In short, they don't. But if I've been playing by the rules and you come along and try to change the rules and shift the model in your favor my instinct is going to be to lobby against it until I can come up with a way to compete.

I wrote one super long post that spiraled out of control. I broke it up and had the following thought on who actually the goose and gander are. This is more of a Pandora's box if you already have a stake in the game. The only clear winners are the lawyers and Elon Musk who doesn't have a network already setup. …

kinda, but I think that you are missing the complexity of the issue.

"New cars, used cars, parts, service, F&I, and surveys."

Yeah, the problem with loving each other and destroying all our weapons is that we will be left with boards with nails in them to fend off the aliens....then inevitably we will create bigger boards with bigger nails and the cycle will continue.

OEM's (GM, Ford, Toyota etc) can't exert direct control over the dealerships who sell their vehicles. Dealerships are just franchised distributors and "certified" maintenance providers for the brands they license from the OEMs. If the OEMs had direct sales ability they could (theoretically) do a better job of…

shitty highway design? no, shitty driving. Tailgating/failure to leave a safe stopping distance, careless driving, aggressive driving and failing to merge properly. The car started tailgating the yellow DHL truck when it executed the first merge and should've slowed sufficiently to be able to see around the truck. …

It's the shadow of the 8' bellend that did the spraypainting...

so you say your looking for dic? Please be less ambiguous.

depending on how it is controlled:

Octane or AKI, anti knock index is the fuel's ability to not detonate upon compression. Detonations in an engine cylinder cause shockwaves which can fracture, or cause other damage to a cylinder, piston, crank or any other engine part resisting the explosion. knocking, is a pinging noise indicating little explosions…

too much engine oil provides excessive resistance in your crank case. Instead of your crank shaft spinning in air and the oil being sprayed by the oil pump, it is splashing the oil and beating it to a froth. Too much oil can get on the cylinder walls creating a poor seal/ extra resistance to cylinder pumping. The…

Grab a bottle of beer, the force you apply to twist the cap is torque. How quickly you twist it and get that cap off is power.

or it was a compromise so they didn't have to hand over their SAM surface to stolen school bus site

When I was in Ireland last year two military 4x4s and a personnel carrier rolled up outside of a restaurant I was eating in. About eight guys took up positions in the area, with assault rifles and submachine guns. Five minutes later a bank truck rolled up to restock the ATM. Then they all left.

Grace, fire up the MRAP, the last thing I need is 1500 Ferris Bueller disciples running around my hallways.

Saying that "...policy perpetuates that stereotype that immigrant taxi drivers smell bad." is about as good as saying "workplace sexual harassment policies perpetuate the stereotype that men are sexist pigs."

Didn't American Airlines get in a lot of trouble for this tweet?

Let's say he actually has drained his fuel rails and disconnected his fuel pump for arguments sake.

slow down people, bear in mind that this is an early 90's Chrysler product. I've worked on enough Jeeps to know that the wiring and fuses sometimes aren't where they are supposed to be.