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yeah, matte paint is a big wealth flex. I've never thought it looked like anything more than primer.

I am saddened. Loved him as an actor. There was also a crime thriller movie with Wesley Snipes and Sean Connery that he did. Rising Sun.

Thanks for this link. Very well written, detailed, chronological enough, and interesting. This is about how I understand it. The psychological twists and turns are going to be important. There will be a lot for psychological experts to chew on that we're not (yet) privy to.

Exactly why you don't necessarily want a vintage car. Modern cars MUCH safer.

@oldshurst442 I agree with the points you make on engine oil. The story is an interesting one as it also does hit on side notes of the shift to smaller engines. I would agree that the better the oil one uses, the longer the engine will last. Both my past SS and current Escalade, from the first oil change I have always used Mobil 1 synthetic and never had a problem or the Tick Tick Tick noise that is very common in my generation of Escalades, but that Tick goes away and is never heard when you use Mobile 1, but comes back right away with regular oil. I grew up in a household where maintenance was impressed on me from my dad and the importance of using quality parts even if they are not OEM. This has always allowed me to have auto's that easily outlast my time with them, 10 to 20 years for me.

We have done generational damage to the United States, and it won't get better in our lifetime. Excellent. Running thicker oil and changing regularly works well for me.

With all the chat here on this socalled good looking guy, I decided to look it up, I barely remember this as it was in and out of the news. Luigi Mangione is the individual accused of shooting UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson on December 4, 2024. Thompson was shot from behind as he was leaving an investor conference in Manhattan. Mangione faces multiple charges, including second-degree murder in state court and federal murder charges, which could potentially lead to the death penalty if convicted. Live updates: Luigi Mangione faces court year after CEO killing – NBC New York Seems the meeting was canceled about 45 minutes after the folks inside learned that the CEO was murdered. FACT CHECK: Did UnitedHealthcare Continue It’s Meeting After Learning Their CEO Was Killed? UnitedHealth Cancels Investor Day After CEO Is Fatally Shot | Kiplinger While there are many stories about the CEO being a good guy like this: UnitedHealthcare CEO killing: Investor day attendees shocked after Brian Thompson death | Fortune While in the same neighborhood, the wife and son lived separate from the Husband and father and there does seem to be questionable things about the CEO life. UnitedHealthcare CEO Was Separated from Wife at Time of Killing: Report Interesting read on this murderer. The Decline, Fall, and Unexpected Veneration of Luigi Mangione

I don't think indifference is right here. It was a calculated crime and a murder. When we first saw the video and didn't know a UPenn graduate with top grades pulled this off, it was shocking. Thompson got gunned down at 6:45 am in Midtown Manhattan. That's creepy. Personally, I don't think the CEO was a good guy. You can read some Machiavellian vibes from looking at him. You don't get to the top in such a big outfit without doing some bad things along the way. It's like the 23 y.o. blonde UK law student in Dubai who got busted for drugs. They are overly harsh over there. But, because of how she looks, people feel for her more - a 23 y.o. blonde in prison in Dubai ... that can't be. Now that they've put Luigi's face to this and it's all over the news, people have softened on what he did. The reports say that he was changing quickly and getting weirder ... Santa Monica to San Francisco to Hawaii ... and writing radical diatribes similar to the Unabomber from years ago. His mom was getting concerned before this happened. He had back issues and was in pain but I don't think he had his surgical claim denied ... nor would that justify it. Unchecked vigilante stuff can be dangerous.

I never understood the matte paint job on a car. It kinda looks okay on a certain type of restored classic hot rod/muscle car of some sort representing some sort of theme. I could buy into that. But on a brand new sports car, exotic hyper car, it looks stupid. These kinds of cars NEED to be presented with pride because these types of cars SCREAM look at me. And metallic bright shiny paint jobs is the ONLY way. I could accept a matte paint job on sedan luxury barges. It might present itself gracefully if low key is the message. But really...how can a matte paint job on a $300 000 Bentley or Rolls Royce be a low key and humble message? A luxury barge costing that much is not humble nor is it low key... And doing a matte paint job on an entry level vehicle just looks even more cheap and pathetic for your image.... I dont get matte paint jobs...

Very cool, January 9th 2026 the reveal will take place in Europe for Kia EV2 |Kia EV2 Teased, to Debut at Brussels Motor Show 2026 - Korean Car Blog

While there are some folk up here with lifted trucks and Jeeps, its not to the extent of that stupidity. But I also think that Quebec has laws that prevents owners to have the tires protrude the wheel wells. The vehicle above may not be street legal in Quebec, I dont think. And Ill agree with you 100% with your bitchin' here. The article talks about downsized engines, but does not mention not even ONE downsized turbocharged engine that has problems... Im sure they do, but the article does not mention any. What the article DOES mention though are GM's V8s, Toyota's twin turbo'd V6s, and Ford's ecoboosted engines, and I assume they want to bitch about the 1.5 liter and the 2.0 ecoboost... but dont mention what ecoboost engines are a problem. The 1.6 liter ecoboost had fire issues, but those were fixed. The 1.6 was reliable... The 2.7 and 3.5 V6s were all reliable. The early 3.5s had teething problems but were fixed. What the article REALLY focuses on though are the THIN oils manufacturers WANT to use. For fuel savings. I personally dont think downsized 4 cylinder engines are a problem. MOST of them are quite reliable. Again, with proper maintenance. But as with the article states, thin oils probably dont lubricate enough and well...problems... The article states that even with thicker oils, that only masks the problem and then uses GM's newest gen 6.2 liter V8 to use as an example. Well...a 6.2 liter V8 from GM was not exactly downsized. It was upsized from the 5.7 liter LS1 and 6.0 liter LS2 from 20 years ago. If Toyota and GM did shytty manufacturing on their engines lately, THAT has NOTHING to do downsized 4 cylinder turbo'd ones... If Honda done phoqued up with their 1.6 liter turbo 4 because of headgasket issues, well...Honda done phoqued up with their headgaskets. Its NOT a downsized problem issue. Its a manufacturing issue. Like the title suggest: Manufacturing shortcuts and tighter tolerances compromise reliability across major brands. But NOT how the take-away points out Key Points Modern engines face high failure rates, prompting massive recalls from major automakers. Downsizing, turbochargers, and thin oils increase engine stress and vulnerability to defects. Automakers need to prioritize durability over marginal efficiency gains. Its NOT about downsizing and turbo-charging. It IS about thin oils and manufacturing short cuts...

My cousin from Boston is a stout republican. Not a trumpster. But will NOT vote democrat. He was one of those morons that didnt vote last year, but I digress. He was a dentist. He is retired now. Went to dentistry school here in Montreal. McGill University. Like my daughter. Didnt think of that before... Im digressing again... He stayed with our aunt in common. My dad's and his mom's sister. Point being, he lived in Canada while going to school in Canada where tuition is not as expensive as in the u.s. and is SUBSIDIZED with SOCIALISMS governmental helps and hence why he did not go to Hahvehd or some other highfalutin massholecheussetts school system and came to get his edumacation in Frenchie-land Quebec Canada at affordable McGill prices. (sarcasm for all the shytty republicans including my cousin) Also...while his mom did not see Medicare up here in Canada because when she left for Boston, Canada didnt have Medicare just yet, HE saw Medicare in action. He took his/my aunt to doctors appointments and hospitals and all that. He saw when I was a baby and young kid get all the hospital care a child needs with no problems. Come income tax time, he saw what his/my aunt pay in income tax. He helped her do her taxes... I remember the discussions he had with my dad/his uncle regarding Medicare... He was against from then as a young adult. Well...his sister has epilepsy and his mom and dad had indebted themselves silly because insurance was steep. His mom/my auntie eventually got diabetes 30 years ago, and she went blind. The insurances they had all dropped them. His dad passes away but he took care of his sister and mom. But that also meant that their home was not only mortgaged 2 or 3 times before my auntie went blind, but when the insurances dropped them, he had to re-mortgage the family house an additional 2 or 3 times.... And yup...he didnt want Medicare then also. Called it socialist communist. Still to THIS day...he does not want Medicare. He wasnt a fan of Obama... But he aint racist though. He is just a stupid stupid stupid person with a dentistry degree. From Montreal. Born and raised in a city where Hahvehd exists... Point of the story: Yeah...american insurances are evil. My family in Boston had to indebt themselves silly because american insurances are evil.

R.I.P. I really liked this actor and especially in the Mortal Kombat series of Movies. Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, actor in ‘Mortal Kombat’ and ‘The Man in the High Castle,’ dies at 75