@trivet

I traded in my Subaru Impreza and Civic Coupe for this

Kia Niro Touring.
Orange Hybrid Hatchback and I paid an extra $10 a month for a full 10 year 125k mile bumper to bumper warranty.

Why such a practical and boring car you ask?

Because now I can buy all the project cars I want and not feel bad lol.

It doesn't drive bad, just not fast. Only 139hp but I'm getting 43 hwy and 53 city mpg. This is the car I would recommend to my non-car friends, $4k off sticker and it came in my favortie color. Couldn't say no.

@beefchips said in Thanks Inslee, asshole:

@midengine the thing I never got about insurance is why they'll jack your rates if you file a claim but you're not at fault. Surely you're not suddenly riskier, it was the other guy!

So, as someone who used to be in the industry, they raise rates then because it's a good excuse to raise your rates. They have all sorts of algorithms that exist solely to maximize how much you pay them.

The best way to keep your rates low is to change your insurance every two years.

I'm firmly in the camp of "something required by law should not be a for profit industry" too

@Miss-Mercedes posted this on Jalopnik today and I just cannot believe that this is under $9k! I'm no classic car guy but for $9k I could be!




https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/826964771514434/

@frinesi2 said in Aw yiss, the AMG 73 moniker returns!:

@carbon-fiber-sasquatch Oh cool what kind of 7.3L engine does it have?

My non car friend sent me this

@derpwagon I want someone to photoshop a Mustang Mach-e light brown.

A Caramel Mach-E Auto if you will

With the black roof or solid red exterior, in 4 cyl, 6 cyl, and hybrid.
What a time to be alive!!

@trivet He probably didn't spec the FX4 package but wanted 4WD and I bet every F150 on the lot with the options he wanted had FX4 along with the 4WD. If the dealer is already throwing $10k off the sticker, who cares if you have packages you didn't want!

So this weekend, I test drove a Dodge Charger and I loved it. It is the anti-thesis of what I usually love; small, reliable cars. But I thought it was a great car and shockingly nimble for its size.

The real kicker here is that it wasn't one of the various V8 Chargers, it was an AWD V6 GT model. The AWD was pretty good at pulling around corners and the V6 has low enough power that I actually got to rev it out without hitting illegal speeds. It felt like a larger and heavier WRX.

I think I would have still liked the 5.7 or at least some turbos on the V6 (Giulia V6?), and I am always nervous of Dodge build quality. The real deal breaker though was the price. The sticker said $45k! Yeah, no. A base Scat-pack with the 6.4 starts at $40k and the Scat Pack wide body is $46k.

In all, I really liked it but I don't know if I could get over those negatives.

@davesaddiction if you do it, make them directional!

@tripper That interior is chef's kiss and goes amazing with the blue. I hope you get it.

@midengine said in Masks back on because idiots:

@davesaddiction My county is "substantial". I'd love to see how IQ correlates with vaccination rates

More like political affliation. The more red the area, the less people are vaccinated. It's absurd that science and medicine became political but here we are.

@whoistheleader said in Bigfork DOTS: Rust Edition:

@farscythe Trying my best not to be political here, but it's not at all clear when someone becomes a 'person.' People should be allowed to do what they want with their bodies, yes, but as long as it doesn't interfere with someone else's right to do the same. Whether the unborn are in fact distinct persons that have this right is a hotly contested subject without any clear measurable data. No one can claim they know for sure when the exact moment someone becomes a person is because no one really can know. Defining personhood as suddenly appearing when born is convenient, yes, but leaves serious questions about why you only have a right to live if you make it that far. Saying the unborn have rights is fundamentally a moral issue while, say, antivaxxers are just ignoring science. I wouldn't say pro lifers are anti-women science deniers like it is convenient to think sometimes.

The medical field does in fact have a general "when life begins/ends" and it's neural activity. If your heart stops, they perform CPR for example. If your brain stops working, if neural activity stops, that's usually when they declare death. Conversely, neural activity generally begins in the second trimester of human pregnancy and that's when most medical professionals agree that abortions should only be performed in life saving circumstances (mother/fetus could die or is brain dead) not in a voluntary situation.

@ttyymmnn

@nerd_racing Oh man, that's awesome! Those are really rare here in the states. I especially miss the 90's neon decals. There's hardly any factory stickers anymore.

@tonicipriani My mom had a v6! it was totaled when I was 15. It wasn't the greatest car but I'll never forget how quiet it was.

@streetsofperth I too love the Yaris Cross and even the Corolla Cross. The earthy flat color trend is something I've gotten behind too, they remind a lot of the pastels from the 50's

@frinesi2 Damn, you're not kidding. There is definitely something about that truck, It reminds me of a late eighties, early nineties Scottsdale

@stuckmtb That's fair