Do you think Honda actually did that willingly? They HAD to. Period. That was a significant safety issue, and by federal law, they had no choice but to recall the vehicles. GM would have had to as well - they wouldn’t have been able to escape it.

You’re giving credit where absolutely none is due.

NO it isn’t -

Unless you believe a source that applies arbitrary cutoffs to domestic content, considers sales numbers more important than anything else, and doesn’t even consider white collar jobs as worth anything.

The first year the Camry got that title, there were *41* vehicles with higher domestic content. 9 of the…

It IS as glaring as you might think.

Ford has about 2.5 TIMES as many employees in the US as does Toyota. If you take out the UAW workers, they STILL have more employees in the US than Toyota has in total (all workers combined). It isn’t even close. To try to argue otherwise is pure denial on your part.

No - cars.com’s list only looks at domestic content % (which, btw, includes parts from Canada) and reranks based on sales. In doing so, the only jobs it can possibly hope to capture are blue-collar jobs. They ignore white collar jobs altogether. Engineers, scientists, designers, managers - they’re all completely…

Cardboard was out.

The Camry ranks highest because they put in an arbitrary cutoff and rerank based on sales figures. There is no excuse for not having the Traverse, Acadia, or Enclave higher than the Camry. None.

White collar jobs are actually pretty easy to track. Every manufacturer puts out their numbers. Cars.com ignores them because…

The only bullshit here is from cars.com and those who support this nonsense.

Why is the % domestic content arbitrarily cut off?

Why are vehicles with a higher % domestic content rated LOWER if that is going to be your sole guide? Why, in the first year they gave the Camry this label, were there 41 vehicles on the market…

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Cars.com’s list is still unadulterated BS.

They put an arbitrary cutoff of 75% domestic content and then rerank based on sales numbers - they don’t give ANY consideration to white collar jobs supported, either.

This year, the Enclave, Traverse, and Acadia finished 1-2-3 in terms of % domestic content. Cars.com…

Very rigorous maritime engineering standards right there.

I didn’t even have to click the link to know what you were talking about and to start laughing my ass off... still gets me...

They already do.

Interestingly enough, though, SolarCity doesn’t seem to like using equipment that ties in nicely with the Powerwall, from what I’ve seen. They’ll get there, I’m sure, but it is somewhat ironic that they tended to choose inverters for which there is currently no good way to interface with a Powerwall at…

There is absolutely no need to merge the companies to get this to happen, though. Now you have two companies bleeding cash and losing money merging. At least SCTY’s cash burn rate was low enough that based on cash on hand they could last longer than TSLA.

But you don’t fix a sinking ship by attaching it to a heavier…

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That’s not as insidious as it may seem. As the driver’s side has more issues with other obstacles (ie, knees being pushed into the steering column) than the passenger side, and the small overlap crash is far more common on the driver side, the need for protection on the passenger side isn’t as high.

That’s just industry jargon at play there. If a defect on a vehicle exists and the company recalls the vehicles without being ordered to do so by NHTSA, it is labeled as a voluntary recall. If the government has to force them, then it is generally referred to as a mandatory or court-ordered recall.

In reality,…

You think that’s bad? Wait until people with Toyota Highlanders find out what a freaking maintenance nightmare Toyota has made their vehicles.

Need to change the timing cover oil gasket? Step 1: Remove engine. Total estimated time for the repair? 19 hours of labor. Have the hybrid? Make that 22.7 hours.

Need to replace…

I know, right? :) The fact that a good financial education isn’t required for every graduate is embarassing.

1) Whether that bus trip would count would depend on the distance compared to your normal commute from your permanent residence. The person living in the Poconos and working in Manhattan could claim the cost based on their permanent residence being in the Poconos. Using your metrocard to go out to a social event is…

Flying, taking bus trips, and renting cars doesn’t count for these expenses (exception: city buses for commuting).

Estimates of federal taxes legally due but not paid stand at $458 billion per year. That’s roughly the same as the entire federal deficit last year. Thanks for cheating and leaving the rest of us to pick…

Ouch. Must be some noncommuting costs in that $512.80 figure, still, besides the truck. (say $400 of it is on your vehicle, then 67 *10 *52 = 34,840 mi/yr= 2903 mi/ mo. At $2.70/gal, that’s 148 gallons, so only about 20 mpg....

If that $270 isn’t being spent on eligible expenses, YES, there is fraud. It isn’t legal to deduct money for these purposes and have it spent on any other item.