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Alfa Romeo 4C doesn’t have power steering, kinda limits is appeal a bit. Not a huge surprise there. Add to that the legendary (un) reliability of Magneti Marelli electronics under the hood, and it’s not too surprising why it doesn’t sell so well.

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LGA beats Newark if you have to get to Manhattan, and can’t afford to fly to JFK.

What about the 1-hour wait for the plane to get to the gate, AFTER it has landed? Has LGA fixed that?

That’s right. A truck is a person as soon as the owner takes on an 84-month loan to finance it. \s

India in those days had a lot of restrictions on who could start a business and how much they could produce. There was the general notion that making profit is bad, and the government took a really long time to accept the notion of Capitalism. Autarky was the basis of the government’s handling of the private sector.

Gives a new twist to the phrase “information super-highway”

I think VW would prefer a plant with a non-unionized workforce, seeing as Sen. Bob Corker didn’t like calls from 3rd parties to unionize their Chattanooga plant.

She declined to attend an event in Chicago organized by Hindu right-wing groups, so no, she doesn’t have links with fascist Hindu parties in India.

Not sure about the Maseratis of yore, but those in production today appear to be meant for those with more money than sense. Anyone who knows the slightest bit about cars will opt for something other than a Maserati. 

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Being a road cyclist can be risky these days due to road rage. A world-champ triathlete was killed in Ann Arbor last year, and the offending driver got away with no jail time, and 240 hours of community service.

“They copy-pasted Colorado and forgot to put people in it”- late-night talk-show host

XV40-series Camry. Stark contrast with the ugly-ass robot chicken XV50 series that followed

Does the infotainment play nice with Apple iPhone?

I heard Acura has trouble selling these cars. There are around 35 new and 25 used NSX’s available in the US right now as per AutoTrader.

“Thomas came from France to the northern suburbs of Detroit”.

The bear chose the Civic of its own Accord

I have a FWD car and don’t want to swap tires for the winter, so I went with a 3 Peak Mountain Snowflake (3PMSF) certified tire. It is an all-season tire with winter bias, should hold up better in winter than regular all-season tires without the 3PMSF certification. Example: Goodyear Assurance WeatherReady