Jokes should still be subject to tact. Joking about having Ebola in October 2014 on an airplane is kind of like shouting fire in a movie theatre (when there isn't) or telling the convenience store clerk you have a gun (when you don't). It just puts everyone involved in a bad situation. The expense incurred to society…

No no, it's a quantum leap because the brand is named after the quantum of matter.

Maybe not outlawed at a state/federal level, but many places including public recreation lands are starting to adopt policies forbidding the use of remote control aircraft for photography. The fact that the word "drone" is used for both types of craft definitely has unintended psychological side-effects.

Can we please co-opt September 11 as a new April Fools' Day and do away with the normal one? Then we don't have to deal with the 9/11 BS anymore and can get on with our lives.

Using your numbers, if you were to buy the car for 65k and sell for 45k after 3 years, you'd have a net loss of 20k, or 556/mo. According to BMW's website, an M3 with a manual and the default options is 64,450 (almost exactly what you quoted), and the lease is 818/mo. 818 * 36 - 7,300 = 22,148 > 19,450 = 64,450 -…

You say that as if the dealership doesn't know that also and fails to work that market risk into the terms. Naive at best, deceptive at worst.

- $3600 in gas savings ($150x24)

You can, but for every doubling in apparent size, you'll lose 3/4 of the resolution. If the moon takes up 1/10 of the frame both vertically and horizontally, you'd need a 200 megapixel camera to allow the final crop to fill the frame and display on a 1080p screen. Finally, you'd need a lens capable of resolving 200…

Once you get out of Earth's gravitational field, I reckon you won't need to use much battery power to maintain your velocity. In fact, you could turn the car off.

Even in hardware, several rounds of prototypes are built before the final product ships. Yes, they're expensive, which is why you try to get it right in as few iterations as possible.

Same deal. My Elantra Limited was $22k fully loaded. $26k is really excessive. As admittedly cool as the panoramic sunroof is on the GT, every other meaningful option on the GT is standard on the Limited.

I test drove an Elantra GT and eventually purchased an Elantra sedan mainly because the GT didn't actually feel any faster and the sedan felt more luxurious and was cheaper (it is one hell of a value—most of my family and friends think it's a luxury car). I have to say that even post-correction the fuel economy…

Ack. Sorry for missing the joke. Haven't seen it in many many years.

Next time you're on a $3,500 flight, let me know if that's acceptable customer service. In coach, I expect it, but that's why I'll be paying for coach for the rest of my life.

QC15s are only $300, so you might as well take the cheaper ticket and just buy a pair for yourself.

My issue is that a simulated flight removes almost every variable that makes providing real flying comfort a challenge. Sure, the size of the seat is the same, but you can't judge, for example, how easy it is to fall asleep on the lay-flats while moving, how attentive the flight attendants are to you with 130 other…

The world is made up of power structures that, mostly, none of us are in. They're not going to let GM go away any time soon, but then what is the real value of GM? It's inability to be killed? The promise of doing something better?

Ford LaFord.

the dealers are again trying to ram through a provision

Taxes, culture, the proximity of In-N-Out burgers?