My wife’s uncle has ALS and therefore needs health workers attending to him daily in his home. Due to the PPE shortage, those workers have no masks available. So he’s vulnerable and in contact with people who are essential, but more likely than most to be vectors for transmission. This is how care facilities all over…

Fair enough. Can't blame anyone for running away from electrical gremlins.

It’s the same with math. On one hand, I would say people who remain willfully ignorant don’t deserve help, but on the other hand, those people tend to suffer the most in their job prospects and financial wellbeing in general. I partially blame the schools for teaching things in the most intimidating way possible.

To be truthful, everyone could’ve been acting responsibly and you’d still be putting yourself at risk going to work as someone who is immunocompromised. The prevalence of transmission without symptoms makes it so that everyone must assume that everyone (including themselves) has the disease to stay safe.

Best of luck, Kristen. You were always too cool for this place. I look forward to a Fancy Kristen book.

Or you could buy the Santa Fe out, which is often financially the best option at lease-end. Though perhaps the omission of that option implies that the car isn’t in your long-term plans.

Mazda’s in trouble? Their sales have been very healthy and they’re well-positioned with competitive crossovers of multiple sizes. They’re a smaller company, which also makes them lighter on overhead and more nimble to changing market conditions.

50 psi through a drinking straw will run children’s air tools.

It's a balance between being straightforward and being responsible. There are going to be some who are struggling and don't get a check, while others who are stable receive one. The alternative is giving everyone a check and irresponsibly putting the country deeper into debt for the limited gain of those exceptional…

Those are definitely the main reasons. Still, it’s possible to save on incomes down to the regional median. Lower, if childless. One would argue if upward mobility and job security is limited, that makes it even more important to save.

The reality is that while young people at the beach aren't going to get themselves killed, they're going to become vectors that spread the virus more widely and get many more people killed. It probably seemed a bit sensationalist, but that feeling is lessening by the day. In hindsight, we'll wish we did more, not less.

It doesn’t take that long to build a car to order. Most companies can get one out in 3-5 weeks, and it’s a special process now. If it was the norm, they could probably get it down to 2 weeks, much of which is transit.

Used cars are always available at a moment’s notice. New cars are a major purchase to be planned, not an impulse buy.

Dealerships could have loaners for people who need transportation immediately. Car rental companies exist. Your hypothetical is fairly rare and easily solved logistics issue.

The stimulus is given as an advance on 2020 taxes. If the salesman’s salary drops, he should get the stimulus when he does his taxes. Also, in your hypothetical, the salesman’s partner could get a sizable stimulus check for the other 4 people in the household.

The obvious answer is that people shouldn’t be able to pick out a car on the lot and drive off that day. Dealerships prey on people’s lack of impulse control to get them into a car ASAP. One of the biggest reasons people live paycheck-to-paycheck is they have to go to a car dealership for transportation, then get…

I also know of boomers who are being complete idiots. For someone who seems to know how to parse data, you sure went to an anecdote quickly.

The B5 and B6 S4s went up against the contemporary M3 and the AMG C-class, and did quite well (in the short term before reliability hurt them). Even the B7 did okay for a bit.

People can’t handle the truth. The truth is that young, healthy people are generally not at risk of severe infection. Well, reporting that caused a bunch of young, healthy people to act like idiots and infect lots of old and sick people. So now they have to be told there’s some risk (which is true) just to save the…

Only 6 years of warranty transfer unless it’s a certified car. So this car is probably out of warranty to the 2nd owner.