So an overpriced hotel, chocked full of business types at a conference is charging a fee to those who linger too long? Shocked, shocked am I.

Having been to an in-person NASCAR race (Talledega, one of the premier sites), no, it does not make it more interesting to watch on TV. The inane announcers, the stupid pit lane correspondents, the hoopla required to make it air on TV ruins it - at least for me. Some of us enjoy RACING over watching 28 start and parks…

You snark, but it would be infinitely better than what NASCAR currently dishes out. Visit a local track, watch the regular folks do their best with their equipment and skill, and then enjoy “races” just for the fun of it, like School Bus Demolition Derbies, or train races, or the like. The cars being raced are like one…

What middle class? That died some time back...

I get it, but if you don’t want Millenials getting blamed, don’t blame Boomers. Blame the 1%, as they are the ones pulling the strings.

Exactly. Add in that a lot of designs coming out of Italy around this time were all iterations on a common theme. A lot of work done by many of the Italian firms look like copies of previous work for an earlier project. The original Karmann-Ghia design itself is a shrunken copy of a Chrysler Ghia concept car from the…

“...contingency plans at Nissan focus on engineering and technology—basically, what Nissan gets out of the alliance”

Neutral: You’re Dumped In The CEO Role At JLR. What Do You Do?

Like most things, we are approaching this backwards.

I believe the quote is actually from his wife Carole.

Neutral: Was Ghosn Even Any Good?

Ditto in Florida. No headphones, but a single earbud is okay. Stupid, but the logic behind it is that headphones, covering both ears, will not allow you to hear emergency sirens or horns.

No, it was an honest question and you totally passed on answering.

Ghosn’s remarks were also, I hate to say, kind of what you expect from a CEO: a grandiose and self-centered view of the world where the CEO is wanted and beloved universally. The CEO is at the top. Every hand reaches up to you.

No, not dangerous, as the cop had siren and lights on. Anyone who was within range saw and heard the guy getting pulled over (and into the correct lane based on his speed) and nobody was endangered. Please explain how any driver in that video was endangered by the cop putting the left lane hog out of the way?

Also see: Chevrolet Malibu/Classic of 2004, again in 2008, and in 2013. They kept the old version in production for fleet sales while ramping up the new generation.

Please tell me that was a sarcastic response. The asshole clogging the left (passing) lane of a multilane freeway, regardless of speed limit, is breaking the law (which is “slower traffic keep right” and enforceable in all 50 states). The fact that the asshole driver pulled over to the far right to be stopped rather…

Neutral: Which Small Car Do You Wish Was Back On The Market?

I get it, you made a conscious choice to become vegetarian to eschew cruelty to animals.

Ha! At 6'2", if it stunted my growth, I should have been over 7 feet tall. The whole drinking coffee was from watching my parents drink it and wanting it too, and oddly, as an asthmatic child, the caffeine and hot liquid is now considered a good thing to help relieve symptoms. As noted, it was mostly milk and sugar,…