A valid point, and, these contractors maintain significant footprints in the congressional districts of the politicians they lobby intensely. Lindsey Graham for example. Huge Lockheed-Martin facilities in South Carolina, and Pratt and Whitney to name two of his major contributors.

Thank you for the correction. That was an oversight on my part. It slipped my mind that Boeing is responsible for components for the F-15 and F-18 fleet.

Yeah.. That’s never happening, they’re like embedded ticks, and they just infect anyone who goes inside the beltway.

A lot of these issues would be avoided if the relationship between the Department of Defense and Defense Contractors wasn’t so incestuous. You’ve got military leadership lining up favorable appropriations for their buddies at Lockheed, McDonnell Douglas, Raytheon, Boeing, Electric Boat etc, and in return, getting…

I own a ‘15 V6 Coupe. Had to travel 650 miles to get it in manual form. I knew it’s death was looming just based on that. I absolutely love it. It’s comfortable, chews miles, and will do 100mph with zero drama. That and it has the reliability of a sunrise and sunset. I know there are faster, sportier cars out there,…

You answered your own question in the first sentence. With Trump, it’s all about “dick flexing” and looking strong.

With a slight east tennessee drawl. You are at the whim of a good ole boy from the Smokies.

I will be first to admit that I openly hate on Hartsfield, but it’s not that bad, and the international terminal is pretty good. They can’t help TSA being useless. Domestic terminal can be hit or miss, but hey, chikfila and a couple Sweetwater beers help lubricate the experience.

But.. But.. How am I supposed to eat my Paunch Burger with extra Freedom (TM) sauce while talking on my phone with these things! They require forethought and active participation in the traffic flow, and paying attention to what’s going on around me. Can’t I just have a traffic light do the thinking for me! That’s…

Yeah.. but that Logo looks like they just got some quality non-conformances out the Lexus scrap bin..

I’m in the same boat, 45k is reaching a bit for me with Kia. My wife has a 2013 Sorento that she adores, and is great for her, we didn’t cheap out on it, but didn’t go with the top of the range model. It stickered for 36k and got it for just under 27k out the door. No way was it worth 36k. I’d have to spend some seat…

I have concerns that they’ll price themselves out if they go for the 35k to 45k range. I was thinking they’d stay closer to say top of the line Accord country (30k to 40k), even though the Optima is their direct competitor to Accord. 45k for a top of the line Kia may be tough to swallow for some..

Even though I love…

I was there for a week, and drove several hundred miles. Loved it, and had a great time. It was a far better experience than driving in the states, they were a lot more decisive, and punished indecision. It really wasn’t that bad, and I think, at least in areas like Reggio-Emilia the bad rap of Rome, Milan, Naples,…

As someone who was recently in the Modena, Maranello area, the roads there were panes of glass compared to what I get here in South Carolina. Must be the Ferrari money.

I was in Italy for work and saw an older Fiat Panda, someone commented “Fiat Panda, great car! all the car you need!” a british co-worker of mine quipped, “Yeah, great car, if you like a 0-60 time of a fortnight”

I would love to see this built to the scale of the Porsche GT3 they did recently. That is a superb model, and an absolute blast to build. Lego has been on a hot streak with me, between that Porsche, and the BMW GS motorcycle they did. I hope they do more like them and soon!

Would you expect anything else? Trump trots out idiotic measures to “save the auto industry” then you have the right leaning blogs and writers push out articles that “validate” his measures, then Trump points to those pieces and says “See, this is exactly what I mean, and therefore it validates my measures!” It’s the…

Recently had a Journey as a rental.. one of the worst cars I’ve ever driven, not only was it anemic and gear shifts took place on a geologic time scale, definitely right about not being able to see a damn thing out the back! Even with the mirrors well adjusted!

I feel like I’ve reclaimed a lost piece of happiness from the suck that has been 2016. Didn’t stop smiling the whole time. They have a formula and they stick to it with fantastic results.

Ole Pooty Poot Putin put in a call to comrade Kvyat, and told him to continue the Russian tradition of beating Germans by attrition.