As a supply chain manager for over 10 years I have to add...nothing really...you’re both on the money I think.  The only thing forcing us back to the USA is freight costs.

Saber-rattling racist Chinese proving what saber-rattlers they are...what else is new?

This was my first thought. Insurance is supposed to be approaching actual cash value, and that’s nowhere near close here. A quick look around me and I see ‘13 Civic Hybrids at or over $17k - not $14k.

Is 14k even close to the market value now ? I would try and beat some more cash out of the insurance company

Hyundai Elantra GT - Can find them all day at this price.

If you want something a little funky, I’d go with the Honda Element. It’s not the most fuel efficient thing, but great for everything else you’d want to do.

This^^^

Gee, maybe some of “the love” went away when Disney decided what we all wanted was a slapdash sequel trilogy that made our childhood heroes miserable failures, cowards, and parents of a school shooter? And then totally undercut the finale of the original films by having Palpatine survive (more or less, clone,…

I think the Supra was more of a wall poster nostalgia for our generation. 

Remember when sports cars were pretty?

Looking forward to the story about the BaT listing for this billboard bringing stupid money.

Back in the day, my wife pointed out a billboard for the Mitsubishi 3000 GT. The billboard read “We made Porsche call 911". Wife says “You like Porsche, looks like they are in trouble now.”

I saw something similar in Norway a few years ago, but with a somewhat less exciting car.

What’s amazing is how long that’s been there, how good it still looks, and how many ads have been on top of it over the years. That billboard changes out every 1-6 months (depending on the ad and how long they buy space for), so assuming that went up in ‘93, it survived anywhere from 54 to 324 ads installed over it.…

I would like to live in that small rip in the space-time continuum forever

I’m genuinely impressed with the amount of ass Hyundai has been kicking lately. It’s just having fun and it's so exciting to watch.

Well, the one I worked at operated like a glorified buy-here-pay-here, and basically catered to those sorts of customers. They were happy to get approved for a new Kia or a used whatever, so they put up with all sorts of abuse. But anyone who had good credit or cash and was in the position to shop elsewhere...did.