Perfectly correct. I have total lossed multiple claimants’ vehicles that were not damaged sufficiently to be totaled out because parts weren’t available, would not be available for months, and that meant the carrier was on the hook for loss of use for the whole. That cost adds up QUICK. A Tesla would definitely the…

I enjoyed the scene with John Cusack and Benny Urquidez (no idea how to spell that) in “Gross Point Blank”. Good stuff. Benny and John both sell well. Course Benny was John’s instructor prior to the movie, so it would make sense that they work well together.

If I were remotely close enough, I’d lay the cash down right now. And I mean that quite literally. I love amazons.

From the perspective of someone who has spent time on the mat, the thing about this that pisses me off the most (well, after Texas supporting institutionalized bigotry) is that people keep attributing Beggs’ win soley to testosterone. He’s got a 52-0 record, and it is certainly not all because of forfeits. This kid is…

Been through four as the bewildered father-to-be getting his hand squeezed to pulp. Can’t speak to her internal experience, of course, but can certainly speak to the stuff going on around her, and likely with more authority (because I am not in world-shattering pain like she was). And I agree with you.

“Anyone who buys a Harley in India must have more money than sense.”

That bike is superior is basically every meaningful way to H-D’s offering. Buddy of mine has one. That bike is a blast to ride and I don’t think I’ve said that in a meaningful way about any cruiser I’ve ridden.

They do have a factory in India. It does reassembly of bikes (to avoid tariffs) and lots of local manufacturing and manufacture of subassemblies for export to the states. If I remember correctly, the Street 500 and 750 are both originally Indian market bikes brought here.

This thing I love is that Harley apologists will tell you that it’s not leaking from the primary. That it’s *designed* to expel oil as part of the primary chain lubrication process.

This needs WAY more fucking stars.

No. Not in the slightest. Then again, my car is old.

I don’t disagree. I’m not a sportbike guy who is only happy at 180mph. Not my gig. I just don’t ascribe to the inflated profile these things have. To me it ruins the essential worth of the device to decide that it is so valuable. It’s just a machine. It may be beautiful, it may be historically important, but saying…

I would’ve linked to the Langley Speedway as it’s local and has been shut done but THERE’S GOING TO BE RACING AGAIN THIS YEAR!

The sole reason I’d ever want “fuck you” money would be to be able to make something like this.

While I am getting much glee from the organized Maher-bashing (he’s a toad), your post was the best by far. Bravo.

I’m laughing because the whole idea, in both camps, is so bloody precious. Leaky, cantankerous, unreliable classic britbikes are fine, but I see no reason to put them on a pedestal, and likewise don’t feel that the perfomance and reliability of the 70's CB’s such that they deserved some sort of hallowed status, and…

“I adore these Daihatsu open-deck vans. They satisfy my packaging and space-utilization fetishes like some wonderful, illegal drug. And this guy has like a dozen of them.”

Except that Mcdonalds was already in that project WAY before this $15/hour business. Automation has bupkis to do with wage hikes. Short of paying slave wages, companies like that want automation where possible to limit human error. The difference is not that the people became expensive, but that the tech finally…

Sacrilege? Only if you’re more tied to nostalgia than performance.

My dad never really resented it. He was the oldest. She was the baby and the only girl. He said many times he took the fall for stuff that was my uncle’s fault so they wouldn’t go after him.

Lots of people say their dad is their hero. Mine truly is.