Um, something that goes with Truck Nutz?

I worked with a woman who was a volunteer EMT. She was in a wreck and was “thrown clear”, i.e. ejected from the car. She was convinced that not wearing a seat belt saved her life and would never wear one ever again.

I’d rather have an Isetta.  

Hey Rob, the government didn’t give Chrysler a damn cent. They guaranteed the loans, i.e. they cosigned for them. Fortunately, the government didn’t have to take over the payments.

The car slightly behind and to the left of the truck should have seen it coming yet did nothing to detach him/herself from the situation. What were they thinking?  It could have gone very poorly for them. 

With the exception of the Mustang Mach-E, nothing here interests me. That said, the local Ford dealer near me is discounting the Mach-E, so I’m not sure of the timeliness of this article.

As Rob stated in a previous NPND, Ferraris tend to age in “dog years”. 

I thought the seller would have done something to get the leather seats clean and repaired.  Then I saw the line item for “rodent abatement”.  ND.

Including “Socialism” and “Marxism”.

Of course I drove!  I was in no shape to walk!  /s

The bean counters are laser focused on per unit cost and consider warranty/recall work separately. Worst case, they build anticipated warranty/recall work expenses into the price of the unit, which leaves quality out of the equation entirely.

I’m sure the managers are figuring out ways to game the system to improve their scores, resulting in no net gains in quality.  

It may now be a $35k car, but the maintenance and repair costs will be on par with a $270k car.

When I saw the headline, I automatically assumed Florida would be one of them.  My bad.

He almost ended the life of his fellow officer who was in his line of fire.  Totally irresponsible.

This boomer agrees with you. Ramsey believes all debt is bad, which is incredibly stupid. Am I going to save up and pay cash for a house while paying rent too? Hell no. And if I did this, I would instantly be “house poor” because I have nothing in savings now. Liquidity is important, and yet another concept that…

As the son of a Boy Scout scoutmaster, I spent way too much time camping in tents, both with Boy Scout activities and summer “vacations” where we dealt with rain, heat, long drives in an un air-conditioned car, and other general unpleasantness. By necessity, I got very good at it, but I swore that one day I will do…

I don’t know.  There’s a lot of steel hoses going towards the heater core.

Pepperoni isn’t Italian either.

You have a great mechanic.  Most would have jumped at the chance to replace your O2 sensor instead of clearing the code and seeing if it would come back.  A few years back I bought an OBDII scanner that lets me reset codes.  It has paid for itself many times over.