or, you know, more sustainable and diversified battery tech.

The MGB, MGB GT, Austin-Healey 3000 would have been on my list. 

Swiss Army Knife or Multi-tool

Yeah, I understand how the dealership model has changed (largely by necessity) over the last couple decades and last couple years. When everyone isn’t buying new cars after 3-4 years because 60k miles was a LOT back in the day, it gets harder and harder to build a reputation and make money off of loyalty (same…

I’m too busy washing my windows with dirty bucket water to pay attention to those annoying gas station TVs. 

I don’t deny that Jordan Peterson is a steaming bag of crap, but the title “King of Incels” is an EXTREMELY competitive category. Let’s not award it so lightly.

I live in Tampa where taxpayers were on the shit end of funding a new Football stadium. I hate football and don’t give two craps about it yet I had to pay for it so a bunch of rich people could have their big boy playground?
but a better educated society is a such a sin?...GTFOH with that nonsense

Nice! It would be very similar to the format of Six Feet Under where the funeral services/family/circumstances served as a plot device for every episode arc. I love that idea!

I think if the real number is 79% of iPhone users wouldn’t consider a new vehicle without Carplay is a high number.   I have an iPhone and it would be on my list of required features, but I would be willing to be flexible if the Price Is Right.

CA’s Salton Sea has enough lithium to supply 40% of the worlds needs right now, it just needs an efficient extraction method...

No one is bringing up the fact that there is going to be a booming market in lithium recycling as demand increases.  Once the supply gets large enough a lot of the lithium used in car batteries will come from retired car batteries.  Honestly this argument is dumb.

Well sourced and reasoned.  But the OP is too entrenched in their view to consider evidence contrary to their supposition.  But I appreciate it and 100% agree.

To be clear, I meant those two things independently like saying “those with apples and/or oranges” not like “those with apples and the apple carts that go along with them.”

You have to take taxes into account there before saying that so broadly, though.  

If you live in a snowy climate: getting a second set of wheels and having dedicated snow tires and summer tires. There are not many things more relieving than being able to drive through blizzard conditions without the anxiety of your car slipping all over the road.

Well, Wheaton did coin this famous Penny Arcade bit:

“Who cares if there’s cops? They’re not going to do anything anyway, they’re scared.’”

Shit, Ron DeSantis younger than me?!

I’m moving back there in a couple months. Didn’t have a car when I lived there before, and am already dreading having to drive anywhere given the shitshow infrastructure, bizarre driving customs, and inexplicable traffic patterns. At least I’ll have a remote gig, so no commute.

Oh you’re not exaggerating that much. And you’re leaving out 6-way intersections, higher-than-average number of one-way roads, people taking the infamous “Pittsburgh left” and random tire-popping potholes.