You missed my point. My point wasn’t that they didn’t care about the Nazi tattoos and that’s OK. My point was that it’s entirely reasonable to think that they didn’t see them. And I’m sympathetic the hosts not seeing them, because (apparently) I’m in the minority of people on this site that ignore tattoos unless…

I guess my point is that it’s easy to spot on TV, and when images are frozen. I don’t think it’s necessarily as easy in real life. And lots of people have tattoos, I honestly don’t look at most of them in any way that’s more than a passing glance. I probably wouldn’t have seen the ‘SS’ symbols if I had a short…

There’s a huge difference between noticing a massive, colorful work of art on a persons back - that’s being actively shown off (and rightly so), and picking out nazi symbolism in a mass of grey-scale tattoo work on the inside of a persons arm.

I’m sorry - what? Sympathy for nazis? Go fuck yourself. I have no fucking sympathy for Nazis and throwing around that accusation so lightly betrays how simple minded you are.

I wouldn’t make the jump to assume that the show’s hosts share or endorse this guy’s beliefs, but I do find it odd that in the time they spent with him, they’d not notice the tattoos and say something to the producers. Further, it strains credulity that nobody on the crew noticed literal Nazi SS tattoos during…

I completely agree with the first half of your post, but completely disagree with the second:

I’m curious as to why they thought they couldn’t ‘get it done’. The fundamental technology already existed, and it’s pretty clear they didn’t have any real size, weight or cost restraints to engineer around.

Unfortunately I’m in Canada where you don’t have an option to not refinance. We’re obligated to refinance every 5 years - and we refinance at whatever the rate is. Hence my interest in paying down as much principle before that happens (in two years). I suspect that interest rates will be lower then, then they are now…

If you say so, anonymous internet financial advisor with no knowledge of our financial circumstances, the nature of our mortgage, or our personal priorities.

I mean, you’re not exactly revealing long lost financial secrets here. We considered options like that, and for us, the convenience of just upping our payment amount each month and directly hitting the principle as quickly as possible made more sense and was worth any potential greater return from an alternative…

That’s true - and they make a nice one. So does Volvo. But that’s not a lot of options. So I guess I was a little over dramatic when I said they aren’t around anymore, but they certainly aren’t an easy choice to make.

But specifically the series 1.

14 years remaining at 2% interest - but I’m also maxing out my payments. I could extend it out to 20+ years and reduce the weekly amount, but that doesn’t seem sensible to me.  I’d rather knock off as much of the principle as possible before refinancing.

A few thoughts on that.

Not related to the Ranger, but I saw a Bronco Raptor in Vancouver, while waiting to get on the ferry. It was hilariously wide. Like not just ‘wider than normal’ - but wide to the point of self-parody. However because you know that it’s intended to be a serious performance vehicle - and it isn’t actually in on the…

Well, I’m in Canada, so this $1M is actually about $1.3M. I’m a US citizen though, so money is being returned - and I’m guessing I’d have only about $1M CND left.

We game so close - so close to perfection. Imagine a Honda Fit Si - with 170 + hp, a 6 spd short throw manual, maybe some weight-saving modifications...

Agreed. This idea that Minivans are somehow the ‘ideal answer’ for almost every driver needs to die. They aren’t. No, they aren’t SUVs. But they are big. They are heavy. They are thirsty. And they are WAY more vehicle than most families really need (or should want).

Yeah - in many ways, I guess this is less ‘design commentary’ and more ‘social commentary’.