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  1. Everything is negotiable. Real estate commish IS negotiable, or you find another realtor.

  2. In CA your house only gets reappraised if you add finished square footage. Otherwise it's a statutory 1% per year max appreciation.

    So six car garage with workshop it is. Sucks we don't have basements, but basements imply deep footings, which imply frost heaves. You can have them.

  3. Re:"All the SUVs" on Return of the Bubble Car? (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    One car that amuses me is the Fiat Panda 4x4. More in the Polo class than the Golf class. It's got a 2-cylinder engine for Chris's sake, it's 875cc.

    Needs a small block chevy!

  4. Re:"All the SUVs" on Return of the Bubble Car? (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    You don't want a VW. Terrible cars, maintenance nightmares.

  5. Re:The Smart car! on Return of the Bubble Car? (reuters.com) · · Score: 2

    Nothing wrong with a smart car a Hayabusa engine doesn't fix!

  6. Re:What is this gas you go on about? on Return of the Bubble Car? (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Hybrids initially gave off smug too (not they just mostly give off suck). The problem is assholes. At least electric cars have potential.

  7. Re:We had one on Return of the Bubble Car? (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Not anybody's experience but yours.

    Last time I had to get a carb prime button for my 25 year old 2 stroke mower, the guy at the mower shop offered me $600 for it. When lawn guys drive by and I'm mowing they slow down. I have to lock it up.

  8. Re:Want to address gridlock? on Return of the Bubble Car? (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Depends on if the HumVee high centers while driving over them.

  9. Re:Not going to happen on Return of the Bubble Car? (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    If it keeps the roads free of broke scumbags and saves any professional 30 minutes it's a huge net profit.

    Raise it more.

    They should make the Oakland bay bridge toll $50 during rush 3/4 of day. I don't have to drive across it often, when I do, the time is always more important.

  10. Re:"All the SUVs" on Return of the Bubble Car? (reuters.com) · · Score: 2

    Mom's don't 'like to drive', they just need all the seats within easy smacking reach.

    These 'cars' are just restyled minivans. No ground clearance, open diffs, AWD at best.

    How many hatches do you want? The real hot hatch is what's hard to come by. I miss CRXs.

  11. Re:"All the SUVs" on Return of the Bubble Car? (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Mall Utility Vehicles in 4x4er parlance.

    Junk, not even the parts are useful.

  12. Re:Hilarious on Return of the Bubble Car? (reuters.com) · · Score: 2

    Anybody that owns a tesla will have the ski rack on the outside of the car, till summer. I case anybody doesn't know he/she skis.

  13. Tesla has bricked salvage title cars, or tried to. on The Man Who Jailbreaks Teslas (fastcompany.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    I don't know how this story got to 'not tried to prevent'.

  14. At best, it's a merit based plutocracy.

    Not everybody gets a 'vote'. 'Votes' because 'reason', generally result in 'emeritus' status and 'important work' being assigned to keep the fossil busy. Let the old guy teach the freshman.

    Only votes because data are supposed to count. Still true in the real sciences.

    BTW recently doing a little research r.e. a claim made on /. Oxford (fucking) university gives out Masters of Science degrees in 'Women's Studies'. WTF?

  15. At this point, they can produce raw data (and a plausible explanation for an honest mistake), admit they duplicated a dataset, or keep quiet.

    Only the first will really help them, science is rough on cheaters that get caught while still living.

    Cartman: 'I'm sorrry' isn't going anywhere...Maybe inside India, if they are brahmin.

  16. Re:We had one on Return of the Bubble Car? (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Do you have any idea how long 2 stroke engines last? If you did, you would want one.

  17. Re:Size... on Return of the Bubble Car? (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Even better, the small car...with the truck engine. An aluminium version of the truck engine anyhow.

  18. Re: We had one on Return of the Bubble Car? (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    But you're not selling it...can't blame you.

    My Toro is going to last my lifetime anyhow.

  19. Re:What is this gas you go on about? on Return of the Bubble Car? (reuters.com) · · Score: 2

    Maybe a leaf. Teslas aren't going to live past the end of their warranties. _Insane_ repair costs.

  20. Re:Safety standards... on Return of the Bubble Car? (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Think how much fun kids would have throwing snowballs at that car!

  21. The Indian researchers no doubt have doctorates. Hence they are qualified to 'doctor' data. Just SOP.

  22. Re:Suffers from the same problem as Smartcars. on Return of the Bubble Car? (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Those would both be downgrades of my current 4x4.

    If it ain't going up the Rubicon trail, I'm not interested.

  23. Re:We had one on Return of the Bubble Car? (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Mine took two pulls to start once.

    Yamaha motor, it will live practically forever and weighs half what the 'equivalent' new mower does.

  24. Re:My 2016 Fiesta ST on Return of the Bubble Car? (reuters.com) · · Score: 2

    Needs a small block chevy.

  25. Re:Suffers from the same problem as Smartcars. on Return of the Bubble Car? (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Unimogs are cool! I want two. An old one and a new one. I'll daily drive the new one.