I carry my Passport Card with me because my DL isn’t a “SecureID”, yet.  Plus it is considered proof of citizenship even if I lose my passport which makes getting a replacement Passport easier.

I’m still kinda surprised that they took the planes with box cutters.  Security was fairly tight with regard to bombs after Locherbee Scotland.  You’d have to get really lucky with a box cutter to kill someone.  I would have thought that a few people would have had enough “oh, hell no!” in them to jump them at the…

Maybe 5 years after 9/11, I was listening to a podcast or radio show or a radio show that is also available as a podcast (I forget which), and one of the guests called TSA security theater.  He described it as like Kabuki.  There are elaborate costumes, ritualized movements, and every once in a while someone yells. …

The dealership does get a kickback from the mortgage broker for signing you up for a car loan. I don’t know if they’ll increase the price to compensate for that “loss” if you pay cash. If they ask “are you going to finance or pay cash?”, tell them that you can pay cash, but you’re willing to listen to what kind of…

I didn’t say you were wrong, just that I didn’t read it that way. No slight intended.

That is likely where I’m going next.  I want a plug-in hybrid.  I live kinda rural, but 40 miles would handle my normal day’s driving and I’d have the ICE for longer trips and road trips.

My first thought: “so how long before the axles snapped?”

It’s not hyperbole, it’s clickbait.  And everyone in the comments section went for it.

Besides the fact that so many cars (SUVs and trucks) are very tall now, I see nothing wrong with it.

Sub-brand?  I thought they were just models of Jeep.  To me a sub brand is Pontiac vs GM or Acura vs Honda; same manufacturer but also a different label before the model name.

I am sensing some sarcasm in your statement.

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There are no dumb questions, only irrelevant ones.  This is a relevant question, and since you don’t know, it’s a good question.  Never be afraid to admit that you don’t know something.  Refusing to learn is the crime.

I too tend to keep my vehicles for a very long time.

He’s sorta not wrong, but his delivery is awful, bordering on abusive.

I love a Denny’s on a road trip. I know what I’m getting when I walk in, some greasy and tasty enough food, classic diner food. And always open is a plus.

Most people who drive SUVs would be better off with a Mini Van.

Guaranteed a job is a bit much, but I agree that their criminal record should not be an obstacle at that company.

I’d like to go back to the color temp of incandescent lamps, a warm white.  Newer headlamps are blue-white and hurt to look at, even peripherally, and I’m not talking about when they’re on high beams.

That’s fine as long as the prisoner gets the money rather than the prison owner.  The profit motive needs to be removed from incarcerating people.  Society should incarcerate only those that truly need to be separated from the rest of society.