Deadspin was shit. Jalopnik needs to leave, but Deadspin is not the crew you want to hang out with.

If you regulate everything, you stifle innovation. It is in a team’s best interest to load 20-gallons of fuel into their car in the fastest way possible without catching the car on fire. Desire to perform this task safely does not need to be regulated; it is inherent to the situation.

Furthermore, these regulations do…

That doesn’t matter. Amazon owns & controls the manufacturing of the goods; they just contract out the actual work.

Think of Amazon as a general contractor in a home construction project... They are building the house, but they aren’t doing the physical work.

The OEMs already stock inventory. Furthermore, a lot of the “wait” associated with vehicle purchases today is due to the fact that dealers all order basically the same vehicles, and so “special” options are not available ANYWHERE in the system and must be built. Manufacturers would not do this; if they make an option…

You don’t need that many dealerships or service centers if you break the franchise model. You need a few nice but smaller showrooms where vehicles can be viewed combined with larger storage lots at a separate, centralized location (which OEMs already have!) and you do not need to have a showroom and a service center…

That doesn’t matter. Walmart owns the manufacturing processes, quality, and inventories and delegates that to a contractor of their choosing. Walmart is the manufacturer.

The OEMs do the same thing with various subcomponents and parts. Why do you think companies like Bosch, Dana, ZF, Harmon, and a plethora of other…

Those are red herrings and naive statements.

You don’t need a large dealership everywhere with the direct to consumer model. You need small showrooms that have one of everything and that’s it. Beyond that, every thing can be kept at a single (or regional) storage areas that OEMs ALREADY HAVE and shipped to the consumer…

That’s naive.

Firstly, the goods you buy at Walmart & Amazon are no where near the same as a car.

Secondly, nearly all of the suppliers to Walmart and Amazon will NOT SELL DIRECTLY to the consumer for various reasons, so there is no alternative.

Thirdly, “Factory Outlets” have been a thing for a while and they’re rather…

Every time I see someone towing the line without question, accepting the propaganda they are predisposed to as “fact” without actually verifying it for themselves, I’m reminded of this:

“But your conclusion is different than mine, so you must be an idiot!”

“Also, how dare you expect me to look at your cited sources!? I ain’t got time for that!”

Man, when did the people on this site become so hateful and lazy? I really don’t know how much more of this our country can tolerate...

Um, no. That didn’t happen...

Actually, the most important first step would be recognizing that you have a mental block (I won’t say “disorder”, because it’s very likely that you’re just being dumb, and that’s not a disorder) that prevents you from accepting and dealing with reality and seeking help to overcome that. Then you can start worrying…

My student loan debt identifies as a credit. Why hasn’t my bank account reflected this???

Oh, because that’s not not the real world works? Damn...

But you must consider the greater good and benefit to society! What have your wife and daughter done to be worthy of such investment and care?

/S from me; but this is who you’re fighting against and what the single-payer supporting folks believe. “Society” is greater than the individual to them.

That sounds great and all, but it’s a red herring wrapped in a lie...

The red herring is the cheapness itself. Nobody cares if healthcare is cheap if that healthcare is shitty and/or not available when it’s wanted or needed.

The lie is that it’s cheaper. You pay into those systems your entire life and you pay A LOT…

“Single payer” just means that there is one more gigantic middle man who gets to decide who gets paid and who doesn’t. It will only make things worse.

A much better solution is to de-couple insurance from work and remove all boundaries to competition; let the market work!

No one is stopping you from paying more...

Us & them? So much for equality...

I agree; that typeface is terrible.

The MSRP on a similar Expedition is over $80K and the JGW has it beat in terms of capacity, features, capability, etc...