When I got my first real job I bought a new Escort. After over 2 years of dependability I decided it wasn’t my style and bought a new Plymouth Turismo 2.2. Within a few weeks the car started revealing its cheapness with numerous rattles. The electrical system would die intermittently. A weld in the exhaust pipe broke…

“Probably best to not spend too much time thinking about it and just find something that tastes good and use it.”

I have encountered Pagans and Hell’s Angels in public. Angels are normal in places like gas stations and convenience stores. With Pagans, you do not make eye contact and quietly leave the area immediately.

Agree. Talk about a “some goofy one-off bit of idiosyncratic engineering”!

We can go on about obsolete underpinnings (e.g. first gen Mustang), so let’s just savor the moment, OK? 

I spent my entire career as a civilian for the Department of Defense. When I was young and naïve and listening to a colonel or general I thought they were at a level of intelligence I couldn’t comprehend.

I have a 4x2 pickup with traction control and M+S tires.  Never got stuck in my 14 years of ownership.  Sometimes the flashing yellow triangle on my dash can be a little annoying, though.

For years Subaru tried to convince everyone that AWD handled better.  

I would rather have a new road or rail line go through my house than right next to it.

If that’s the case then they can come and get me!

Not to mention they are selling every one they build.   At least at the present moment.

Makes you wonder what other repairs were half assed.

My policy is if my car is stolen I really don’t want it back.

I recall their advertising stating this arrangement actually improved air flow inside the car

Yeah.  The poor thing didn’t have a chance.

Marginally, as evidenced by the price spike in 2008.

You want to blame Biden for the current price of gasoline yet you forget who was in the White House in the Fall of 2008 where you yourself cited $4.11 per gallon.

Again with the poors...

Any kind of pasta carbonara requires room temperature eggs.  I learned this the hard way.

Oligopoly.  That’s why it won’t go on much longer.