“I’m sure as hell not going to buy a car with any “smart” garbage in it.”

This made me laugh genuinely.

I think you nailed it.

I like your overall argument but this part:

But how is it in comparison to the car manufacturing company you run?

PT Barnum never held a circus in outer space, though.  

Is there still a small pizza place there? I can't remember the name but they had great breakfast sandwiches for before a hike, and great pizza for after. I've eaten there on all three of my failed attempts at Bierstadt!

As excited as I am to read the updates as you go, I am a tad concerned about your safety, as well as that of everyone else on the road. Remember that we will always click on your stories, and would rather read what you have to say than read what someone has to say about you. 

People don’t understand the Eisenhower Tunnel until they’ve slid uncontrollably into or out of it at 70 mph. We all have to learn somehow.

My garage has lights in it. 

They don't. Like I said, I am rooting for Tesla. I realized too late that my previous comment did little more than entertain me but I couldn't delete it. Sometimes I get carried away with playing devil's advocate. 

I don't think you have a good understanding of quantities, fanboy.

I wouldn't mind seeing the calculations for either.

Because the total number of new vehicles sold that year was 17,270,000, but I wasn’t the one who missed the hyperbole; I was simply pointing out how it’s easy to skew a set of data to suit your narrative.

Jim Rome would disagree.

You’re not alone in making questionable life choices and being in a tough economic situation as a result. Here's to a prosperous 2020, my friend.

The Prius got a nice bump from a gas hike at the beginning of the decade (I might be off by a year or two) but it all levels out again once the gas prices stabilize. People have short memories for pain.

Ah, the joy of cherry-picked stats. I’ll play: in the month of August 2018, Toyota (excluding Lexus) sold just under 200,000 units. By contrast, Tesla sold just under 250,000 total units for the entire year.

Around 140,000 miles on the low end just to break even, assuming a constant gasoline price of $2.50 and 35 mpg. 

Considering the amount of antique vehicles sitting in collections, the average is a weak statistic here.