I want Yakety-Sax played at mine, but you’re welcome to it.

Strangely similar to the Islamic prohibition of representational art. Oh, yes: Abrahamic faiths. The pre-Reformation Christian Church must have lost the memo.

And if they don’t care about themselves, I still don’t want them catapulting through my head on their way out the front windshield.

Buddhism is and always will be a dead end for the likes of Brooks, insofar as it requires an understanding of the illusory nature of the “self.” For Brooks and his ilk, the self is all there is. His crisis is not “how do I make the self go away,” but “how do I make everyone else worship the self. Specifically: mine.”

You don’t inhale, maybe? I got nuthin’

And those of us in power wheelchairs who understand that the GC (and its sibling the Chrysler T&C) has the widest range of accessibility options available, at a much better price point than the Honda and Toyota competition.

Well, of course she forgot to register carlyfiorina.org. The .org domain is intended for nonprofit organizations and Florin is incapable of imagining that an enterprise not focused exclusively on lining the pockets of its senior executives is a thing that exists.

Highly relevant clip from genius comedian/musician Bill Bailey, re Mr. T. Edge:

My boss owns one. I park next to it every day. It’s even more WTF in the metal than it is in photos. The ultimate status barge for that small but lucrative Drug Kingpin/Dirt Farmer demographic.

And the inclusion of the dog lifts the collective IQ of the group by 400%.

Somewhat disappointed Hodor wasn’t considered.

Fair point. Thinking about it a bit more, it sorta underlines the “Alfaness” of the car in an odd way. They could have just slapped a low-end Sony or Panasonic head unit in there and nobody would have said much. Instead, they went the brazenly cheap route with a virtually unknown supplier, as if to say “What are you…

At least there’s a way to upgrade (leaving aside the fact that you shouldn’t really need to upgrade the stereo in a $60k+ car).

And the cargo space nestles up against the engine, so your groceries will get nice and warm.

It’s like they hired the team that used to fit the leather in TVRs.

Is it at least a standard single DIN mount? I wouldn’t mind it if I can replace it, but I hate the newfangled stuff that’s purpose built for a particular car, so nothing else will fit in the hole.

“Breakin’ : ICU”

I’ll admit his powers are somewhat location-dependent, but in an incredibly specific set of scenarios, he’s the hero we need.

Bravo.

Thanks for the explanation, Shelwood. I’m amazed at all the micro-taxation regimes across the country and I take your point that it’s cheaper and easier (for the retailer) to ask the consumer to do the math. But they’re just passing their cost of doing business on to us, and also gaining the benefit of being able to…