Many gas stations are privately owned franchises. If there was gouging, it was done by the small business owners that own the gas station, not the “CEO of the gas company.” 

I agree, also by the time I drive to and from the quick-change location, only a few miles away, I've put in more effort than if I just did it myself using a quick change fumoto valve. With valves and Amazon oil/filter delivery, it couldn't be easier. I may not save much money, but I do save time and stress

When I had a Mercedes diesel I’d buy my own oil filter and bring it to the oil change place. Sometimes my own oil, too, since a lot of them didn’t stock 15W4o. And I’d usually have to show them how to change the cartridge-type filter. Finally I just started doing it myself instead of paying to hold someone else’s hand.

...she has consistently been let down by the brand.

can i buy yours off-lease for $40k?

Let’s also not forget that “certain” folks have slowly but surely watered down the word “Nazi," using it willy-nilly to label ANYONE they disagree with. 

Holy cow - another huge pet peeve of mine is public restrooms. Is it so hard to aim carefully, flush afterwards, and if you somehow make a mess, clean it up for the next person?!?!?

Childrearing is insane today. My best friend has a kid who was a freshman in high school last year. He decided he didn’t like school, and started refusing to go to school. My friend ended up bribing him to go by promising that if he went and passed all his classes, he would buy him a piano. Which he did eventually do.…

For me, it’s not a car, it’s a bike brand.. Harley Davidsons

Prius. No other car on the road has the same demographic of drivers who either drive as slow, oblivious and clueless as possible OR drive as if overcompensating for choosing a Prius. Ok, maybe Subaru drivers (WRX and Crosstrek excluded).

As well as a Doug score.

A lot easier to get parts for the F16 than that Bugatti. And people to work on them. Lots of ex F16 mechanics and technicians int the US. 

You are absolutely allowed to buy most military jets. The F-14 is an exception because the US doesn’t want Iran getting its hands on any spare parts.

Took me a while to get this. Now I just tell people to get corollas or RAV4s when I know they couldn’t care less about cars and can’t wrench worth a damn. Used to annoy me, but now I understand that it’s just how most people are.

I think you should be more clear about “can buy a C8 for $60k vs MSRP is $60k”. The first year’s production is already spoken for, and I’m betting that none of them went for MSRP.

I guess they want really precise control over engine temps, but it sounds like it’s just an unnecessary overcomplication of a system that has been perfectly functional and unlikely to fail for, what, 60, 70 years?  A new thermostat (should it actually fail, which is extremely rare nowadays) is what, $15?  $20?  How…

Not a mechanical engineering, but I wonder how that works for structural rigidity?  Getting t-boned on one side better than the other?

Startups are 99% of the time about finding the bigger idiot at the end of the line for the venture capital people. That’s why acquired startups go from hypebeasts to afterthoughts almost overnight, the startups were all hype to begin with, because that was their real product.

That’s why the sexual harassment was such a…

This. Seems like somebody could actually make money by creating an Uber-ish app that they license to local cab companies across the world. Are the cab companies just too cheap and stupid to license such an app?

Uber runs a website matching drivers with riders and takes a big cut from every transaction. They are not paying the drivers more that the ride costs. The website is built, the servers are paid for. How can they possibly continue to lose this much money?