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EVs are less than 1% car sales. I believe in them and the future that they hold, but ICE cars will not disappear overnight. 

Sorry I’m late to the party but what about Audi’s 2.5L 5 cylinder? 400 hp and torque for days. One of the best engines ever 

Never mind the fact that a car with 50,000 miles on it now is a better vehicle than a brand new car 15 years ago. Looking at the cost of new cars is not an apples to apples comparison.

3rd: Let me get this straight, Toyota thinks widespread EV adoption is never really going to happen but flying taxis will?

I’m most concerned about the rising costs to buy a new car. There are way too many people buying cars that they cannot afford with crazy long loans. This has to come to a head at some point and it won’t be pretty. Read more

Somebody let grandpa on the computer again.

Unless the EPA reclassifies most SUVs as cars then it doesn’t really matter anyway.  But nobody has the balls to do that, not even saintly (to some people) Obama.

I still don’t understand how they think that EPA regulations are the things making cars more expensive. If anything safety has had a much larger impact. Read more

They mass sell them at auction. Read more

Fairly certain that just about anything that isn’t a mandatory throw-out item ends up in the personal possession of the TSA agent in question. Half the stuff they claim is on the list probably isn’t. We ARE talking about a jobs program for the otherwise unemployable. Legalized petty theft is a big draw for certain… Read more

There’s a TSA guy with an amazing collection of stuff he sells on Craigslist out of a U Haul storage garage in Golden, CO....

It would be great if the USPS had a little kiosk where you could buy an small box or envelope and drop it in a mail it to yourself. I’m sure thousands of little pocket knives and multi-tools get confiscated every year.

Depending on the airport, for small items, you may be able to go outside and find a hidden spot to stash the confiscatable item and pick it up when you return. Above a ledge, behind a bush, etc. This is what my sibling did succesfully.

You can tell they weren't Ferrari employees because they didn't crash into each other. 

They were more than 70 over; they were arrested under a statute for arrest that starts at 26 over.

Ist year production car; probably limp mode. Read more

On the other hand, In Detroit last night I came up on a C8 puttering along in the left lane of I75, obstructing faster traffic. Apparently no one knows when to go fast and when to go slow in these things. 

I would guess fired if it was just the racing, but with it being drunk racing I would go with hella fired. Read more

Maybe they were testing the automatic car vs the stickshift car? Read more

Publicity stunt. They actually work in the marketing department.