Even on a five or six year loan, without putting money down (which seems like a good idea at 3% rates) you will find that you are underwater on the car for what feels like forever.

If someone had shown me this future in a crystal ball in 1996, and again in 2000, I legitimately don’t know what I would have done. Cry? Stop watching? The Miami Heat, Golden State Warriors, and Cleveland Cavaliers have all won championships. We are watching who we are watching. Even when they get it right, they…

“Still better than the airlines.” -Mr. Garrison

Though... if everyone were in a self-driving car, the Passat would have driven smoothly all the way to its final destination, with a corpse in it.

I’d say it’s relevant in terms of expense, if nothing else. If someone was willing to take a hit and play bumper cars with a loaded S-class, I’d take it the same way...

Best of all, in all but the most wildly spotless trunks, you will also get schneezles, greebles, grit, sand, and filth all over that wet ice bag (also immediately.) Meaning that it’s got a really good chance of being worthless for putting in drinks, and only good for putting drinks in instead.

YOU MONSTER. TWICE.

Foresters, though, and Subarus generally (I’ve owned two now, one for longer, and one bought new about 40k back) are damned good AWD systems, at least the ones I’ve had. It’s not perfect, but they’re pretty bloody good.

Pickups are also bizarre weight distribution physics if unloaded... I’m curious: is it a bit better with a lot in the bed? I’d still figure AWD on snows would totally crush RWD on snows, naturally, based on my own car history as well :)

I would do this, but only if I had spare wheels with dedicated snows. I am actually a Forester owner, and have hakkas on it for winter. When the all seasons wear out, I’m kind of totally going to put the stupidest summer tires on that I can find. The most aggressive pirellis or pilots I can wheedle on without bad…

I have two AWD cars now in the semi-north. The Fozzie on Nokian Hakka R2 SUVs is insane. Truly. With the M/T in it, you can do anything on the snow that’s to be done. We also have a Honda AWD with regular M+S all seasons on it, which is less capable, though honestly adequate.

But.

That one above? That looks not…

So, all I had to do to get to stop being a Knicks fan was tell James Dolan to go drop dead?

If Oakley had thrown a molotov cocktail at Dolan, I’d still take his side.

We Knicks fans, James, we need help too.

We were hoping to find someone who could help us throw you off the Empire State Building.

Ideally, we’d like you to hit Phil Jackson.

Preferably twice.

We’re willing to give it more than a few attempts if need be.

Being banned from the Garden seems about as horrible as being banned from the Hindenburg.

They had the earlier challenge which they won which I even thought was kind of stupid... they saved how many, six yards? Ten? For that, they paid when they got the second one wrong, and the missing timeout was a killer.

I remember thinking when I watched the doc about the Boeing/Lockheed competition for the JSF contract, that it WAS the impossible magic fantasy jet.

Are they leaving $450 tips with the same note to EVERYONE they have serve them a meal? Otherwise, I’d say it kind of IS about race and gender. Not that it’s bad to show people of color or women that you appreciate them... I have a hard time with this one as well, on the levels mentioned and others.

I mean, it’s good to be inclusive. It’s also good to have conversations about why someone may feel threatened and unsafe, without calling people snowflakes and all that b.s.

The answer to that obviously being getting rid of affordable access to family planning services, and making sure that every abortion provider in rural areas has been intimidated out of business...