Ok, Homer...

Screw that defroster.

Give me Ford’s Quickclear...

But then you’d have to put up with Ohio politics, which are lunatic-level bad.

“Car owners would be barred from suing Honda and other car makers could opt to join the trust arrangement.”

Oh, hell no. At this point, the automakers should be liable for damages as well, because too many of them have dragged their feet in even releasing redesigned airbags for production.

My Fusion has been under…

It’s more than a little more room in the Fusion. The Focus is small, the Fusion is actually tolerably-sized.

I suspect the Focus will be growing a bit in size as it has been attacked as being significantly smaller than the competition, and the Fusion will eventually upsize a bit (kinda like the original Fusion was an…

You may think battery life has little to do with it, but I’d wager it does have a significant impact. Many studies showed battery life to not be an issue in first and second gen hybrids, but we had plenty of people constantly trashing them and worrying about it. We’ve also had a fair rate of battery failures in them,…

Which predictions failed? Most people don’t understand the term “tipping point” and that leads to uninformed statements like yours. The biggest problem with his predictions were simply:

1) They underestimated the sea temperature rise, not the total increased thermal energy. Higher sea temp rise = lower air temp rise,…

The consensus even in the 1970s was that the planet was warming.

There were a few scattered noisy contrarians, as there are today. They’ve all been proven wrong - Kukla, the one quoted in your article, even reversed his stance after being proven wrong, only to flip-flop back and forth. But none of his predictions were…

What $30k car leases for $200 per month?

I took a quick look at a Toyota Camry, known for maintaining resale value, and their local offer for a ~$25k vehicle was $229 per month with $2000 down and a $350 disposition fee at lease end.

Same thing with every other vehicle I looked at - to get something in the $25-30k range…

1st: And a massive debt-financed tax cut will mean only more pressure to raise rates, which will negate any stimulative effect of the tax cut.

Well, each airbag has to be designed for a specific vehicle.

But it is complete fucking bullshit when the automakers respond that they haven’t finished redesigning the airbag with a safe inflator - 18-24 months after the recall. No airbag design takes that long to complete and certify. They’re simply dragging their…

Yeah, my theory now is that they are never actually going to fix the problem, but rather just hope that all the vehicles simply die of old age first.

“5th Gear: This Again...Get that fixed ASAP!”

BUT THE PARTS AREN’T AVAILABLE ANYWHERE!!!!!

How is that so hard to understand?

“Please, everyone, if you know your car’s affected by the recall, get it fixed.”

Then for the umpteenth time, MAKE THE @#$! PARTS AVAILABLE!

And fuck Honda for covering up the defect for so long that other manufacturers followed them in adopting these airbags in an attempt to match costs, and ended up getting caught up…

He’d fit right in with the GOP.

Well, it is a hell of a lot better looking than the Prius.

But will be the first time Honda has figured out how to make a competitive hybrid, or will it be overpriced/low-mpg/too many corners cut again?

While it doesn’t seem to be a factor here, Amtrak trains generally have to run on lines owned by freight operators who often don’t maintain their lines to sufficient standards.

Not only that, but even if its proven to be a case of gross negligence in maintenance by the track owner (who is getting paid to allow Amtrak…

Meh... I was once on the approach path into O’Hare and had this beast fly overhead. Makes a 747 look puny...

Good lord, that thing is ugly..

All you have to do for safety in a craigslist transaction is to show up at the police station to make the sale. Hell, our local PD actually advertises it as a free service - anytime during normal business hours, you can meet at the police station and there’s always an officer around. How many people are going to rob…