Happy Friday from BMWM!

 

The Current Account (click here to read) discusses how every farmer can be a carbon farmer, Canada’s economy coming to a halt at the end of 2022, Toronto Pearson Airport limiting flights during peak season, Florida state taking over Walt Disney World’s self-governing district, and Canadians purchasing less booze.

 

News for this week includes the stick shift making a comeback. Following a decades-long decline, sales of manual vehicles rose to 1.7% in 2023, up from 1.2% the year before and a low under 1% in 2021. Mini recently added three new stick models and Acura reintroduced a manual Integra in June after cutting it out of its lineup in 2015. Aficionados used to argue that manuals get better fuel mileage or have quicker acceleration—but experts say that’s no longer the case. Instead, mostly younger buyers say they’re drawn to manuals for the driving experience and as a counter to an increasingly automated world.

Taylor’s word of the week is nostalgic, meaning “longing for or thinking fondly of a past time or condition”. For example, when you listen to music from your childhood you feel nostalgic.

Have a wonderful weekend,

 

Brenda, Taylor, and Matty