So would I, that is my point. Once you get up there, the difference in cost between something adequate and something nice is irrelevant. If you are “weathier than most”, I would think you are at least at this level. BTDT, buy the nicer cars these days because it doesn’t matter. Which is what all the kids around here…

2.3% is very high.

This ^ Totally this. The author’s ripping on an exec but doesn’t seem to understand the harm it’ll cause besides deaths, which, obviously, is the worst part, but people’s lives will be affected in other ways which whilst not as serious, are serious enough. I rely on China for my business and if things don’t improve in…

As of right now, COVID-19 seems to have a mortality rate of about 2.3%, which is not very high, but it’s not low, either, considering it’s a fast-spreading and very contagious virus. The Flu has a 0.1% mortality rate for comparison.

Sorry you didn’t get the house but that was probably for the best.

You say this as a joke, but my company missed their financial goals this past fiscal. The way bonuses are structured here, every single salaried employee across the entire company (a global employer with offices in US, Europe, and Asia) lost about 7% of their yearly pay because of it. (Bonuses target at 10% and 85% of…

Meh. Retards gonna re-tard I guess.

That’s always tough territory...to go to another logical extreme, a slowly warming planet will yield more crops through longer growing seasons and (temporarily) alleviate some world hunger, saving many more lives than it will take through increased natural disasters. Or fossil fuel expansion in general...who’s going…

Oh, he was down to earth, but also still had that edge. Bechtel had a computer that automatically calculated performance based on a couple metrics and auto laid people off. I got a glowing review from my boss and the computer gave me a pink slip. Notice the term “used to work for Bechtel” to see if my boss’s opinion…

Not saying that all CEOs aren’t douchecanoes, but some aren’t. I got to know a CEO online. The entire thing of how much money he personally made wasn’t really a huge deal to him. His thing was that he had thousands of employees that needed paychecks to clear every two weeks to keep their families fed and housed. If…

Oh don’t get me wrong, it’s a real deal disease, and steps should be taken to mitigate the damage that it’s going to do, but right now we’re freaking out about getting on an elevator when we rode a motorcycle without a helmet to the building.

It really helps a lot. My dad didn’t actually know how much money he had in the bank for probably half a decade or more. He just kept working and adding the profits. He owns a business with the same single employee that has been their since he started in the early 80s.

Yeah, the Equinox is more the competitor to the CRV. I only brought up the blazer because it is more the competitor to the RDX that I ended up with.

Im really not a conspiracy theory kinda person, but if China wanted to tank the US economy.......

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Your parents didn’t get to be richer than 99% of the population by paying for useless doodads on their cars.

I chose a Rav4 Hybrid because it was the only hybrid CUV available and I’m at the stage of life where I need ground clearance/awd (for cottage) but good mileage (for daily).

I sat inside a crv about a year ago when my mom was searching for a new car in that segment. Honestly I wasn’t impressed. The chevy felt a lot nicer inside and the rav 4 looked better but I never sat in one. The chevy was a hell of a lot cheaper too. Of course this was the base trim on both models which is all my…

Agreed. I never found Honda and Toyota to compete as much as it would seem on the surface - the civic has pretty much always been better than the corolla, and the CRV has always been better than the RAV4. The trucks (toyota’s obvious strong suit) really don’t compete since honda doesn’t offer anything like that. If…

I’m surprised the RAV4 is the top-selling crossover; I shopped one a few months ago and found the interior unpleasant. CRV was better in almost every way; more comfortable, better tech, nicer interior, and better looking. But no hybrid, so maybe that’s the reason, and maybe this CRV will fix that. I don’t think that…