The exclusions are for safety, such as not yelling “Fire” in a crowded theater, but offensive language is…