I’m ok for subsides, although I see a ton of abuse. Company X wants to build a new factory, the local governments give them waivers on property tax, run utilities, or just plan give them money to help do so. Once the factory is made, these incentives go away (eventually).

“Wicked bad luck at work today.  Joey was trying to bang a U-ey and this fricking guy just pulls right out in front of him.”

I never understood the cap either. Company X has figured out how to make a car that is more efficient. Let’s punish them by forcing them to raise their prices. Why?

Which are all personal reasons for this.

I would assume that Borst would have a similar effect on me.

The big difference is to know that in Florida they have Restricted Deed communities. These are HOAs on steroids that have legal power beyond that of a normal HOA because they are on some sort of protected area like a wetland or a habitat for an endangered animal.

1st gear:

By the way, there is a difference between a HOA and a Restricted Deed community.

I grew up NOT in a HOA. My dad bought a “spec house” from a builder that went bankrupt. It was close to where he worked and on a dirt road. A big developer bought the other 3 hours and built up a big community that even had a private marina.

I wish I could remember it.  It was an investigative journalist (memory sort of hints of an Aussie) and it was a LOT more interesting than my quick summary.   Organized crime, international terrorist groups, fights over water rights that involved actual gun play, drug smuggling, murder and a lot of other twists that I…

Or become a Korean/Mexican/microbiotic fusion restaurant chain.

Absolutely.  And they are the ones that lose their licenses and sometimes go to jail for this stuff.   The people doing the actual stealing and making all the money don’t.

The Pacifica PHEV is got a horrible reputation for reliability. The Pacifica isn’t bad. I’ve driven Voyagers and Pacificas as rentals and they are ok, but nothing special.

I think the value includes a gold plated custom trailer. Perhaps with an original Warhol painting on the side.

Man inflation is a lot more than I figure.

I read a great book (ok, listened to it, I used Audible), about the heist of $10s of millions of almonds.

I love my minivan, even though it is in the shop again (dead alternator with about 280k miles). Thing is that if the options for an EV version are VW and Chrysler, I figure I’ll be using this for my next van.

Don’t forget “Transfusion”

Does Smell-Anus have any cars for sale anymore now that they stopped production on Chargers?

Dod GE. (aka Dodgy)