Yeah. I’m not in love with the body kit over stock, but it’s unique and looks good. Door cards are beautiful, everything is beautiful.

Just to answer your question....

If the largest economy in the world can’t sustain unemployment benefits for it’s citizens for 3-4 months, then it’s ridiculously fragile and probably should die.  We’re talking a few months here.... not for all eternity.  

$3500 for a quality shaggin-wagon?
This is the perfect vehicle for your 17yr old high school senior, especially if you want to be a grandparent within the year.
Seriously, for this price it really is a great first car (usual caveats apply, assuming everything is relatively in order and functional)

Lawn maniacs tend to take good care of their car as well.
I mean, look at that turf !

On one level, a company can fire someone for almost any reason, or decide not to fire them for almost any reason. Exceptions are rare and narrow.

Yeah man, got to make sure technicians aren’t *checks notes* making a side income in a completely unrelated field.

Sex work is real work. No different than any other side gig.

If I run enough businesses into the ground then I might be able to be elected President; failing upwards is the American way.

They gave him a shot, but he just couldn’t Hackett.

They lost a billion dollars by fucking up the launch of the 2020 Explorer, and then another billion and a half in increased warranty costs. So basically their quality control was garbage and it bit them in the ass. It’s super expensive when you have to spend money fixing your fuckups instead of doing billable work.

For real. It is mind-blowing that there’s an Alero in a museum.

I generally agree, but firing Jim Hackett alone would fix a lot of issues. 

I don’t think Mulally would come back full time, but the philosophy he embodied needs to be reimposed. He rewarded honesty and fostered an open culture. I remember the anecdote about his first meetings with Ford execs, where no one would admit to anything being wrong and when finally someone did, he applauded.

I give Ford a bit of a pass because, if memory serves me, they were the only one of the Big 3 that didn’t take a huge federal bailout back in 2009 whilst GM and Chrysler were sucking hard on that govt teat.

Meh, I’m going NP...not because that’s what I would pay for it, but there’s going to be a Honda fanboi out there that would gladly spend $6k to add a manual, brown wagon to their collection.

I agree that the statement was ridiculous, but I think what Westbrook was trying to get at was the notion of marginal utility. When you have $20bil in stock (Elon’s approximate total ownership of Tesla), the stock value _decimating_ still leaves you with $2bil, or more than enough to live i unfathomable comfort for…

stock market seems like arcane nonsense that rich people use to trick the plebs into putting their retirement savings into unscrupulous hands

Man, that Porsche is thing of beauty. And the Jeep is just as good. Give me one color and make it tan for everything.

I will not ever sell my Jeep pickup either, one owner from new.