Guatemalan in the case of the first Alabama-based Hyundai supplier that employed child labor. I don’t know about the second Alabama-based Hyundai supplier that employed child labor.

(And that’ s actually only counting once I’m on the main road. I have to make two lefts within my neighborhood just to get to the main road, though only one of them has opposing, straight-line traffic).

But it’s not just left turns at intersections that trip up self-driving cars. It’s any left turn with the potential of opposing, straight-line traffic. The vast majority of unprotected left turns are outside of intersections.

Not being able to turn left except at intersections that have lights with protected left-turn arrows is going to significantly increase my commute time (and that’s only if we make unprotected left turns in places where opposing, straight-line traffic exists illegal. If we make all unprotected left turns illegal, I…

I am definitely with them, but it’d be nice to see authorities hold some traditional dealers who engage in the same or other illegal behavior to the fire, too. Granted, I’m thinking of Texas authorities who haven’t even gone after Carvana here yet and where businesses are only subject to the law and regulations to the…

Listen, sometimes you have to maim or even kill a few people while letting roughly half of all murders go unsolved in order to prevent a citizen from having to deal with all sorts of insurance paperwork.

They had that Dijon Mustard Yellow they were pushing for a while that looked nice on the ‘Dune’ version of the Beetle, and the Arteon and Atlas had a yellow color (or yellow/gold, maybe?) available when they first came out that I’d see around.

It’s sure a good thing that these officers are protected from civil lawsuits by qualified immunity. I would hate for them to have to defend their actions in court, he said in a totally serious manner.

Spends the whole article talking about the Lyriq being Cadillac’s future and everybody starts making fun of him for suggesting that people will give up Escalades for Chevy Bolt-sized vehicles.

I’ve seen more than a few Kia EV6s around town, and I think they’re good looking in person, too. If I wasn’t forever eliminating Kias from my life thanks to their shitstorm of a dealer network, I would definitely consider when I get to the point that I want to go electric.

I’ve never been too much of a fan of convertibles, so I don’t think I will miss them if they completely disappear. My wife briefly had a Mustang convertible, and she and at least 50% of the kids liked it, but I’d have rather have had a hardtop of the same car, if given the choice. It’s too hot most of the time for me…

Semi-rural Texas.

Entry-level police officers salary where I live (before overtime) is $62,370 plus benefits, bumped up to over $66k before first year is up.

So it is a chargeable offense to carry a window actuator around with you in California?

I was ultimately able to order one through a local dealership without having to physically go to the dealership, but it was still a hassle and almost fell apart completely more than once.

After this past week, I long for the days when dealerships are a thing of the past. Tried to place an order for a Maverick starting back in August. Sales dude from local Ford dealership in Garland TX that used to be called Prestige Ford but is no longer known by that name or for having any prestige tells me to send my…

Sure, but even when it is just a math or technical error, it can be near impossible to get it back depending on the employer. I’m still waiting for my 8 hours of pay that I didn’t get when the clock-in computer was messed up when I showed up for my shift at Applebee’s in 1996, and I had zero leverage to try to force…

What is annoying about situations like this is that because of the power dynamic, mistakes that benefit the employee will likely be resolved in a short amount of time and the employer will end up whole. But if an employer systematically underpays employees, it can take years to even start the process on getting that…

Takes longer to handcuff a guy than it does to run the plates.

You can still spend hours arguing over the value of your trade.