Manual Acura TL 2012-2014. Plenty of power, great manual, and the super fun torque vectoring AWD. Very reliable, and the manual is super rare. Depending on year and mileage, nice examples go somewhere between $20k-28k.

Businesses can deduct healthcare as an expense, which is why we still have it this way. Crude example: Company gives Employee healthcare that costs $400 /mo. But, it really only costs Company $300 /mo because it’s an expense that isn’t taxed. If Company gave Employee the $300 /mo extra in cash (same costs for…

The government bought you a gun? There are numerous government programs that provide some level of healthcare, but I am unaware of any taxpayer backed program that provides guns to people.

Could you not visit a dentist on your own? You say you had a good job, so you could have purchased dental insurance. It’s like $30 a month for an individual plan. Or, you could just go in for a yearly cleaning and pay $100-150.

No spark plug change within 200k miles? I thought the interval on that service with this engine was 105k miles (at least it was in the TSX).

If you look close, this is the bumper sticker on that Sentra:

Most contracts have indemnification clauses where one party agrees to cover the liability for the other party for certain circumstances. Suppliers (Bosch) likely agree to indemnify purchasers (VW) for defects and other issues with their products. Likewise, the purchaser (VW) may indemnify the supplier (Bosch) for…

Wife: It’s time you sell your sports car so we can get an Odyssey for the family.

A few years back it looked like this was going to happen. Acura must have shelved it.

“I want something my son will think is cool and will be excited to drive in.”

A Cadillac CTS Vsport is a better driver than competition such as the BMW 550i or Audi S6, and even some more expensive alternatives. I’d argue the Chevrolet SS is a better driver than those Germans as well. In higher volume models, I think the Chevy Malibu and Impala are also pretty good drivers, even if an Accord…

Were these the actual recommendations back in 2006? Child restraint recommendations and laws have evolved quite a bit in recent years. Essentially calling someone out for child endangerment based on current recommendations and laws (the one law cited not even applying to Barron’s age at the time) lacks any…

Battery production isn’t diversification for Tesla, it’s the endgame. Battery technology (and cost) is the holdup for electrification and other greener technologies. If Tesla can scale up battery production enough to bring down the cost to mainstream levels, cars are only going to be a small part of the revenue base.

Does this study normalize for sleep differences between kids? Touchscreens may be partly at fault, but there are other factors. Most of the young kids I know that sleep less are on touchscreen devices more AND have unpredictable sleep schedules and/or go to bed later. So, when a 2 year old goes to bed a 9pm, and…

You can’t use all G8s as the comparison. Only the GXP trim level is similar and a search on cars.com shows that the cheapest one is $19k. Manuals are quite a bit more. However, there were almost an order of magnitude fewer GXPs sold, so there are much fewer available than the current SS that might keep prices…

Agreed! However, there is currently a stop sale on the SS due to a seatbelt tensioner recall that has been in place for 2 months, and there is no firm date on when the stop sale will be lifted. I have been calling around and any manuals in stock already have deposits on them. If you can live without 3 pedals, you…

I had this exact saw for 4 years. I probably made less than 200 cuts with it over that time. However, the motor then gave out and it was more expensive to fix than buy a new one. Maybe I got a lemon. I wish I would have purchased the Dewalt 15 amp 10 inch miter I have now instead.

I had this exact saw for 4 years. I probably made less than 200 cuts with it over that time. However, the motor then…

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