But a handout to companies with GOVERNMENT MONEY is fine - just let the people die - SAVE THE COMPANIES, right? I’m thinking your post was irony but with all the jagoffs on forum/comment posts it’s hard to tell

I agree with you - go build a track and drive and do whatever you want. Avoid all PUBLIC roads? Right? That good with you? You want to be on public roads, then fucking deal with the bullshit and stop being a childish self-centered ass.

Cool - All for it... As long as it’s matched with funds for natural gas conversion of coal power plants and incentives on research for electrification of vehicles.  For every $1 we continue to subsidise on fossil fuels, money should go to cleaner power and alternatives away from worry about foreign oil demand or…

Been spending time in Serbia for work and it’s STILL rare to see a Yugo there, they do exist and you can generally find one or two but the country moved on.  Compare that to many former Soviet states (NOT Russia) where you do come across the more often older Soviet block cars.

Very good point - that’s something not as pervasive back when I went. There is something to be a Twitverse “darling” on an issue and have a base of supporters ready to go at an event you’ve never spoken at before. My trust in our nation has been severely hampered by so called “darlings” and their uneducated bunk and…

I went to CPAC in 1998 with a co-worker who was a strong supporter of the Republican party in his district. Was OK back then and somewhat normal, been to a few political events since on both parties. The CPAC’s from the last few years though are NOTHING, REPEAT NOTHING like the one I went to. Bat $hit crazy isn’t even…

Hmmm, dude so if it’s right wing “STATES RIGHTS” it’s all OK - but the left, then it’s “SHOW THEM WHO’S BOSS” - yeah - that hypocrisy is getting old

He needs to get shirts with one collar size larger

Why is this so hard to understand? You think both battery tech and charging infrastructure are there WORLDWIDE? Go to any emerging market and see the well to do in mostly German cars. Your thinking is first world urban. Think of that guy in rural Montana who loves his BMW, not think of that guy in Thailand away from a…

On the gas pumps - I have one card I use for fuel normally, it’s been compromised 4 times in 5 years. I check for skimmers and found one once but the other times it wasn’t obvious.  Now I only use fuel apps to pay (e.g. Exxon Mobile has a great pay at the pump app), or pay with contactless (ARCO near me has these) and…

Not practical for everyone - but if you can garage the car it helps GREATLY on exterior and interior wear and tear and does limit extreme temperature issues (e.g. hose wear, wiring, etc) - my 100K+ cars that were garaged vs outdoors had WAY WAY less issues and I’m talking same make/models.  Again not everyone has the…

“regulations won’t stop folks from breaking the law” - what? did you really live in Germany? Lived there on and off over 10 years and found that Germans tend to stick to laws and regulations way way more than Americans. Yes there is the rare person who doesn’t but they are the exception, not the rule.  

The had variants with different interior. One if likely the Graoßraum variant where somehow it’s wider cargo area. For the full size ones the variants can also be other features like shown below

Pretty normal even if the the model won’t come to the US or Europe. Most Japan models end up in Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore and Hong Kong as still RHD ready fairly quick. The typical expansion from there is to Taiwan, Indonesia and other parts of Asia except China, Korea and Australia + New Zealand (where region…

Those of us who would like to use our cars and not be inundated with shit loads of Uber’s or Lyft’s where people would before take public transit.  You been to most airports - they are a shit show of Uber and Lyft drop off and pick up traffic that is 2-4x normal traffic.

Funny that - dropped someone off at LAX 9AM yesterday - NO insane hell getting into the roadway to drop them. What was 30 min of hell was 3-4 min. I get TNC’s are the rage but the insane traffic caused by them and the inconsiderate riders who request a ride being nowhere near pickup is a huge part of the problem -…

Trump has got to be ready for the day he’s out of office and the next Trump properties bloat Saudi Arabian real estate.  It’s all for the win.

Spent some time at JPL as a vendor - and active live systems still talking to probes in space were highly obsolete but due to mission use zero chance of any swap outs.  This is pretty normal in lots of defence and space systems.

Had a car with an air suspension - only twice used it outside default settings.  Yeah so concur with your statement.  For the trouble it’s worth on service issues I’ll avoid.  PS: Had a 2006 A6 Avant and it was a great car - luckily that wasn’t the car with the air suspension - had enough squawks as it got to 100K…

Are you a scammer?  Nope, so why are you worried.  The amount of people I know who were asked to pay outside of Airbnb’s website is shocking, about 10 folks I know.  Nearly all (except one loon) didn’t fall for it.  All though shared it on social media and asked if it was a scam, so good spidey sense on most folks. …