I’m not sure how important the AWD is to a lot of people. Much more common to see the FWD crossovers where I am.

Like dealing with the fall-out of the galaxy realizing Palpatine was still alive but isn’t so much anymore by the time they actually get word.

I have a similar go-round with some of my clients, though when they decide not to listen to me and insist on the impossible, they tend to get a letter from the IRS with assessed penalties and interest along with some muffled laughter from me. 

I don’t live in California. I live in Texas, and while there are some limits on how fast property taxes can grow in a year and sometimes there are exemptions of a small part of the value on homesteads (depending on the taxing district), the value that the assessment is based on is market value.

I pay taxes every year on the estimated value of my house regardless of my income and irrespective of the fact that the value is based on money I’ve not collected (and may never) and isn’t limited to the estimated gains.

You know, they say of the Acropolis where the Parthenon is...

Oh.

I don’t get it.

When I was in high school, a classmate of mine who lived on my block was speeding significantly (though not racing anybody) and got into an accident that killed a woman. He didn’t even get a license suspension, let alone charges brought against him.

This is the best current Texas plate available. It’s got everything you could want. A rando on a bike, a woman’s backside, and an inexplicable exclamation point after the word ‘Trails’ that will show other drivers exactly how excited you are by the concept of a trail.

You can still get the plate with the Space Shuttle and all that above, though. It just costs extra.

If Jeep buyers don’t care, they ought to change the name from Jeep Cherokee to Jeep Hillbilly Who Makes Ned Beatty Squeal Like a Pig.

Ferrari Roma people?

I’ve mostly decided that I was going to get a hybrid Maverick when widely available, but we will see how that turns out once I can actually buy one since I am easily distracted.

“We are not crooked. We’re incompetent!”

I did find it interesting that Texas has such a plain plate these days after years of adding adding stuff all over it. Now the regular plate is just black and white with a star, but I think they realized that they could make extra money by having 50,000 different plates you could get so why not make the main plate…

Or they’ll die in a car crash at 77 like Charles Wyly.

It’s going to end up that your car won’t start with baggage in the trunk unless you pay an extra fee.

I’ve seen about that many in Dallas so far. 

I was all ready to hand him my money until I saw that window trim piece on the driver door. That’s a dealbreaker there.