I think the key is moderation. Coming into the office every single day to sit in front of a monitor and do what you can do at home is a waste of time and resources, but working from home every day comes with its own set of challenges as well.

I have witnessed this myself. Most of it comes from white collar workers that think they are above the blue collar workers because they went to college. A lot of it also comes from blue collar workers that think every white collar worker doesnt know anything.

I started a new position within the same company 3/1/2020 and started full time remote 2 weeks later.  It was not really that big of an adjustment.

I listened to a podcast recently that investigated some of the recent developments and findings that came out of this latest remote working experiment COVID tossed everyone into.

I used to work at an automotive proving ground, and there were days where I was envious of those guys in the grounds crew that ran the mower all day long.  Now I’m sure it would get monotonous, but there is something satisfying about being outside in the fresh air and knowing that you accomplished something.

Its okay Elon, nobody is perfect, but this is a bad look for  you.

How much krill does it consume while driving?

Funny story, we were doing engine cylinder head testing at a supplier I worked at on a motoring rig. Something went wrong with the program, and it spun up to its maximum speed of 16,000 RPM. Considering the crankshaft/camshaft 2:1 ratio, it was an equivalent 32,000 RPM engine speed.

Chip shortage is real. My management lease vehicle order was delayed and finally cancelled to shift volumes to retail.

I read the article in its entirety as well. My take is similar to yours in that this is not quite black and white, since there were high warranty rates, but the failure mode was overt to the driver. If the customer has ample notification that there is a problem and chooses to ignore it, that is their problem.

I have a rock that is marginally smaller than this on my corner, but not quite close enough to prevent everyone from driving over my lawn.

The mailbox thing is a federal law that they must be designed to break-away.  There are no laws that I am aware of that prevent landscaping boulders.

Looks like you might be trying to connect dots that aren’t even there. In the quote it states that a second model was promised, but didnt specify that it is this particular model.

I understand, but at the end of the day, these things are not much more than steel death boxes to begin with, so short of a full cage/race seat setup, this is better than nothing.

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Having worked in emissions testing at an OEM, I can verify that different drivers can drive the same EPA drive cycles and have vastly different emissions and economy, and both would be valid tests.

Looks like there is an aftermarket solution.

I was going to say, as an engineer that has worked in regulatory affairs for the past decade or so, this sounded like normal light reading material.

About a decade ago, I was driving a free 1999 Honda Civic with about 275k miles on it for a 100 mile round trip commute. One morning I was slogging through I-94 traffic west of Ann Arbor, keeping up with traffic in the left lane when suddenly everyone inexplicably spiked their brakes. The road was a little damp, so…

Probably because of their 14 customers last year, only 3 filled out the survey and they had an okay time.