There may be a shortage of decent used cars, but the used yacht supply is increasing by the day.

Or something from the lube cart they bring around in First Class (I can tell you’re a poor, since you’ve clearly never seen it)

In a functional country, this is exactly the kind of thing a government solves. No, not just legislating EV sales but building out a standardized charging network and upgrading the grid to make it all work.

I guess it depends on the demographic. My mechanic is open 8am-noon on Saturdays and it’s like Black Friday. Of course, he is pretty busy all weekdays as well.

It’s just Ashley and Jayden, I think. Three rows are still a must, since the offspring of Karens 2 and 3 must theoretically be able to fit as well.

Really? It was dead for me yesterday when this was first posted, and it is still dead now.

Do car dealers typically verify whether the VIN on the chassis matches the window tag before buying? Carvana has to make it right, of course.

I think if I was a mechanic, I’d run the shop Thursday through Monday. Everyone needs their mechanic on the weekends; taking Tuesday and Wednesday off would be fine.

Once when I was young, living in Denver, I came across a DS and spoke to the owner. Older, bearded eccentric whose day job was to repair scientific instruments. We chatted for a while and he offered to sell me a rough but running DS for $1000, with the understanding that he would teach me how to repair and maintain it…

Yeah, there is a lot of work left to be done on these. Can’t wait until someone gets stuck somewhere in a snowstorm and a glitch won’t let them start the car or something.

Yes, there is also resistance to waiting on black parties as people expect crappy tips. Which, in turn, easily becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy.

This. But without artificial deadlines; the Rendezvous is enough.

Nice Price, but not my cup of tea. Too much complication, too much prestige, too much baggage. I like that my nerdy cars generally only induce reactions from people that I would actually like to have a conversation with; no one else gets it.

I have only experienced it in rentals and it didn’t bother me, except I would sometimes forget about it and inch forward at the light (making it start back up for no reason) - but the concept suits my hypermiling tendencies. Another benefit is that it hopefully keeps idiots from leaving their engines running while…

Houston is utterly and completely flat (which is why it floods so badly). Most of it is 50 feet above sea levels, and the highest parts are 90 feet up, so there has historically been little reason for tunnels and bridges. Little Manhattan, meanwhile, ranges from zero to 265 feet in one thirtieth the area (21.6 v 665 mi…

Why would that be surprising???

I just wasted ten minutes arguing with a person who keeps stating that “handling” means “how you handle the car”, thereby proving that RWD or FWD has no impact on handling. Oh dear.

Cuomo’s reptile brain was correct in that 90% of New Yorkers would have preferred Byford as Governor.

Cuomo, a ten-cent Machiavellian, realized that Byford could have easily taken his job and had to get rid of him.

Victimless crime!... until he opened his mouth.