This is why all the ECP discourse following the accident has been so maddening. Brakes had jack shit to do with this issue. However, you left off the really fun bit:

Railroads have been telling the government they can self regulate... this proves they can not. Wall Street earnings are being put above safety and that has to stop. Time for real fines and real penalties for CEO’s and the board of directors. Maybe even a Tax per share to be paid for investing in a company that threw…

There’s always one!

My first car was a Squareback. It had charm, and it made me later appreciate luxuries like heat, not smelling gasoline from a sharp turn, and ascending an incline larger than a speed bump. It did not have $24K in charm. ND

whose washing machine’s spin cycle is so bad you need to hand wring water from your clothes when it is done?

https://www.baaa-acro.com/aircraft/tupolev-tu-104

Reminds me back when “employee self-evaulations” first came out.

There are certain old cars that, when you see them, are almost always some level of fright pig. People long ago stopped caring enough to keep them nice. And then one like this reminds you that even those cars were once shiny and fresh, with a proud owner. It’s jarring and kind of fun to see. But it’s not $14K fun.

Looks like a ford escape

I did a quick search for Jeep Renegades...the 10 year old Fiat based entry Jeep. We’re looking at 30k (granted this could be dealer markup too). I’d rather have this buick than the Renegade at that price. Honestly at that price, these are really competitive and (on paper) you get a lot for your money. Not a car I’d be…

Except Buick’s colors have always been Red, White, and Blue.

As easy as it is to dunk on Buick, this is actually a really nice update. the infotainment alone is a massive upgrade from the ultra cheap looking one GM put in everything.

The only complaint, aside from the weak powertrain, is all the dang badges on the back. Once this thing gets all the dealer crap tacked on there…

What do you mean “that kind of money”??? This is cheap for a new car today, and has a cheaper starting price than a Ford Escape! I would argue this is a bargain if it is even remotely “luxurious” considering it is Escape money. A BMW x1 starts at $39k so I think you are a little out of touch with what realistic car…

I was driving small sedans (Corolla, Ion, Sentra and now a Versa) and the first thing I addressed was adding medium dark smoke tint to the rear and rear side windows. It doesn’t do a damned thing about oncoming traffic but at least I’m not blasted from behind.

When purchasing a clothes dryer, get a model where the lint filter is at the front of the machine where you open the door. This type of design dries clothes fast because the hot air is being pulled through the full depth of the basket.

Add dry towel - No. A pound of water goes into the dryer, a pound has to come out the exhaust pipe. How it is distributed inside the drum is of no consequence.

Add tennis balls - Maybe, but seems pointless. In theory they can act as tumble media to loosen up the clothes compacted by the washer spin cycle and improve…

Really? Put a dry thing in with your wet things and then let the formerly dry thing that is now wet air dry?

It boggles my mind that people still believe this thing will get approved by the DOT and manufactured in any meaningful way. Why anyone would support meme lord douchbag Elon is beyond me.

Funny how useless that video is. They could have spent five minutes researching the origins of the car to explain it accurately. And surprise, a domestic car was a POS in an era where everything domestic was a POS. The 80’s was the right time to buy Japanese. Perhaps the peak time for the Japanese as well.

Your last sentence is because it’s not linked to the MkI. That’s a very old trope and quite wrong.

Chrysler bought 1.7l engines from VW for the first few years of L platform production. That’s the end of cooperation there... the Omni/Horizon were developed alongside the Simca/Talbot Horizon in the late middle 1970's…