The jalopnik author makes no argument that the foreign standards are good enough. It’s simply not there. I’ve read the article twice three times now. You’re reading that in, but the argument is not made. As close as it comes is saying that someone else says FMVSS is sometimes worse. Which it is, it’s also sometimes…

I agree that the market won’t allow a slide back, but just one thing. Real world fleet fuel economy has been rather flat. Every time automakers advance fuel economy government demands more crash protection or some other regulation that drives people to SUVs or CUVs.

Could be. It was awhile ago.

They aren’t opposing the regulations. They are opposing them being different than Europe’s and acting as trade barriers. Exactly the same as the 25 year import rule. I made it clear that was the exception. 

You apparently want bureaucrats engineering cars, I don’t.

There is a reason to block. The asshats in front have been letting everyone in. The only way there is ever a hope of moving is to make is so there is nobody to let in.

In Chicago it’s more perverse. Both lanes are filled but the one that closes moves about six times faster than one that doesn’t. Why? Because of these backasswards courtesy practicing morons who let in six vehicles instead of one.

Have you ever seen a single article here opposing:
1) Mandatory “safety” equipment.

Once again Jalopnik ridicules the outcomes of what it supports. Regulating passenger cars to the point where they are designed for government first and no longer serve the customers well means they don’t sell. Crossovers, largely if not entirely in the light truck category despite using the same platforms can be made…

underperforming, over performing making people with more power/influence look bad, or just not liked. All can attract selective enforcement.

I dislike the TBTF banks more than the average person but the time stamp rule seems stupid. The only thing that should matter is if they were working past 6:30pm. When they ordered is rather irrelevant. It takes time for meals to arrive or be picked up. Maybe they knew they were going to be there past 6:30pm but were h…

Another jalopnik article pushing myth. The big automakers had put quite a lot into safety between the 19 teens and 1960. Take a look at any 1960 model and compare it to something from 1910 or 1920 or even 1930 or 1940. There was considerable safety advancement. Even in crash safety but especially in brakes, tires,…

Regulate cars into being too expensive to own. Drive everything to a subscription model. What do we get?

The future our betters want for us all. Own nothing. Pay for everything to live every month. Live month to month. Live by their rules. When you upset our betters they simply turn off your subscriptions or…

Exactly. I remember working at the grocery store as a teenager with union wages that were less than minimum after union dues and we were not to accept tips. I started accepting tips when offered for things like finding and securing a woman’s purse I found in a cart and so on. But being in HS it really didn’t matter if…

Ah the how much, the moral minimum tip. I remember when tipping use to be 10%. Then it became 15%. Now it’s 20% and has been long enough that 25% is starting to crop up now and then. Oh but they’ll say it’s because of inflation or stagnant wages. Great. So the prices went up too so 10% of the higher prices should have…

Exactly. Even worse for the oil is running out scaremongers is that there is even more than that in oil that can’t be tapped with present technology. Too deep, in a bad place, etc and so on.

The only oil problem is that presently exists is a political class that has been waging wars for decades to destablize…

“We are undeniably using up what little remains of Earth’s petroleum, and because of that, it’s getting expensive.”

Everytime this point of getting the car loan instead of paying cash and investing the money comes up I ask the same question. What has the safe return that exceeds the rate of the loan? (excluding 0% and other financing promotions that exceed cash incentives of course)

Every time this comes up the result is the same.…

I bought my first new car almost 22 years ago. I still have it. You can buy a nice car and if you take care of it, it can serve you a very long time.

Next on Jalopnik sometime after this lament about how cars cost so much:
How the government should increase CAFE requirements, decrease emissions limits, and/or increase crash performance.

Considering that at this point the standards are all chasing diminishing returns while still offering an automobile someone might…