It’s not really a NP/ND car. This is a car for someone with a certain aesthetic, hobby, and wallet-size. There are plenty of kit-car guys out there, and this is a clean one, pretty well done. The guy interested in this doesn’t give a shit if you hate it, because he thinks it’s cool and will be fun to screw around with…

The problems with the exhaust and the reverse lights are the only thing that kills it for me. Well, those and my self-esteem.

I have realized that it might be impossible to not like something for valid reasons, and to have any thoughtful discussion of those reasons cut off simply because people can’t get past their own knee-jerk reactions.

This car also comes with (free of charge) a case of generalized anxiety disorder good for the length of ownership!

Anecdote is never a good substitute for trend. You experience is not widely shared. The knock on German reliability is because the costs of ownership and repair are simply higher than for other vehicles.

I’m still trying to imagine German reliability after 36k miles.

“Italian”, is not a bragging right when it comes to automobiles. 

Unless it’s a spaceship, plane, or naval vessel, nothing that has gone around the earth 9 times is going to get me to cough up $30k. I’ll grant the guy his excellent detailing job, but, ND.

This might be unpopular, but a Mini Cooper-S is fun. Really fun. Deceptively big inside. 

I’m pretty seriously contemplating a purchase before big sedans go extinct. I want a Challenger, but that would mean the f-type would have to go according to someone who has the right to weigh-in on such things. And look, I’m fully cognizant of the fact that I own a Jaguar, but it’s cool and also not a daily driver -…

I suspect many have conflicted feelings about the subject because there’s no real consensus on what adult cheerleading really is.

I’ll never get the hate for the 300. It’s a big, comfortable cruiser. I don’t want it to get smaller. I don’t want it less powerful. I don’t want less intuitive controls. I want a big ass, affordable road car.

This is a car for the right buyer. I am not the right buyer.

That’s because the horror stories are actually documentaries. 

We have a federalist system. It’s not a US thing, per se, but a state-by-state thing, and some states are more tolerant than others. On the upside, and pre-pandemic, the US had dropped DUI fatality rates by 65% between 1982 and 2019.

Brake-checking is illegal. The Raptor intentionally caused an accident.

When people write “power dynamics at play”, they presuppose that power dynamics are being exploited. Absent any clear retaliation or improper advancement, there are no “power dynamics at play”.

Actually, what I don’t get is why the city allowed the shipyard to build something that would necessitate dismantling the bridge. If the city agreed up front, as it appears it did, than the problem isn’t Bezos, but the local government and the shipyard. They’re the ones who aren’t respecting the “...blood, sweat...”,…

To whom is there, “...a lot of appeal...”? I get that some people not old enough to remember how truly shitty Vegas, Pacers, Gremlins, Pintos, Rabbits, early Japanese imports, etc, really were, and dig the kitsch, but, man. It’s just tough seeing articles about these things written by people who lack contemporary…

There’s a certain amount of risk management that has to be respected whenever a competitive team is fielded. There have to be guidelines surrounding practice time, travel and support for the athletes. This area represents a huge failure by the university. It’s mind boggling that they allowed athletes to train without…