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With the way the federal government has been printing money to cover the massive deficits the last fews years, it was only a matter of time until this inflation hit. I fear we haven't the least of the inflation yet.

+1

I didn't like him at first, but after seeing him more on Top Gear, I'm starting to like him and his sense of humor more.

+1

I was thinking, "This is an 8th Generation Civic with some cool wheels. Where's the 9th gen?"

The RDX turbo-4 is anything but efficient. And the TSX is that great either. There are plenty of motors out there making more power on less fuel.

It must really suck to be blinded by fanboy-ism...

wow, what an insightful comment.

I have one too... Ferrari Enzo > Ford Mustang

Ducatis are great bikes, whether they are as good a value as other bikes is a different question.

I hope you will be proven wrong, but, given that our federal government has a stake in the competition, I fear you will be proven correct.

You are forgetting to factor in glycogen losses. A person who has been eating a lot of high sugar foods can lose as much as 15 pounds of stored glycogen and water in as little as a week by going on a carbohydrate depleted diet combined with exercise. Even a small frame body can store in excess of 1000 grams of glycogen. And for each gram of stored glycogen, 4 grams of water are stored. So a 4000 calorie deficiency can resulting as much as 5000 grams (11 lbs) of total weight loss.

That said, 30 lbs in three weeks does seem awful high.

Not to worry. Non-union labor in Texas works fast.

+1 to the turbo, AWD wagon.

Heck, I'd buy a diesel, AWD, wagon. Just give it 200hp, 300 ft/lbs and call it the Buick GSD.

While is very liberal compared to the rest of Texas, it is very different from the commie communities in California. People are still proud, independently minded Texans.

I lived in Austin four years and loved it.

I consider myself conservative, but probably don't perfectly fit that mold. I'm extremely fiscally conservative as far as the federal government is concerned, but I enjoy nice things like parks, libraries, schools, etc., so I don't mind paying higher taxes for higher spending at the local level. I think the federal government should be limited to doing the things smaller governments can't. Local spending is much more accountable. People are much more likely to know their government officials personally and those officials take a personal stake in their communities.

I always thought that a small federal government, with local communities left to provide the services that their citizens wanted would allow people to locate in a community that best suited them. Somehow I think that is what the framers of the Constitution wanted.