Have you ridden in them? Are you judging based on the 1st gen sold in the US, or the current one, because the 2nd gen is much better than the first?

Here’s the current 7 passenger:

Exactly... A Uhaul around here runs $19.99 a day, officially. But then they add on mileage fees and to get the insurance to cover you from them ripping you off (your insurance likely doesn’t cover everything they’ll charge you with), the cost goes up significantly. I generally run around $40-60 each time I rent one.…

They’re not commenting on the out-the-door price, but rather MSRP. The MSRP on the TC is high. But so are the dealer discounts and rebates. If you compare them on truedelta.com and accept their value for features, the TC XL/XLT comes out comparably equipped to an Odyssey LX with a ~$2500-2700 cost savings. But that’s…

Oh, the sticker price here on the TC is pretty darned high. But there are normally huge rebates and dealer discounts - that you don’t get on the Escape. So the actual price you pay is much closer than the sticker would ever suggest.

Did you just look at the sticker or actually negotiate a deal? The Transit Connect Wagon has much much steeper discounts typically... it isn’t hard to get an XLT with the LWB down to the ~$23k range ($25k currently on truecar) most of the time. Good luck getting an Odyssey EX-L anywhere near that. In fact, current…

Regular minivans are more posh.. and significantly more expensive..

It’s not really $10k more. The Transit Connect has much steeper discounts than the Escape. Just priced them through my insurance co, and these are the pre-negotiated prices they had:

2018 Escape S : $20,835
2018 Escape SE : $22,560
2018 Transit Connect Wagon XL, LWB w/liftgate : $23,251
2018 Transit Connect Wagon XLT, LWB…

Not tall? You haven’t been in one, have you?

46.9 inches of headroom in the front row. That’s almost 5 more inches than an Expedition. According to at least one site (https://tall.life/best-cars-for-tall-people/), the only better vehicle for tall people is the Mercedes Sprinter. There’s so much headroom in the TC you…

It’s simple if you take off your right-wing anti-union glasses

To *increase* your 0-60 time?

I think you’re doing it wrong, Andretti. And sign me up for buying a used rental you’ve been driving. I doubt you ever get over 2000 rpm. :)

Because the very DEFINITION of a closed shop is that you have to join the union as a requirement of holding the job. Nowhere in the US is this legal. Having to pay what is shown to be a reasonable amount to cover the union’s cost of representing you even if you choose not to join is simple avoidance of theft. They…

Closed shops were banned by Taft-Hartley in 1947. They no longer exist anywhere in the US.

What you’re confusing as a “closed shop” is simply a union with exclusive negotiating rights - ie, the union represents all workers. However, by Taft-Hartley, no one can be forced to join the union. So you don’t join, but they…

Neutral: Have You Ever Bought A Used Rental Car?

Frankly, I’ve always thought the anti-rental stigma was absurd. The average person I see renting a car doesn’t abuse it any more than they would their own vehicle. So you get, generally, a used car driven by an average driver. Now, average drivers are horrid drivers, I’ll give you that. But buying from a single owner…

And UHaul “maintains” their vehicles as shit buckets in my experience. Everytime I go to rent one it’s a gamble as to whether the tires will be bald or not, or if the check engine light or oil pressure lights are permanently on.

Having worked in many UAW facilities, I can say without hesitation I knew plenty of non-members and not a one ever complained to me (on the management side)....

Your reply did not imply that you were talking about the offerings in Europe.

Stupid response is stupid.

These are federal laws. I’ve never seen these rights NOT be made clear. Why? Because the government requires people to be told of them.

First off, you’re believing a story from the New York Post?

Second, its filled with flaws. The number of teachers appears to have grown, but the fact is we’re mainstreaming kids and providing services for disabilities we never did before. That is virtually the entire growth in teaching in most areas - the number of…

“There are a lot of people here who are graduating college aspiring to be teachers, but can’t get a full-time job because the terrible teachers that are already employed know they can’t be fired so long as their student’s aren’t failing their classes,”

This is typical anti-union nonsense. It is remarkably easy to get…