I LOVED those. 8 ft long hood...

That’s simply not true. Manufacturers have to consider foreseeable use.

The US outlawed lawn darts after the death of one five year old. We have regulations for consumer products out the ass to protect the public. There is no (personal view, here) case to be made against making more safe an item that is designed to kill; you’d think that would be a fucking feature, but not in this country.

I think you need an update in torts and product liability.

Actually, most cops aren’t big on the “unlimited guns” side of things, what with all the death and injury they see.

Yep - his wife made him get it instead of a Volkwagen or a Pontiac Safari (This guy is burned in my mind because he was flat-out hilarious about his unwanted Volvo). To be fair, we were on the Main Line, outside of Philadelphia, so Volvos weren’t unheard of, but anything that one did hear about a Volvo was not…

That whole “if you have to ask, you weren’t there”, thing definitely applies to the Cutlass. They were big, soft (except for the 442, which was fucking awesome...the day I sold that thing...sigh), comfortable cars that got you where you were going and may have gotten you laid once you got there.

They should call every model the  VW DIK 1.0, etc (Discretionary income killer)

I am all for paying all workers a living wage. The short term pain though, will be passed on to consumers, especially at restaurants.

As a practical matter, there’s a pretty clear line of demarcation between touching and touching. It’s absolute crap to say that no one should touch anyone else, ever. Complete horseshit. What we need not do is touch someone for gratification, or in places so obviously inappropriate that even the most tone deaf among…

I think you are being extraordinarily generous in your assessment of the situation. Small landlords are getting crushed, and economies of scale aren’t helping small-plus landlords. That banks have some relief from the Cares Act doesn’t really assist landlords who have no expectation of collecting accumulated past due…

There needs to be more than one conversation. Landlords have their own financial burdens, and aren’t getting relief from them. They still have debt service, insurance, etc., and for small landlords, of which there a HUGE number, those costs are crippling.

Someone wants this. That someone isn’t me.

Dumb as shit. I get that everyone is entitled to their own aesthetic, but, c’mon.

I’m a huge sports fan and it should be obvious by now, especially if you’re an NBA or NHL fan, that teams change hands all the time and that new ownership (I lived through “the Process”) is not always going to improve things or even keep the team in town. You also know that even though teams might have history,…

Sold. I always dug this car.

Good Christ, no. 

Did the driver of the truck really reduce the bridge by 1/10? That’s awfully specific.

That’s the thing many other commenters miss, that contract litigation isn’t simply about the contract, but about practices and representation of terms. Absolutely not a dunk by dealers, not at all, especially since not only have most allowed customers to assign leases in the past, but have probably bought a few…

You’re right about the language, but one also has to look at historical practice. If a lessee was told that they could move a car before expiration, and that it was a common thing, and they were told that by a dealer rep, then things do get interesting, if we’re talking about a significant number of cases.