The Mazda 3 is the answer. Small but fun. Even a little stylish with the hatch. I THINK it still has a manual option. Inexpensive ( not cheap ).

Re: political views.

Hedied, and people realzed quickly how little he mattered

Yes.  It is luke knowing what causes a company support 

Time to dust off the cutlaases eye patches peg legs and prepare to board!

Lock her up!

As a child growing up a Star Wars geek, as an adult I wanted the prequels to be The Godfather quality cinema. They were not and I was one of the dissapointed shouters. Years later I rewatched the prequel trilogy with my self created low expectations and enjoyed them immensely.

A boat or a “project car” is not the same as cultural or ethnic expressions...wow.  That was a terrible false equivalence. 

Hello brother. 

These laws arise through the democratic process. Dumb or not (and having lived near junkyard houses these are not as dumb as this one is made out to be) they are done by elected officials (usually) or in developments with HOA’s you knew existed when you bought your house or you chose to join.

Sometimes entertainment should just...entertain.  As a Sci-Fi story this is very, very good BUT YES if you get too deep into it there are massive logic and plot holes that don’t hold up to examination. 

Portable Bluetooth speakers can sound Ok-to-good, and they are amazing for things like camping, fires, the boat, but they can never replace a true audiophile experience of big-azz speakers pushed by a big-azz amplifier. There is not a Bluetooth speaker on the market that can touch my JBL L100's (granted the cost…

I read somewhere that this is kind of a prequel for The Expanse...and I sort of see it...

EV’s are a fantastic commuter-car option, grocery-getter, kid hauler, but only if you have an ICE for longer trips. My next car will be an EV - but at least for the foreseeable future I will also have an ICE in the driveway.

More like Harley-Disabledson, amirite?

I am curious as to what the practical applications of this would be - not that “oh shit that’s cool and interesting” is not enough - it most definitely is - but can this be applied to something useful? And if so, what? 

It is 18,984,345,092,456 Corgis away.

Tesla’s stock was high for the same reason Truth Social’s stock was (briefly) high - cult of personality combined with a weird desire to ignore common sense and invest with their (tiny) hearts...

Ugh.  So dumb but whatever makes you happy..  

No love for the classic spice jelly beans???