That’s the issue right there. Things aren’t the same as they were 20 years ago, but some dealers haven’t clued in to that.

Neat, take off the Saab and the Pontiac if you’re really fussed about that, I’ll be nice.

And yet ICBC here can’t give out a ticket even if you have video evidence of someone doing something straight-up horrifyingly dangerous.

If you buy a chuck-a-bout hatchback and pick an automatic, you get what you deserve.

The Monster is an intermediate bike in terms of pricing, and that’s being very generous. Ducati doesn’t come close to any of the Japenese four for sales numbers. That you get a few of the Japanese riders means little when the Japanese are still eating your lunch, year after year, because they own the entry-level…

Oh, I’m with you on this guy not being poor, fuck him on that respect, but I’d also argue that $8,000 isn’t a cheap car, personally. Even now, I purchased my most expensive vehicle ever, at $6,000, and when I was a student, even a $4,000 vehicle would’ve been considered a luxury item (My daily was a $2,000 when I was…

Yup. I hated every single aspect of this car, but they did it well, and for $5,500, you’ll have a car that people will look at more than $55,000 cars.

If we’re keeping this exclusively to cars sold in North America (Heck I’ll keep this to cars from 2000 onwards): Focus, Fiesta, any of the GM Korean rebrands, Vibe and 9-2X all off the top of my head.

Same here. The problem is, the city just keeps trying to pump up the population numbers, without trying to deal with the things needed to handle populations (Roads, parks, schools, hospitals, etc). We’re pushing hard to ruin our own standard of living.

This is exactly why I stopped selling Fords. Short term, yes, you can absolutely abandon your entry-level, low-margin vehicles and actually save some money overall.

I mean, it is free parking. Even if your battery is full, you could still just park there with the charger attached. Please see: This article.

Yep. I may not like scammers, but I hate seeing useful parking spots sit empty for those rich enough for electric cars, so I’m not particularly bothered by it.

Yep, the fact he’s driving a fairly expensive vehicle himself is quite literally the only thing holding me back from applauding this. You can afford a $40K SUV, you can afford a parking pass.

Yup. There’s a small strip mall where I go to buy insects for my pet lizard, and of the 50-ish spots available, they recently converted 12 of them to Tesla chargers... Which sit empty, virtually 100% of the time. I see people park in them all the time, and it’s a case of “honestly, why not?”

Disabled spot? Dick move.

Unfortunately, yes. They also hawkeye the ever-loving crap out of the spots, so if you’ve done anything wrong, you can not only look forward to excessively expensive parking, but also fines the second you screw up.

I don’t care about you or your family. For all I know, you’re left-wing Chileans yourselves. That also doesn’t grant you any special knowledge of the place.

Many and some might as well be interchangeable. Again: There are “many” neo-Nazis in the US; “Nearly half” the population in the US are not Nazi sympathizers.

Well, in theory the helmet is also renewal based, as they’re only good for five years. I recently knocked over one of my older autocross helmets on to my wooden flooring and the outer housing smashed like a watermelon, whereas my wife’s helmet looked AOK after its first kiss from a higher height on to pavement (Though…

Yeah, you’re likely right. Still... What a waste.