Yeah, agreed. But it’s probably a more stable shop even if it is one of the least well-written collections around. 

Business Insider is getting Fancy. Good, they could use the upgrade; they have some clickbait articles there and could use some proper writing for a change. Bad for Jalopnik and the rest of us. Damn sorry to see K. Lee go; I’ve lurked on Jalop for a long time, at least a decade and K. Lee is one of the good ones. Hate…

AHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHHAHHHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHH. Too funny.

Sorry to disrupt your conservative history myths but the reality is that while he did enact the Economic Recovery Act, Reagan actually ended up raising taxes at least 11 times. He was never afraid to raise taxes when he needed to. Otherwise, how was he going to get his 600 ship Navy? It’s not a repeat of the ‘80s.…

Too much overhead. It’s one thing to stock a months supply of normal usage. It’s an entirely different thing to stock 3-4 months of supply with 100X usage. In addition, normal human impetus is to think, ‘it’s over there, not over here so why me worry?’ and it takes a long time to break out of that mentality.…

So it is the herbs. What’s the scuttlebutt on Great Hills Partners? My understanding is that they’re not really that great on their acquisitions. Maybe I’m biased......

:-(, well, this sucks. Can I get to blame the Herbs or is that taken already?

What are you talking about? She’ll use it to cruise Pebble Beach and beat all that hoi-polloi traffic in style.

Naw, he’ll just want to figure out how to put on some portals and a lift kit....

I don’t really see the commercial cargo van argument as being relevant too much. If MB is willing to put in seats and turn it into a crewvan, at least do them right especially after all that initial investment. The Hyundai H1 I rented a long time in Aruba was a commercial people/stuff mover. Even that lump had proper…

Drove one of these in Spain last summer. It was ok. Not bad at all. A reasonably decent experience. Held 6 peoples luggage and souvenirs, had room for 8 people. Handled well, typical diesel power. The AC worked fine which was super-important for Spain in summer. Also, was an auto which was a bonus and the auto worked…

Well, he did say he could shoot someone in Times Square and get away with it.....

Oh gawd. Don’t anyone try this stuff; it’s the worst. It reminds me of the Melort Challenge on Frosty, Heidi and Franks show (95.5 KLOS). I tried it once just for chuckles and just about puked up. As it was, I spat it out immediately and rinsed my mouth a bunch of times afterwards. That stuff is horrible. If you want…

Does anyone know how good or bad the Nimitz class heads are/were? Curious since carrying a good design forward is usually a good consideration. If they were bad, are they worse than the Fords?

It’s also a great way to bring the economy back into the 21st century. Microgrid housing with microgrid autochargers. Have houses be built for better quality air and water recycling. Integrate into a larger neighborhood grid and then into sectional grids for resiliency. In fact, it’d be very interesting to see a…

Never. Not invented here. Even if they do it better. Because it’s too cheap to do it that way.

yay, rocket jumping....

Lend Lease Act? But that was for transferring materials and equipment to Allies, not really a function for improving manufacturing. Maybe you’re referring to the War Production Board or the Defense Production Act. The WPB was created to properly organize from the national level down to state level production boards.…

Looks like spring rates or dampers need to be adjusted...