Yes, Biden went around a put lamb’s blood on the doors to signify houses to destroy and not destroy... At least that is what I heard.

It just looks like it was tested in years past and the top pick connotation carries through to the end of that generation unless there is some change or new test. From a segment stance, the Rav is definitely a small SUV or CUV if you will, Highlander is mid-sized.

I did check Volvo and MB, MB was a bit harder to figure out, no small SUVs shown back to 2017, so maybe they didn’t make it? But Volvo had 4 small SUV’s that were tested in ‘23 or ‘22 and their ratings are good through at least ‘24.

I have a feeling it is due to no new models being tested in ‘24. I checked Toyota, who also doesn’t show up here for anything and a lot of their models were tested in years past and ratings go until this MY or possibly further.

This list is a bit misleading as it looks like a lot of vehicles weren’t tested or retested in ‘24 but their tests before this year still carry the same ratings. For example, the Rav4 isn’t on here, but on the IIHS site their rating of top pick is good for MY ‘19-’24. I am sure this is the same with other OEM’s/Models.

Yea, that is definitely the case. Not sure where a recall exists in the BK preceding classes though. Maybe they are lucky and get in before creditors but if they are behind that class, they are not getting anything. 

Good to see the one guy keeping his orange lidded cooler of beer from tipping over! Great work guy!

Getting money back would be like trying to squeeze blood from a rock. There isn’t anything there, so good luck to owners on getting the issues fixed or getting any money back. 

Yea, just looking into it, that sure seems to be the case. I feel like something should be done there. Like if you have a car that is worth more than a certain amount (IDK, $300, $500k?), you need to insure yourself above that number. I don’t know minimum coverages in my state, but I think my policy is up to $300k or…

I would imagine it does, but breathalyzer and field sobriety tests are pretty easy to get poor results from. I would think that any decent lawyer could get the charges dropped or reduced if that was the only proof of DWI. A blood test however, is much harder to prove as being false.

You have to remember that these two plants are being brought from ICE or maybe Hybrid production to EV production. So, there is a lot more to do than just change out stuff for a new generation of the same model. And if you are going from one platform to a whole new platform it is a bit different.

Plant opening and/or retooling is not the same as product development and likely has nothing to do with one another.

Hey! Don’t forget the massive lease incentive they had back in March or April.

2nd Gear: I am sure Lucid will just make up those losses in volume! Their quarter is going to be a massive financial disaster. Luckily the PIF keeps funneling money into that cash incinerator.

Ahh the old “AI” trope. I work in advertising and hear this way too much. I can bet that this isn’t AI in any real sense. At best, it is a company that scrapes prices and then suggests a price that is adjusted to location based on other prices. At worst, it is just BS to justify a price without reason. 

Yep, I have long talked about his wife being the CFO and what a mess it had to be. They had three head of accounting people in about a month. The first one probably left because everything was fucked, the next one probably got hired with fake docs to make it look fine then realized it wasn’t. The third was probably a…

I am 100% fine if someone wants to watch a rated R movie on a plane, but forcing everyone to watch it or be exposed to it is my issue. I have also found that a lot of stuff has been uprated over time, so things that were PG or whatever in the 80's or 90's are not any longer (looking at you Disney!). But it also seems…

I was going to call out how comparing share price is not a great metric. But in looking at market cap, Vinfast is just under $9bn and Luicd just under $8bn. I am very surprised by that fact.

My kids go to a small private school, so they are a bit behind on some of that stuff compared to maybe a regular public school. Still doesn’t change the fact that this movie doesn’t sound like something that should be screened in a public setting. I have never seen it and I am not an uptight or conservative person,…

It is no one else’s job to raise my kids. So, exposing them to inappropriate content against my will is not cool to me.