The IRS has nothing to do with this, I'm just illustrating that since one (federal) agency already does payment plans, state DOTs trying to collect use tax are not limited to lump sum payments.

The government isn't keen to have a replica of the White House outside of its control. Hollywood fudges a lot of the interior for movies because they simply don't know and aren't allowed to see the full layout.

Problem 1: Not all states have inspections, and those that do don't necessarily have annual ones.

Already talking about 5.1 and AT&T still hasn't pushed 5.0 to me. Give me Lollipop you cingularly useless telecom!

Ooo, is that what WP looks like now? Shiny.

For the most part, the general public doesn't really give a damn about specific military spending, just the total of it. I don't really hear people calling specifically for the F35 to be canned, but I do hear plenty of talk that the military budget should be cut down.

Because even the government can't sink infinite money into a project without popular backlash, which results in unrest.

Any Ranger we'd get now would be the size of the Colorado, and Ford absolutely will not produce a truck the size of the old Ranger until someone else sunk the cost to prove there's a market or the car landscape (regulations, public tastes, etc) drastically changes.

Add national distribution to the list. The Focus EV was/is hard to get outside of a few select states, whereas Leafs are everywhere.

It amuses me you bought a 500L Trekking to replace an '07 GTI. Was there some appeal to the FIAT that made you buy it over something like a Ford Fiesta/Focus?

Because the truck in the image is a Canyon, so it doesn't need a big honking V8 just to move itself?

Current Dart owner here. I love it, but you're delusional if you think it favorably compares to a BMW 5. On test drives sure; try living with it. My dials have gotten a little loose with age so now lightly brushing them when shifting is enough to get the fan from low to full blast, and the volume dial loves to stop…

That sounds like it could have easily gone wrong.

Around 3,000 a month isn't bad. Certainly doesn't hold a candle to most true minivans, but it can hold its own niche.

Your disdain is showing. I just want to point out that those kids were not the ones handing out the trophies to make everyone feel better.

I'd like to know too, but the only information I can find is this C&D article that states they use 5000-series aluminum for less important areas and 6000-series aluminum for the high stress areas. That's not enough information to go on, since 6000-series aluminum is a broad series that makes everything from bicycle…

The Ford Focus has a thing called EcoMode that judges you on three criteria: Gear Shifting, Anticipation, and Speed. It's geared for economy, but that has the side effect of critiquing harsh driving. Shifting at the redline, braking hard, braking only to accelerate again, and going fast all make you lose petals. You…

F30 does it too, the lights on the trunklid that double as rear fog lights in Europe light up.

So then, what makes it to the US? Are we getting the V90 to replace the XC70 or skipping the pure wagon for the inevitable V90 Cross Country? Anything but the S40 coming here? Any three cylinder engines or only various outputs of four cylinders?

Remember that it is only a suggestion because the CHP cannot write laws, so they cannot make the guidelines any tougher than that, but they'd be plenty happy to pull you over for reckless riding if you tempt them.