RE: Residential Construction, a friend of mine this weekend said he's seeing steady residential building permit applications hover around 10% of BOOM levels; most are up-market and many people are moving further out to the next desirable community as the township he lives/works in reaches a saturation point and no…

Also, it's sourced from the high-water-mark of post-malaise american design.

nobody wants to break into my house.

that's a lot of money for a volvo that won't fit in my garage. CP

points for complementary colors and not half-baking the paint job or suspension.

relax a minute. you like your car, i like mine. neither of us (probably) drives the car we really lust after because we live in the real world where you have to make trade-offs. otherwise everyone would probably fly helicopters to work and vacation on the same beach in Brazil 52 weeks a year.

My wife and I bought one 3 weeks ago. It was the most money either of us had ever spent on a car by a factor of 4X. They're boring to look at and boring to drive. They make a 12-year-old civic sedan feel off-the-wall fast. For the money, there are many many more cars that I want that are not boring.

I'm a fan of the styling and don't mind the 2+2 setup. Flying buttresses are drool worthy (even on a Nissan Maxima!?!). And the price is attainable.

I don't care if it runs on dreams, $1,000 is auto NP

for this much money you'd need to be a HUGE monte fan.

Aside from the quality of the bike, what are the first things you see that make you pass on a given bike?

Clean the bed out and NP. God, that's sick.

At first I read "free burgers." Do you realize how awesome that would be?

Free fares. Transit Agencies make so little money from the farebox as it is (like 25% of their total operating revenue) anyways. Nobody thinks about how much one single trip in their car costs, but ask someone to pay $1.25 for a 10 mile transit trip and prepare for the eye rolls.

Generation Neutral won't be any different for the auto industry in 2012 than it was for them attracting young buyers in the '90s or at any other time in the past. Young people starting out on the financial ladder don't have the benefit of leveraging 10-15 years of income savings to make new vehicle purchases easier. …

I hate project cars (yesterday's Mazda being one of the worst), but this is intriguing. Not something you're going to see every day, yet most people will see familiar design features in it. Get rid of the embroidering on the seats and you have yourself a deal. NP

Let's give this a quick go.

Driving is war and I'm taking advantage of every legal advantage available. I still can't believe that in 2012 that more people haven't figured it out / ruined the secret.

Amen brother. How about people who tailgate you when there's an extra lane to pass?

People who block merging lanes.