You Need A Ford Focus Rally Car What’s your winter beater like? Is it a rusted-out Outback, or maybe an old Ranger? Both are solid picks, but I posit that there’s a better winter car out there. Something that doesn’t just plod its way though snow, but can turn low-traction situations into genuine joy: A fully rally-prepped Ford Focus. Read more…

Elon Musk Is Planning To Bring His Useless Underground Loop To Dubai In an announcement of things that will definitely, for sure someday happen, Musk and the UAE’s AI minister Omar Al Olama unveiled this week plans for a new underground tunnel built by the Boring Company underneath Dubai. I guess they saw the Vegas Loop serving as a completely useful piece of infrastructure and wanted… Read more…

Audi Dakar Rally Car Tossed In Illegal Czech Dump Audi’s brief three-year stint competing at the Dakar Rally surprisingly ended with a victory last year as the German automaker shifted its focus and resources to its upcoming Formula One works program. Unsurprisingly, many of the uncompetitive RS Q e-tron rally prototypes were disposed of once the Dakar program was… Read more…

This 87-Year-Old Mercedes Bus Was A Mobile Post Office With The Wildest Front Overhang I’ve Ever Seen This week I was in Stuttgart, Germany to see some new Mercedes-Benz vehicles that I can’t talk about yet, which is too bad for you. But luckily for you, I also got to spend a few hours at the fabulous Mercedes-Benz Museum and can talk about all the wacky shit that’s in there, like this 1938 O 10000 that was used as a… Read more…

Who Played The Stig On Top Gear (Was It Really Michael Schumacher?) There are a few great mysteries in this world: how did Mesolithic man build Stonehenge, what the heck happened to flight MH370 and who the hell played The Stig on Top Gear? Thankfully, that third one is much easier to answer and won’t lead you down a conspiracy theory nightmare full of aliens, monsters and government… Read more…

Republican Senators Introduce Bills To Kill The EV Tax Credit And Add On A $1,000 Tax To Electric Cars The Trump administration’s attack on EVs started almost immediately. Billions are being cut from state EV programs. And things may get worse if a handful of Republican senators get their way. Read more…

David Labaree on Schooling, History, and Writing: David Brooks: Voters to Elites — Do You See Me Now? (Guest Post by David Brooks) David Labaree on Schooling, History, and Writing: David Brooks: Voters to Elites — Do You See Me Now? (Guest Post by David Brooks) My new post is an essay by David Brooks that provides one of the best analyses I’ve read about the Trump victory.  It appeared right after the election in the New York Times.  Here’s a link to the origi…

GBP Reviews Outage Is Over via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google announced that most Business Profile Reviews are returned to normal. Sites still missing reviews should be normal in a few days The post GBP Reviews Outage Is Over appeared first on Search Engine Journal.

Asking for clarity on underpayment penalties with the IRS Normally my taxes due are less than $1000. However this year I sold a good chunk of ESPP shares, and even though my W4 is set to 0 allowances, I owe a bit over $2000 and will be paying in full. For 2025 taxes, do I have to add additional withholding / do some estimated tax payments to be safe for next year in case I sell more ESPP and am again o…

Withdrew 10k from Trad IRA to purchase First home This past year I withdrew 10k from a traditional IRA to purchase my family’s first home. I have not done any additional paperwork – but I’ve gathered that there is at least one form that is required. Is it too late to attempt to avoid the early withdraw penalties? I understand I’ll owe income tax on the 10k, but trying to avoide the extra 1k on …

Car dealer ship offered to buy my car and I can choose another car worth same amount went to dealership for oil change and maintenance. one guy came to me and said how someone was looking to buy a car like mine and asked if i was interested in selling it back to the dealership (same dealer ship i bought it from) for the amount i paid for in the loan (i recently paid off the car) I told him no in that moment. wondering if this is…

36yrs old, what should I do with my life savings? Not married and wondering what I should do with my life savings. I have $50k in a money market account that gets 3.5% interest. I can remove $25k from this account to invest, while still being able to keep it open. My car is fairly new and paid off and I have no interest in purchasing property. What are some things I should be looking into inves…

Is my thinking right here, or does my spouse have a valid point about taking SSA early ? Quick situation run-down … married, and we’re both 60-61yo. I’m still working full-time, same company for 25+ years, making around $160k. I expect to keep working at least 5 more years, job is secure. Spouse “retired” a little early, because he didn’t like his job any more, and we were able to swing it on one income. He stopped working when he…

32 y/o Retirement Investments Recently started to pay attention and care about retirement saving! I know I’m a little behind and should’ve done this out of college but here I am. Luckily I’ve always taken advantage of a 401k and employers match but was ignoring the IRA. Going to do a backdoor roth asap but have a few questions. My 401k was in a target date fund and I recentl…

It’s tax filing season, so let’s talk about ESPP and how to file your taxes PROPERLY! Every year I sell any shares from my ESPP, I always look for a writeup of how to file them, and can never figure it out. I figured I’d write this up and try to help! I won’t go into the benefits of what ESPPs do, but I want to make sure you don’t get double taxed, which I’m sure thousands of people do every year, because its not up to your emplo…

Calls from supposed debt collector First off I have no idea what this could be for, I don’t have medical or cc debt or student loans. I do everything to stay out of debt by living below my means and keeping a diligent eye on my finances. Each time they call it goes to voicemail. I don’t ever pick up calls from unknown numbers, and the voicemail is a robot saying it’s a debt colle…

What Happened To Darth Vader? A number of people asked me a what happened to, Darth Vader, in Obi Wan Kenobi PhD.  This is the epilogue of that story and Grocery Man, as well. President would come in the bar with an entourage. Vice President, Secretary, CFO, etc. They would travel in a pack. Have you ever worked somewhere where Source

Things That Thwart People Trying To Partner I feel all of society is socialized against partnering at every turn. If you have no real-life examples of good relationships or you don’t know anyone who can help you untangle it, the knots are likely to hold. You’ll be thwarted all your life. I want to take one of these things on today. It Source

Try TikTok’s ‘Monk Mode’ to Help You Kickstart Better Habits “Monk mode” is actually a years-old productivity trick that looks different for everyone.

Baking Soda Is the Key to Perfectly Browned Ground Beef This tiny addition can result in more flavorful, juicy browned meat.