I had the pleasure of visiting the TSA headquarters for a work meeting some years ago. Literally everyone there from the receptionist to the people we were meeting with was a rude, arrogant, asshole. The whole organization is fundamentally rotten and mismanaged and has been since day one.

The first Cullinan I saw in the metal tried to run me down when I was crossing the street in London (with priority).  It’s not an attractive vehicle made even less so by the kind of people that buy and drive it. 

Good luck with that.  Hope you don’t go to a hospital looking for help when it’s too late.  Have the courage of your convictions.

The Discovery has been hit hard enough on the front left to move the bumper and the grille / trim.  That’s presumably why the wheel is at 2 o clock when the tires are facing forward.  These are pretty tough but anyone considering this should look long and hard at the front suspension and frame rails

I lived in eight different places in the four years of grad school, and then every two years for the decade after that.

Which is exactly what TicketMaster and LiveNation have been doing for the last ten years. 30-50% of the tickets never go on sale, they are routed right to scalpers to resell them at multiples of face value.

The electric series II landrover is nice, but there appears to be an extra zero mistakenly added to the price

I have NEXUS and have had it for over ten years. As you say, when you apply you have to go to the Canadian border and be interviewed and scanned by both Canadian and US people (there’s an office in Ottawa airport where half is “in the US” and the other half is Canadian).

A few years ago in my home town a guy went to his remote garage / workshop and saw some people breaking into it so he called the police and they told him they were too busy to come and do anything.

I’ve driven hundreds of cars all over the world and the Lincoln Mk IV that I drove in Canada in the late 1980s still sticks with me.

I’m sure the 77 year old Porsche “collector” retiree in my town will get one - he had a GT2RS for about 9 months and sold it for a massive profit. It is funny to see cars like this with his disabled tag and Florida plates and see himstruggling to get in and out of it at the Yacht Club. But he was able to buy a new…

I know you are trying hard to remember the concepts from high school physics.

Because they don’t care.

Standard in Landrover Defender since 2020 relaunch.

A functioning country needs a long distance transportation network. In a time of climate crisis, we should all be using the train more - which is possible in some parts of the world, but not in countries like the US, UK, and Canada where neoliberal ideologues sold off and gutted the train system.

One thing to consider is that other countries (pretty much every other country in the developed world) has much stronger worker protections than the US. I say this as someone who manages an international team and has to deal with HR rules in the EU, UK, Australia, and Canada.

When I was back in Tucson and Bisbee last year I couldn’t believe how heavily policed the border was compared to when I lived in the area 15 years ago.

I disagree with the statement that MG’s lineup is a sad collection. The MG ZS I rented in the UK earlier this year was nicer to drive than any of the Big Three’s current rental car spec offerings, substantially better than all the Nissan and Mitsubishi rentals I have had in the US and got over 50mpg (UK gallon). 

I thought the same when I read this - for most people repainting every 5-10 years will suffice (as long as the paint is applied correctly)

This only became a thing because Michelle Obama made the unremarkable statement in 2013 that people should drink more water.