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I wish more media outlets were like ProPublica.  They’re doing Dog’s work.

If cleaning glass with glass cleaner doesn’t fall under the category of “obvious” for all humans who can read, then I fear for this world. ;-)

Yeah, wife and I are retired, and the daughters live in the area so we get called on for grandparent duty occasionally. But growing up, the kids did stuff that either the wife (the horses) or I (the music) were interested in, and so we both were involved and supported things that didn’t feel like we were just being…

I have used these guys on an number of occasions. Excellent tickets. Always something special. I got to meet Phil Hill in Modena. Never the cheapest but they always delivered. https://www.gptours.com/tours_and_event/dutch-grand-prix/

My first F1 race was the last one held in Detroit. I drove my Mercury LN7 and we stayed outside 8 Mile. Drove into downtown thru the urban hellscape that was Detroit in 1988. Parked right outside the track. $20 for a general admission ticket and enjoyed the spectacle up close and in person. Went to Little Caesars for…

Amber? One motorcycle can’t do it all. In fact, one motorcycle of the same type can’t do it all (sportbike, tourer, cruiser, etc.). This is my garage (not including a 2019 Subaru Crosstrek Limited) in 2023:

I admire your bracket racing skills, as well as your evil technique for turning competitors into angry bracket busters in the other lane.

Embassy Suites gives you free breakfast in the morning and free booze in the evening - if you don’t mind drinking the cheap stuff.

It’s amazing how many people get engineering degrees, but are completely incapable of practicing engineering or even understanding basic engineering principles.

At the same time, do not admit to doing anything wrong. E.g., if the cop asks you if you know why he or she pulled you over, you should say “no”.

I was heading to [tire store] to get new shoes mounted on my ‘02 Miata a few years back. Had my son riding shotgun, and I’d lit the rears up at every stop sign along the way, and may have done a couple of parking lot burnouts as well, you can’t prove it! Anyway, we’re making a left onto the mostly empty A1A about a…

Meanwhile, in Japan.

What prices are you looking at?! Adjusted for inflation, $18k is about $20,400. The base price of a current Colorado is $20,055. The Frontier is ancient, but it starts at $18,500. The Tacoma starts at $25k but is arguably an even better deal because it doesn’t depreciate so if you stretch your budget to afford it…

Has your car fully depreciated down to nothing? No? Then adding in the full purchase price to your cost over 5 years isn’t valid.

Are you not using ear plugs?

I won the lottery when I was in my early 20s. Not as much as you, high 5 figures. I was initially going to buy a new camaro or sti but decided to get a simple used civic for 8k and a used motorcycle. Put the rest of the money into property. Since then those properties have made me exponentially more than I had…

The problem is that you’re on track with a bunch of other people. The dirty little secret of track days is that lots of people there aren’t technically insured while on track.

Yep, that’s a roughly 70hp gap between the two cars.

Blanket advice like this is useless. Whether or not leasing a car makes sense for someone depends on many factors and should be determined on a case-by-case basis.