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Waiting three years makes me think there’s something more to this story than either party is admitting.

It’s the Pinto story all over again. There’s a spreadsheet maintained in accounting that kept showing it was cheaper to resist settling individual claims. But now some of the assumptions in that spreadsheet turn out to be wrong.

$22K, though, for the 33 year-old Caravan? A car that only existed in South America? That’s some very specific nostalgia there, and I love me a shooting brake.

I, for one, did love this version of the Vega. I’m a sucker for a nice shooting brake, and this was the nicest example available in the US at the time. I never had one, though, so I can’t say anything about how they actually functioned. The closest I came was a friend that drove a clapped out Vega coupe for a while,…

But despite what the title says, this isn’t Tag. To play Tag would require that one person be It, and the others get a set amount of time to take off before It would pursue and try to catch them. This would require something like the other players having to follow a set route through cities that It knows of, and then…

Exactly. There is no trolley problem logic, simply decisions based on perceptions of mass and movement. And there’s not going to be an evaluation of dog vs. coyote vs. raccoon, simply whether the greater risk is to hit something or swerve.

NEVER, EVER, EVER SCAN A QR CODE IN THE WILD!

I think that there is still real value in names like Chrysler or Pontiac, but nothing worth the price tag that would be asked. There’s probably more potential in reviving an older brand for luxury cars, like Packard. The brand would come cheaper, and there’s less baggage related to shitty vehicles sold within buyers’…

It’s not so much idiocy as religion. We were founded by religious fanatics who believed in providence, the notion that good outcomes for people was the result of God’s favor, and bad outcomes were the result of moral failings. As a result, we revere the wealthy without thinking enough about how they became wealthy,…

My guess is that the Heritage Foundation told Trump to pick him, much like they told him who to nominate to the SC. And Trump doesn’t really care about anything other than himself, and just went along with it.

But it’s still magically worth billions, because Wall Street is run by chimps.

AeroSHARK riblets

His behavior makes me think PCP. That kinda shit will age you fast.

The only ACC system I’m familiar with is Subaru’s Eyesight system, which is camera based. I find it to be excellent. The only thing a little strange is if I get stuck behind a slow moving vehicle because the passing lane has a lot of traffic. If I’ve slowed down significantly waiting for an opening, once I get into…

The symbolism of Valkyries would have been a bit better as well. It’s not like Vader was victorious, after all.

Apparently the Bud Light boycott has been successful in that BL sales dropped and have not recovered, despite efforts by InBev to advertise their way out. One of the big problems for InBev is that BL is not a particularly unique product. Drinkers can easily switch to an equivalent light beer, so they can boycott…

Yeah, I’m with you on that. I could maybe love the salmon with a different second color. That gray looks too much like primer to me. Or maybe I could appreciate the gray better against something less vibrant, but those two together makes it look like a work in progress to me. Which is a shame, because the coachwork is…

Too be clear, if I was paying that kind of money for quality models I would at least store them in the original boxes as well. I understand the value and pleasure of collecting. I used to regret not having better cared for my old Matchbox cars instead of letting my nephews have at them, but I’m happy that they gave up…

I see your models and I have to think something similar to your observation about the actual cars: The models sit in the original boxes, and not run around on the carpet by a ten-year-old.