I can offer one possible explanation:

Hold my 4 beers.

If your party’s secretary is in a room with 99 unvaccinated activist and one is allowed to remain while carrying a Nazi flag, you now have a room with 100 Nazis.

Really, that’s all it took to get you to stop wrenching?  Should have smacked it harder with your purse.

Connie, Are you really Erin?

I should’ve stopped reading the first time Erin offered excuses for criminal behavior. But I kept reading and found more of it.

This weird apologist take is just bad. These people are thieves, stealing things from OTHER people who legitimately bought something despite the poor economy. This isn’t a stick-it-to-bezos thing. This is impacting folks like you and me who work to pay their bills, then get their hard-earned shit stolen by someone who…

I don’t think all of those sentences deserved an exclamation point.

No manufacturer can legally mandate a selling price, it is prohibited by Federal law - and what used to be termed “Fair Trade” laws, which were wiped off the books by the Supreme court decades ago! The can specify a minimum “Advertised” price, BUT NOT the actual sale price! Anyone going to COSTCO will frequently see…

assuming it’s even safe to tow

That’s how you end up .4psi out of spec, and we all know where that leads.

Yeah, the headline here should really be “If you’re going to buy a used car without inspecting, Carvana will treat you better than any other seller will.”

And for accuracy:

“Of course, we all know that keeping the streets nice and serene likely isn’t the real intent of the bill. Traffic stops are often more about revenue than safety, and increasing fines from three digits to four ought to net the state some nice cash flow. With these stops disproportionately affecting low-income drivers,…

Adjacent tip; there’s a few fairly cheap (<£20) meters knocking about now that have bluetooth built-in; might seem a bit of a gimmick, but it’s got a couple of good uses. Firstly, it means you can hook it up, and view the readings from a distance, which is probably useful if you want to check voltages under the bonnet …

Big Clive is the go-to guy for figuring out electronics and South Main Auto is the place to see it applied to cars. I’ll give Dan a try, but he’s up against some terrific sources.

I’m not sure if this is a new, or state, or company specific. I never left anyone on the side of the road. We even had extra cab trucks to respond to minivan full of people. I always carried extra bottle of water for “passengers” and even a small bag full of cheap plush toys for the smaller kids.

I feel your pain. I had a 3800 V6 do the same to me about 200 miles from my destination while driving through North Carolina :(

This is good content, @David Tracy. I’d also be willing to bet that the vast majority of folks willing to operate a manual trans in 2021 are enthusiasts who probably know exactly what sort of car to look for, even in the ridiculous market conditions we’re currently experiencing. As someone else whose friends and…

You could always rent them one of your spare 39 vehicles that are sitting around your house/yard. It’s win-win, you get some extra money renting them the units, and the never ending repairs that you have to perform on them to keep them going provide you with non-stop content generation!