Like fraudulent/predatory lending, exorbitant interest rates, most of which target low income families that just need reliable transportation.

This is one major reason why car key via smartphone freaks me out. What’s to stop a manufacturer or government from turning off your key or tracking you if they want to? There are certain things that shouldn’t be networked. Or maybe I just rewatched Battlestar Galactica too recently...

So this is all about how executives should be treated more fairly?

1St Gear:

For his many, many faults, Henry Ford figured out that paying his employees enough money to actually buy the product they were making was a smart idea. Businesses are supposed to sell things and make money, not manipulate their numbers so the gamblers on Wall Street can make another fraction of a penny on their stock. 

The fact of the matter is if GM, Ford, et al. want to remain profitable, and in business in the future, it needs the middle class. With stagnant wages, all these companies are fighting for an increasingly (decreasing?) smaller piece of the pie that is a viable customer base. A more robust middle class will lead to…

Ahhhhhhhhh!

This was better:

The designers apparently know nothing about kids today.

Well, a 10yo and the typical buyer are about the same number of years from wearing diapers.

I’m still having a hard time trying to decide between the following:

The last recession almost broke me to the core. Up to it’s peak companies sucked you dry and worked you death while you had to tell employees you can’t give some of them raises because there isn’t money and they accept it as there’s nowhere else they can go for work because no one is hiring. When your company finally…

Subaru Baja: This is why...when I was a kid I loved the brat. I thought it was the coolest thing ever slightly jacked with the light bar. I soooo wanted one. I was excited when I heard it was making a comeback. Yea the dream crushers at Subaru came up with that ungodly mess of a design and made me want to gouge my…

You're not my real wagon!

I dunno, owning a fighter jet like that seems like it would be approaching an unsafe area of some sort. A zone of danger, if you will.

Well la dee da, Mr. Doesn’t-Get-Chased-By-Supervillains.

For $69,995, I would buy a new, unmodified C8.

My plan to weather the next recession is that all-you-can-eat pasta card from Olive Garden.

I saw one of those on a Merkur Scorpio in Paris once!