Of course, on the other side, it worked for Nixon to undermine efforts that were about to end a war so that he could argue that we needed to elect him to fix the very problem he had been working to keep going...

Their “little isolated bubble” isn’t that isolated. Show me a factory where workers consistently stay in a “little isolated bubble” on one process, and I’ll show you a factory with high rates of workmans comp claims. And if you don’t expect them to be as familiar or more familiar with the equipment than anyone else,…

“So what’s happening here is exactly what? The current President decided to rescind a previous President’s executive action and he’s being sued for it? From my understanding, it’s not a bill that was passed by Congress”

Actually, it was a bill passed by Congress. On November 2, 2015, as part of the Bipartisan Budget…

It was way before 2008 that Honda knew about the airbag problem, according to the NY Times, so the two may still well have coincided.

It WAS a beautiful E36 M3.

Until he put on all those horrid body mods.

I think the odd thing here is how our local market works. You have a few major players - US Bank, PNC, and 5/3 (all national or large regional banks). Then you have the smaller operations. The large ones generally promise not to sell a loan. The small ones almost exclusively promise not to. But the small ones…

Odd - because the Cincinnati region seems chock full of places that commit to never selling the servicing of a loan, and homes, while not California prices, are not exactly bargain basement, either.

Not sure about where you live, but around here, it is actually pretty easy to find a bank with great rates that will commit to not selling the servicing of your loan.

AKA, why you stay local if you can.

One of the many times I refinanced my mortgage, the bank called to say they didn’t have insurance info. I informed them it was insured, they gave me a fair number of days to provide the info, which I easily was able to email over, and the problem was done. If they decided to make…

You weren’t paying attention?

Richard Cordray (current head of CFPB) is rumored to possibly be considering a run for Ohio governor - but I’m hoping he doesn’t, but instead they rally behind one of the other quality candidates they have and work on the lack of name recognition.. because if Cordray leaves CFPB, Trump…

That’s 25% more than it costs me for 12 months of collision/comprehensive on two cars with $1M in liability, $250 comprehensive deductible, $500 collision, and a $2M umbrella policy on top of that combined.

At this point, it is reasonable to state that Wells Fargo should not be allowed to remain in business. Unfortunately, they keep getting away with this nonsense, and the only penalties they seem to get are from a government agency that one party wants to eliminate entirely.

Was it owned by the dealership owner?

Dealerships that sell beaters often have obscene profit margins per sale and very little invested in overhead. I could see a decent sized dealer in that market buying a Bentley for himself, then selling it himself as the hit he’d take selling it anywhere else would likely be huge.

Obviously it doesn’t represent all crown vics ever. But it does match much better with their statistical reliability as recorded by numerous independent sources than it does with your random claims that you know better.

If your line workers aren’t responsible for maintenance and operations, you’re not likely running your operations efficiently.

An impact of that severity should have caused the fuel system to cut off. There should NEVER have been enough fuel spilled to cause a fire like that (remember, there are strict regulations on the amount of fuel that can be spilled after an accident in crash tests)

Ahem...

Probably no batteries, realistically. That Tesla is 18 months old -> long highway drives = few starts, long times to recharge.

I’ve managed to get 84-120 months out of a factory battery where average trip lengths were in the 2-5 mile range and with winter, too. Now THAT is more challenging on a battery.

A 300k crown vic used like this Tesla was would experience virtually none of those problems you talk about. That car is only ~18 months old. Those seals would be in perfectly fine shape, as would the transmission and differential. You’re quite literally giving it the easiest life you can possibly give it if you’re…

For me, it would be just about ready for its 4th brake job. Probably about time for its 2nd set of replacement rotors. And brakes are cheap and FAST to replace.