When reading about the rise to power of Stalin, Hitler, and Mao, a common theme is they would purge and lock up intellectuals and the educated, and I always wondered how they then got anything done. Of course the long-term answer is, they didn’t, but that still didn’t stop the sun from rising every day. So when I see…

The thing I find funny is that his supporters view him as such a “strong man”, and yet he is SO easy to manipulate and influence with a few dollars. How they don’t see through his “strong man” charade is so far beyond me.

Remember, Donald The Felon only cares about one thing: money in his pocket so he can (ugh) win the election to keep his fat ass out of prison—period. Self-serving hypocrisy are the words that he lives by.

Look we’ve dealt with Trump as political force for 8 years, 4 of those with him as president. It should shock no one that he has the object permanence recognition of an infant.

I’ve owned two German cars now. Both have been a hot mess in regards to almost anything that has wires. My BMW has been terrible and my Audi was completely awful. This has *extra* wires.

Not to mention absurd repair costs. I sold an Audi recently and vowed to never touch one again. I didn’t even feel that way about anything else that wasn’t a Fiat.

Congratulations. You bought what has to be one of the most pointless cars. These came with what? Like a 10 mile EV range? PLUS you’ll get the infamous pain-in-the-ass unreliable VAG group levels of problems... without a warranty. Good luck.

That’s not a 1953 Corvette, that’s more like a ‘58 that included significant improvements like a 283 ci V8 with 290 horsepowers. Damn kids these days.

Because it’s not getting security updates, and hasn’t for probably 5+ years. You’re exposing yourself and your data to being hacked or compromised.

I bought my first smartphone in 2014, a Samsung Galaxy S5. It still works; why should I replace it?

Which is terrible for the environment and the opposite direction we need to be going. Turning cars into 5000 pounds of rolling e-waste is one of the worst trends we could chase.  Now more than ever we should be designing cars for longevity and ease of repair.

I sadly believe that the general public will eventually treat cars like iphones where they “upgrade” every 1 to 3 years as the tech gets obsolete.

Except that is less and less viable. Modern cars or near or at the point where going aftermarket is going to be impossible. It’s one reason you don’t see aftermarket stereos as often, it’s not just swapping out a factory head unit for something new. When EVERYTHING is controlled through the screen it’s no longer about…

They will have to pry my Vette from my cold dead hands, which should be any day now. 

Toyota very likely did the math (and learned from past mistakes with the Tundra model) that the negative perception of Toyota not fully addressing this problem would cost them more in the long run. Toyota thrives on the perception of their reliability; that’s worth much more than 100,000 engines in the end.

If I were an owner with a hypothetically unaffected engine (post-process change) I don’t think I would want an engine swap. Sure, if it blows, give me the engine swap and a loaner. But if all is fine, an engine swap seems a bit risky to mess something else up.

I have family there, and have spent a considerable amount of time there. Their system is far, far better for virtually everyone. The only people it is less good for are... the very rich, i.e. the people who don’t need anything from anyone. The people paying that price are the people who can afford to. Wages are good…

In Sweden, people over a certain age (around retirement age) can have any and all taxi rides covered by the government. You can get taxis via phone or an app just like an Uber or Lyft, or just regular-old waving on the street. It’s a great solution for older people who probably shouldn’t be driving, but can’t/don’t…

The torque is just mapping, they hit their power number and then mapped it to generate that same torque across the rev range as soon as the turbos come into play.

To the men and women working at Bowling Green, you are awesome.