Every time they fly, they get selected at a rate that works out to 70-80%. That’s not mutually exclusive.

As many times that I’ve watched that show, you’d think I would have remembered that.

Far too many people treat cars like an appliance that you use to get from point A to point B. I use to wonder how many people could do something basic like change a tire. Now I wonder how many people could open the hood on their car.

That actually sounds like something she’d say.

Kristen, you’re 1980's stile guide are calling.

It only works on asbestos-lined brown, manual, Japanese wagons. And the cool factor makes it waaaaay better than a propane torch.

Gee, who saw that coming? Jalopnik article AAA study.

Chips go in dip.

Sounds like you need one of Elon’s flame throwers.

My dad was part of a 4-person partnership with a Cessna 172 and a Grumman Tiger when I was growing up. I have many fond memories of flying with him. If you have any young kids, I’d recommend taking them with you whenever you can.

I wasn’t the one arguing that the extra costs/higher maintenance costs were high. My argument was that the Prius batteries typically last 12-15 years indicates the opposite.

Prius batteries last 12 to 15 years on average, so I’m not sure why you think the maintenance costs on a typical hybrid is going to be significantly higher than an ICE vehicle.

$500.

The subscription model has always been popular with sales weenies. We went from mainframe computers and paying subscription fees for software to PCs where you bought the software and ran it until OS/PC upgrades made it non-functional. Now we’ve got companies like Adobe and MS selling their products as... Anyone?…

Don’t you just love the fact that manufactures can now enable/disable functions on cars without notice?

Didn’t Toyota recently throw in the towel and switch to AA/Carplay? Seems like even car manufacturers in third world countries switched before Toyota.

If they charged a subscription fee for the turn signals, would BMW drivers start using them?

Yeah, all you have to do is look at all of the aftermarket head units with Apple Carplay and Android Auto to know that the idea of Apple charging a licencing fee is horse manure. Haters gonna hate.

Years ago my doctor made a comment that he’d had patients come in with colds saying that they hadn’t peed in 3 days and in getting their history found out that they’d taken 5 or 6 times the recommended dose of Sudafed.

When the average person retires, both their income and their outgo goes down. If you retire and your spending doesn’t go down, then you are probably not ready to retire.