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Ok, so a lot to unpack here. So I'm going to split the issues. "Unionism" isn't a thing. There are no "unionist" political parties or politicians in the US. And unions are supported by member dues, not taxpayer money. A teacher's wages and the union union dues deducted from them are no longer...

Again, this only results in fewer jobs. Fewer jobs means fewer people who can afford new cars. Keep the corporate death cycle going long enough, you get something like Robocop. Which, ironically enough, fits a lot of peoples' dreams of having a dystopian society to fight against just like the...

That still doesn't justify the dealer's (or the parts guy's, or the service tech's) family winding up on the street because somebody decided to shake up the market. But that's what some of these people are literally demanding. A given economy only has a finite number of jobs. And when you tie...

That's what I remember Compaq tech support people saying when the dotcom bubble was popping. "Oh, my job's secure. Tech support is the last thing they can get rid of." Literally a month later the whole shop moved to India and they were all out of a job. You do see why this is going to kill the...

This explains at least some of the delay until September. They wanted enough time to get this out and not make it a last- minute drop. And it shouldn't have a major impact on the factory because the AWD and 4WD systems come from Dana Spicer instead of being made in- house. Probably uses the...

If the only things on the market are overvalued, the consumer really doesn't have a choice. Which isn't a scenario that any economics class will ever cover.

That's because the only tool the Federal Reserve has to fight inflation, is to raise interest rates, and because rates have been almost zero for over a decade. Not sure I want to go any deeper down that rabbit hole, though. I've talked to my bank and they can't run the numbers because MY 23...

Y'all do know how some of us only found out about the Maverick after the order banks closed, right? There's a good chance they'll close them early again, and a remote chance they'll sell out on opening day. Better to get it in while we can, than get stuck waiting another year or buying at some...

On the issue of nobody knowing about them, the Maverick is the new VW Thing. Except the Thing was priced more like a Santa Cruz, adjusted for inflation. I learned to drive on a Thing, don't go knocking them. Ralph Nader did enough damage already. Yeah, that's how mine is. He said he'll call me...

Be careful with the cheapest bluetooth readers. A lot of them use a knock- off of an early ELM327 chip that doesn't support the full OBD command set.

I remember an old article from my Miata days about making the front side markers into turn signals as well. Something to do with splicing a couple of wires so the side marker becomes a floating ground for the turn signal. Really depends on how many wires are involved, though. This was a '95...

At least Hot Pepper Red is sticking around. Kinda disappointed that it's only available in a clearcoat version- delamination is ugly- but at least it's still an option.

He learned on a 1936 Ford that didn't even have a defroster. The finally sold it in '71 when the landlord gave them their 30 days notice (due to the house being put up for sale and all) and they didn't have space in the house they were buying. Sold it for $100, on the first day they ran the ad...

Some of us are trying to forget that era. My dad came from that era, and he's such a cheapass that he considers a heater in a car to be an "expensive luxury item."

It's like that for a reason. You don't want to come back to your truck to discover the local college kids hooked up something that drained your battery completely flat while you were away.

https://www.thedrive.com/news/42090/gm-buckle-to-drive-seatbelt-requirement-coming-to-2022-suvs-full-size-trucks Hopefully the "coast to a stop when a seatbelt's unbuckled" will turn out to be just exaggeration on my part, but I could see it happening at some point. Yeah, some version of it is...

Somebody probably got sued and they had to make a new standard. That's why we have a majority of federal regulations- because someone died or got sued, or both. I think the new Silverados and Sierras have an immobilizer that checks if the driver's seat belt is unbuckled. Wouldn't be surprised...

Texas is an "at will employment" state. If the boss says it's 8/15 there, it's 8/15 and his job isn't worth it.

A Santa Cruz moved in a couple of blocks down- in another direction from the local Maverick. It's not an ugly vehicle, but it kinda lacks something. Maybe brighter paint colors? The shifter is kinda scary, though. The Maverick's dial is at least always there. The SC's somehow folds down into...

Maybe drop the factory hitch and have a dealer- installed one instead? I have a feeling they're probably still constrained.