Why would they spend that money on something with an unknown repair history that might not even suit their needs? That makes no sense at all. If their Tahoe’s been relatively well maintained, and it came down to that sort of repair or replacement, and they weren’t prepared to strap on a new payment, I’d probably have…

5th: I went through that calculus last summer. My ‘95 F-150 that I use as a Home Depot runner had 215,000 miles on it, the bushings on the old twin-I-Beam setup and radius arms were all shot, the trans still goes but I know it has some wear in it, and it’s got some northern rust in it. In 2020, I looked at a variety…

It’s a parliamentary system. Their government is literally designed to fall periodically. They literally refer to the party that won the election as forming a government and a government that succumbs to a vote of no confidence as having “fallen,” “been toppled,” and the like. So of course the protestors want the…

For clarification, then: Is burning buildings protest? Is looting protest? Is setting up an autonomous zone protest? I just want to understand what’s considered protest and what’s “special privileges” or “insurrection.”

Who’s an edgy boy? Oh look at the edgy boy! So witty, so insightful!

So fresh, so novel, so inspired is your response! You totally answered the question and didn’t at all confirm stereotypes about just calling people with whom one disagrees Nazis!

Right, you still haven’t answered my question, so I’ll restate it. Supposing every word you say about their background is true, do they have the right to protest, yes or no?  

So what was the answer? 

You didn’t answer my question: So what? What does their political orientation have to do with their right to protest?  If they’re workers they can protest, but if they’re right wingers that get together it’s automatically an insurrection and thus not allowed?  

So what?  What does that have to do with anything?  You either have the right to protest, or you don’t.  

“Workers of the world, unite!”

Frankly, this is the right play by Lincoln. Aside from Tesla’s supercharger network, the EV infrastructure’s still pretty shit. Beyond that, though, right now everyone that isn’t BMW and MB are trotting out electrification plans to try getting attention to themselves. Jaguar’s still shouting they’ll be all electric by…

Moving away from physical keys was one of the best moves for automotive security we’ve made. Physical keys were easily copied (by the likes of unscrupulous valets or service techs). In many makes, the tolerances in the ignition locks were so sloppy a bit of jiggling with a bit of metal that could fit would get ‘em…

“They don’t build ‘em like they used to.”  And thank goodness for that!  Modern auto crashworthiness is something absolutely worth lauding. 

Not necessarily. There aren’t that many models now that even offer them in the U.S., and the ones that do are usually performance-oriented models. So, the person that needs a more well-rounded sedan that’s decent on gas, or the one that needs a model that can accommodate a young family, or one that wants a thrifty…

Agreed. My old Home Depot runner pickup has no remote or anything like that, and I don’t lock the doors because it sits parked on the street in Detroit and I don’t like broken windows. I’ll get in, reach for the right spot with the right motion to start it, and nothing’ll happen.

Agreed that the MKZ was actually the weakest expression of the split-wing front-end. I honestly do believe they could have made something of it had they stuck with it, but I also understand why they backed away from it (beyond the fact that Max Wolfe and Alan Mulally did not get along at all and Alan quietly asked Max…

I’d nominate the 2017 facelift of the Lincoln MKZ. The 2013 version had the Max Wolfe split-wing grille that Lincoln tried for a bit, and the 2017 gained the front end matching the then-new Continental. Despite many lines on the car remaining the same, the facelift IMO looks better than the first version. To my eye,…

Designing a more fuel-efficient car, beyond being harder than a light, is also way more *time consuming*.  I can’t believe anyone at Chrysler Corporation thought this was the be-all and end-all of economy.  Rather, this was a signal that they were aware of the customer’s concern and were working on it.  

So it will only be *slightly less convenient* for our dystopian abusive government to more quickly and thoroughly abuse us now! Joy.