Their demise was absolutely due to lack of popularity. In December '81 they had produced 7,000 units and sold 3,000. I'd argue that they failed for the same reason Fiero did -- they looked like a sports car but were not. Top speed was 110mph. 0-60 time was 10.5 seconds. It had a V-6 that put out 130hp in a car with a curb wt of 2700 lbs. 0-60 time was measured at 10.5 seconds. To put that in perspective, about the same as a 99 Ford F-350 Super Duty Crew Cab 4x4 Dually or 73 LTD Brougham. There are virtually no modern cars that run 0-60 that slow. A 2024 5.3l Suburban has a time of 7.0

In addition, they had numerous quality control problems. This in a car that retailed for $25k or the rough equivalent of $86,000 in today's dollars. While it's probably true that nobody despised the car, it was not a good car. They were definitely cool sitting in a parking lot but getting spanked by a 1980 Chevy Citation (0-60 10.3) is not a good look

Lol a friend of mine got banned for posting a picture of a guillotine and referencing billionaires. The broligarchy has gone full gloves off wrt threats to their hegemony

Their offers should not charm us, Their evil gifts would harm us.

I hope a lot of them (ICE agents) do. I wonder where all these gun toting larpers who take guns to walmart to "protect the innocent" are?

Mark my words, if there's not a mass of trials putting these thugs away in a few years, there will be a whole slew of them claiming they're disabled due to ptsd for their shitty behavior

It's only a matter of time before something like this turns into a Haymarket Square

In NC with a drug felony you are permanently disqualified from receiving SNAP. Rapists and pedophiles, murderers, all good...

President Bonespurs thinks conscription is a good idea, eh?

The first Clinton presidency was the last time I voted for president because I voted for him and about a year in thought, 'how the fuck is this guy not a republican?' exactly like I did once Obama took over.

I've frequently said since the new regime took power that this would all be funny if I thought for a second that any following blue faction president would have the balls to use this new authoritarianism in a way that would be helpful like, idk, state seizure of banks convicted of wrongdoing or any of the things you mentioned. The problem is that they are predominantly the same bootlickers as their red faction brethren, with slightly better optics. When Americans recognize that there's actually only one party—the corporate party— perhaps things will change.

LOL. Back in the day I saw a band open for somebody and the band name was 'Bob.' Even in the early aughts searching for 'Bob' was a pointless activity. They eventually changed the name to Super Bob which is just as stupid but at least searchable.

Being the tallest kid in kindergarten doesn't make you eligible for the NBA

Give her a pass? I don't know about that but there are definitely a lot of people I'll be assisting out to La Veuve before her. Maybe she'll even redeem herself before we get to her.

If my country had compulsory voting and my choices were trump and harris I would have voted for mickey mouse. Or do they send somebody in with you to vote for an approved candidate? Because that doesn't sound like anyplace I'd be interested in living

That would be fine if they did anything to increase safety but studies have shown it actually increases accidents by 3-8% https://www.sciencedirect.com/...