^^ This.

You do realize large, fixed electrical generation plants are vastly more efficient than even the most efficient ICE, yeah ?

Yup. It’s up there with the E60 (V10) M5 in terms of reliability. It costs about the same, too, both initially and at the repair shop.

Will spend more time in the shop than on the road. So many problems.

Any takers for the other side of this bet ?

But it did cause a lot of confusion and delay.

In my experience, they are uncomfortable because they *know* it applies to them. If you’re not racist, i.e. aren’t passively soaking up the benefits of white privilege and are actively doing things to reduce the effects of racism, then you have nothing to be offended about.

The S did. The X was rushed to production and had major flaws.

In the US, the Sedona gets another benefit as well : brand discount. They are (still) several thousand cheaper than their similarly-equipped Honda and Toyota versions. And, I personally think the Sedona interior is superior, though they did drop the captains chairs for 2018.

Umm....I am “the man”. I’m responsible for over $1M in salary in my company. My wife and I are “comfortable”. I wish I could say the same about everyone.

“with its current levels of income and wealth inequality, with a subway system crumbling with no evident funding or plan to repair it”

—> (thesis of article) —->

^^^ This so much.

• Ignoring maintenance (oil changes)

Yup.

Madoff went to jail because he stole from other rich, connected assholes and they dropped a dime on him. It’s that whole money<-->power thing.

“If I got __21__ on the highway in mine I would have been pretty stoked. 1996 5 speed 5 door __AWD__.” 

“AWD”

You seriously don’t seem to understand the concept of defensive driving.

Yup. Even the Camry, favored by usually ignorant and numb drivers, saw the semi and stopped.