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Finally, a correctly-sized Costco truck.
IG: SammietheSambar
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You can tell insurance companies are making too much money by how much they advertise on TV & Youtube, which is seemingly like 80% of all ads on cable news. /CaptObvious
February 2, 2026 at 11:07 AM
You can tell insurance companies are making too much money by how much they advertise on TV & Youtube, which is seemingly like 80% of all ads on cable news. /CaptObvious
Looking at a vintage Nintendo SNES cartridge, & the delivery time is 6 weeks.
But I'm like "Hmm, can I even be sure that the US of A will be around in six weeks at this rate?"
But I'm like "Hmm, can I even be sure that the US of A will be around in six weeks at this rate?"
January 31, 2026 at 3:53 PM
Looking at a vintage Nintendo SNES cartridge, & the delivery time is 6 weeks.
But I'm like "Hmm, can I even be sure that the US of A will be around in six weeks at this rate?"
But I'm like "Hmm, can I even be sure that the US of A will be around in six weeks at this rate?"
Aight, who's gonna stay up late to watch if they're gonna do Eye-ran after the markets close? There's too much momentum & too much hardware over there for them to pull back now.
January 30, 2026 at 3:59 PM
Aight, who's gonna stay up late to watch if they're gonna do Eye-ran after the markets close? There's too much momentum & too much hardware over there for them to pull back now.
::whispers to wife::
That’s the Director of National Intelligence.
That’s the Director of National Intelligence.
January 28, 2026 at 4:02 PM
::whispers to wife::
That’s the Director of National Intelligence.
That’s the Director of National Intelligence.
::the most Bri’ish accent youve ever heard::
Dab o’ oppo!
Dab o’ oppo!
January 28, 2026 at 4:00 PM
::the most Bri’ish accent youve ever heard::
Dab o’ oppo!
Dab o’ oppo!
One thing I still dont get about this is what was GM's longterm thinking: People would just accept insurance cos jacking up their rates via data gained thru OnStar on their driving & would just shrug & keep paying for OnStar? GM expected this to continue indefinitely? gmauthority.com/blog/2026/01...
FTC Says GM And OnStar Were Watching and Selling Your Data
The FTC finalizes a 20-year order against GM after finding it secretly sold drivers' location and behavior data, leading to higher insurance costs.
gmauthority.com
January 24, 2026 at 4:20 PM
One thing I still dont get about this is what was GM's longterm thinking: People would just accept insurance cos jacking up their rates via data gained thru OnStar on their driving & would just shrug & keep paying for OnStar? GM expected this to continue indefinitely? gmauthority.com/blog/2026/01...
Guy at the post office bragging excitedly about getting a 2025 Tacoma for $50K (with heated seats!).
Is this what 2025 Tacomas with heated seats go for these days?
(JFC wtf are these numbers?)
Is this what 2025 Tacomas with heated seats go for these days?
(JFC wtf are these numbers?)
January 24, 2026 at 3:36 PM
Guy at the post office bragging excitedly about getting a 2025 Tacoma for $50K (with heated seats!).
Is this what 2025 Tacomas with heated seats go for these days?
(JFC wtf are these numbers?)
Is this what 2025 Tacomas with heated seats go for these days?
(JFC wtf are these numbers?)
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Nobody can convince me that the Stellantis & Stargate Atlantis names & logos aren't related.
January 20, 2026 at 12:50 PM
Nobody can convince me that the Stellantis & Stargate Atlantis names & logos aren't related.
Have they even tried astroturfing some local opposition to Danish rule over the island & shipping them some arms? You know - the way they usually do these things?
January 18, 2026 at 3:02 PM
Have they even tried astroturfing some local opposition to Danish rule over the island & shipping them some arms? You know - the way they usually do these things?
European automakers must be baffled that given the 'murrican love for futbaw we haven't had a nameplate like the Dodge Linebacker yet.
Stella is probably sitting on that one for when things get *really* desperate, not the regular kind of desperate, which is all the time. (You owe me, Stella).
Stella is probably sitting on that one for when things get *really* desperate, not the regular kind of desperate, which is all the time. (You owe me, Stella).
January 18, 2026 at 1:21 PM
European automakers must be baffled that given the 'murrican love for futbaw we haven't had a nameplate like the Dodge Linebacker yet.
Stella is probably sitting on that one for when things get *really* desperate, not the regular kind of desperate, which is all the time. (You owe me, Stella).
Stella is probably sitting on that one for when things get *really* desperate, not the regular kind of desperate, which is all the time. (You owe me, Stella).
My dream is to be interviewed in character as retired French F1 driver Jean-Michel Jarre over the loudspeaker at a major concours event, with a heavy French accent, & to see if anyone notices at all.
January 17, 2026 at 10:10 PM
My dream is to be interviewed in character as retired French F1 driver Jean-Michel Jarre over the loudspeaker at a major concours event, with a heavy French accent, & to see if anyone notices at all.
When these came out I thought that these were for people who owned the Caliber, but apparently that wasn’t enough to keep this model afloat.
January 17, 2026 at 12:18 AM
When these came out I thought that these were for people who owned the Caliber, but apparently that wasn’t enough to keep this model afloat.
Starting to suspect that part of what’s driving the Greenland thing is that no one dares to show him the non-Mercator projection map of Greenland.
January 16, 2026 at 11:25 PM
Starting to suspect that part of what’s driving the Greenland thing is that no one dares to show him the non-Mercator projection map of Greenland.
Another thing that's suboptimal about living in a Verhoeven film, besides waking up to check if a new war has started overnight, is that I am forced to learn the names of this giant cast of characters & a lot of them sound like they wouldn't make it into a Verhoeven script for being too on-the-nose.
January 16, 2026 at 7:34 PM
Another thing that's suboptimal about living in a Verhoeven film, besides waking up to check if a new war has started overnight, is that I am forced to learn the names of this giant cast of characters & a lot of them sound like they wouldn't make it into a Verhoeven script for being too on-the-nose.
Ultimately, I have little sympathy for those who were affected by this b/c this is 2026 & of course this is what companies are gonna do.
We've been in a scam-based economy for a while now, & everything is being "monetized," which is a word you didn't really hear as much even 20 years ago.
We've been in a scam-based economy for a while now, & everything is being "monetized," which is a word you didn't really hear as much even 20 years ago.
January 16, 2026 at 3:54 PM
Ultimately, I have little sympathy for those who were affected by this b/c this is 2026 & of course this is what companies are gonna do.
We've been in a scam-based economy for a while now, & everything is being "monetized," which is a word you didn't really hear as much even 20 years ago.
We've been in a scam-based economy for a while now, & everything is being "monetized," which is a word you didn't really hear as much even 20 years ago.
Anchors on US TV screech about China's social credit system at every opp, without evidence, but here in the US of A we've had an automaker selling data on people's driving habits to data brokers, who sold it to credit agencies & insurance cos, which was used to vary or deny people's insurance rates.
January 16, 2026 at 3:52 PM
Anchors on US TV screech about China's social credit system at every opp, without evidence, but here in the US of A we've had an automaker selling data on people's driving habits to data brokers, who sold it to credit agencies & insurance cos, which was used to vary or deny people's insurance rates.
::rubs temples:: I dunno if it'll surprise anyone in this day & age that an automaker sold driver behavior data collected thru OnStar to brokers & insurance cos who used it to "vary" or deny insurance rates but it's a bleak symptom of monetizing everything at every turn. alloymag.com/ftc-gm-onsta...
GM won't sell data on your driving habits to insurance companies for five years. Big Brother is Billing You - Alloy
FTC reaches agreement with GM to prevent it from selling data on your driving habits to brokers and insurance companies.
alloymag.com
January 16, 2026 at 3:38 PM
::rubs temples:: I dunno if it'll surprise anyone in this day & age that an automaker sold driver behavior data collected thru OnStar to brokers & insurance cos who used it to "vary" or deny insurance rates but it's a bleak symptom of monetizing everything at every turn. alloymag.com/ftc-gm-onsta...
One big difference between 2015 and now in the automotive media is that back then we weren't chronicling a dystopia. And now it feels like we are.
January 15, 2026 at 8:25 PM
One big difference between 2015 and now in the automotive media is that back then we weren't chronicling a dystopia. And now it feels like we are.
One question I haven't been able to get an answer to for a while is how Donkey Kong Country 3 was so bad after the first two were so great? It feels like it wasn't even made by the same developer.
January 15, 2026 at 8:04 PM
One question I haven't been able to get an answer to for a while is how Donkey Kong Country 3 was so bad after the first two were so great? It feels like it wasn't even made by the same developer.
The lesson here (for Ford) is don't have real workers around when the president visits. Just have HR people & your own bodyguards dress up as assembly line workers.
Rookie mistake!
My security consultancy could have foreseen this, for a fee.
Rookie mistake!
My security consultancy could have foreseen this, for a fee.
January 15, 2026 at 3:24 PM
The lesson here (for Ford) is don't have real workers around when the president visits. Just have HR people & your own bodyguards dress up as assembly line workers.
Rookie mistake!
My security consultancy could have foreseen this, for a fee.
Rookie mistake!
My security consultancy could have foreseen this, for a fee.
We’ve settled into this new pattern of starting limited wars on weekends as soon as the markets close, at standoff ranges & with zero appetite for risk. But these are also just punitive things now done for ratings. This upcoming one will be just purely out of spite now that Plan A failed.
January 14, 2026 at 9:42 PM
We’ve settled into this new pattern of starting limited wars on weekends as soon as the markets close, at standoff ranges & with zero appetite for risk. But these are also just punitive things now done for ratings. This upcoming one will be just purely out of spite now that Plan A failed.
::sigh:: Folx, we need to bring back hardware-defined vehicles.
January 14, 2026 at 9:05 PM
::sigh:: Folx, we need to bring back hardware-defined vehicles.
This armored 2005 W220 S-Class Guard from the Turkish embassy is now up for auction. Original price was around a quarter mil euros. I have a feeling this will get shipped back to Yurrp by a flipper.
But with the way things are going in this country, who knows? alloymag.com/armored-merc...
But with the way things are going in this country, who knows? alloymag.com/armored-merc...
Armored S-Class heads to auction in the US.Diplomatic Immunity - Alloy
A rare, armored Mercedes-Benz S500 Guard from the Turkish Embassy heads to auction, and it could end up being a bargain of sorts.
alloymag.com
January 14, 2026 at 7:59 PM
This armored 2005 W220 S-Class Guard from the Turkish embassy is now up for auction. Original price was around a quarter mil euros. I have a feeling this will get shipped back to Yurrp by a flipper.
But with the way things are going in this country, who knows? alloymag.com/armored-merc...
But with the way things are going in this country, who knows? alloymag.com/armored-merc...
I went to grad school with Walter Rohrl, but the way they pronounce that name in Germany is very different when you hear journalists in old broadcasts say it out loud.
I am now thinking: Would *he* recognize it as being the same name?
I am now thinking: Would *he* recognize it as being the same name?
January 14, 2026 at 2:07 PM
I went to grad school with Walter Rohrl, but the way they pronounce that name in Germany is very different when you hear journalists in old broadcasts say it out loud.
I am now thinking: Would *he* recognize it as being the same name?
I am now thinking: Would *he* recognize it as being the same name?