Pure laissez-faire capitalism involves child labor, selling rotted meat, and snake oil medicines.  You know, everything the current GOP is pushing for.

4WD is for off-roading.  AWD is for bad weather on paved roads.

“...thousands of people are going to be left wondering what to do when or if their Alfa needs to be serviced...”

I’ve always had an irrational attraction to the 505 diesel. A good paint job and euro headlights would be the cat’s pajamas.  NP.

I still miss my ‘95 Caravan I bought new and drove for 19 years (one year short of being able to get antique license plates.) It took my family on vacations and other long trips in quiet, air-conditioned comfort.  I would still have it, but unfortunately its repairs became increasingly frequent and expensive.  

Agree. The cracked dash, torn seat, and uninstalled trim are just the tip of the iceberg. The seller is trying to unwind his poor choices with this money pit.

Whenever someone states EVs are powered by coal, I kindly refer them to this MIT study, which states there is still a net reduction in greenhouse gasses.

Sometimes you just gotta go for it, just like that gas station sushi.

I would believe a lot of it has to do with culture. I can’t imagine PSA Group wanting to collaborate with anyone because that’s what the French do.

Stellantis is nothing more than a holding company. The only commonality of their holdings is they produce automobiles independently. No visible efforts have been made to integrate supply chains, and probably haven’t done much with regard to product distribution either. I realize there is much to overcome to get to…

2nd Gear:  If it’s a resolution, it’s meaningless blather.

NP for the velour alone.  It looks like it has ABS too.

My wife says the same thing when I sing “There’s a Light That Never Goes Out”, and “Big Mouth Strikes Again” to her.

I’ve hated Bob Seger since I was in high school. Whenever I’m at a car show and some boomer starts blaring “Old Time Rock and Roll”, I want to grab my baseball bat out of my car and start swinging at everything and everyone in an uncontrolled rage.

The interior is not a chef’s kiss, but more of a finger down the throat to induce vomiting.

How did Nevada come to the conclusion that a sign in MICR font makes it “extraterrestrial”?  Do they think space aliens write a lot of checks?

The women in his circle the embodiment of the white trash who will vote for him.  

This FUD* shit with Trump and the Republicans is really starting to annoy me. They have no vision and only “concepts of plans”, so they need to scare people into voting for them.

3rd Gear: Japanese will not tolerate anything outside of their bubble. Hell, they even tried to ban foreign-made skis because they were deemed unsuitable for Japan’s “unique’’ snow. As Jian Yang once said: “Japanese are racists; they are horrible.”

Beaten like a rented mule.  ND.