I made a rental in Vancouver a few years ago to ferry myself and my family around northern Washington for a week. I figured we’d end up with a Dodge Caravan like usually happens when you rent in that class. We got a Ford Flex Titanium instead. It was pretty nice!

You’re very right. What he didn’t bring up is the fact that it’s a first year vehicle built during an historic material shortage and period of worker relations upheaval. And it’s a Ford product. It’s not a recipe for a good time.

I believe the contracts allowed Tesla to change the pricing at any time, rendering any pricing on it so much wasted ink. 

This is the way.

Oh course the dealer acted this way. They weren’t bound to sell the guy a Bronco at MSRP by anything and their only risk was that they’d be left with a car they’d have to sell. There’s idiots clambering to buy these things at almost any price. It was a safe bet to make 10k extra or even more. Further, it was likely an…

It is. If tipping 20% is “supposed to happen,” up the prices by 20% and drop tipping altogether. The default expectation is already for good service. If you receive bad service, you do what you do at any non-tipped establishment: you take it up with people there in positions of authority.

Or, honestly, observes anybody doing their job well in an environment where tips aren’t a thing. I’m an engineer. I don’t get tips, but I still do my job. My bosses tell me I’m doing it in a way that they like. Turns out tipping is just another way for assholes to lord over people they expect to serve them.

Turns out FDR said that too when he talked about the point of the minimum wage.

Don’t go into the light, Carol Anne!

Seriously. The last thing anybody wants is Cyber Eldin Ringpunk 2077.

This is just for 2021? Maybe it’s because a large percentage of people who want a Switch already have one. I mean, the thing’s been out for how many years now?

The 40k number came from a guy who had worked there a decade. That’s not entry level  anymore.

Staplerfahrer Klaus should be required material for anybody working with machinery. Doesn’t even matter if you don’t speak German; it drives the point home and is *so memorable.*

Doesn’t mean they’ll be any good at it. Just because you did it a few times years ago gives you a passing familiarity, not the ability to do a job efficiently or even safely.

It’ll be interesting to see how much the warranty claims eat into the bottom line.

I wonder if John Deere has discussed this with their Workers’ Compensation insurance provider. Dropping workers who normally fall under a much less risky classification into factory line work without modifying their insurance rates might be grounds to drop them as an insured.

In regards to your passenger side climate control setting: “Nice.”

I dunno. I’ve got a 5th Gen Legacy 3.6R, so I spend a fair amount of time in the forums with the GT guys. The common theme is that the motor either spins a bearing or cooks it’s valves on at least #4 by or around that mileage. I think this one has that same motor and it’s become more or less unobtanium. I guess if you…

I have driven a Miata. It was an NA and it was wonderful. But, it was years ago. My needs have changed. I love the idea, but when you’ve got a house, a family, and already have a broken German coupe taking up space in the garage, an even more useless car doesn’t make any sense.

Eh, language evolves with the people who use it. Vernacular goes from being incorrect to accepted to official. Hell, even “irregardless” is a word now, much to my chagrin. Just let the language grow. It’ll lower your stress level a bit. Besides, you know as well as I do that English is kind of a shitshow and could use…