The labor rate and the +/- $1,300 per year on routine maintenance don’t actually sound that bad. That said, McLarens do tend to be less reliable than other makes and parts are expensive, so when something does go wrong it quickly becomes a lot more expensive. 

It looks like someone spend a decent sum to buy a nice clean 944 and then another princely sum in bolt-in parts to play boy racer. I bet it’s spend minimal time on a track being wringed out, which is good (but means it’s probably not actually track ready) but if that bin of parts doesn’t include seats it’s probably…

He should have listed it as a 1985.5 as that’s what this is - the earlier cars had tons of electrical issues and are ND at any price for me. This is the somewhat more desirable newer version.

when Trump’s term ends in January 2029.

The extravagance and exuberance party has only just begun. Hell, look at cars like the Kia EV3. Shit’s about to get real wacky

This puts me at a weird crossroads.

Pink is actually very in as a car color right now. Porsche’s Frozen Berry has been a big hit (at one point I heard over 30% of all new Porsches in China were Frozen Berry), so has the return of Ruby Star. A lot of other brands are doing pinks and lavenders and rose golds

It’s okay, but the aftermarket companies do some nicer work.

Beside the branding stuff...the new 500E is massive. Not just actually being bigger than the last one, the new one has such a chunky design that makes it look very big on the road. I wish it was smaller.

How adorably European - aka *small*. This is how you do it right:

I’m confused. How are car seats driving down birthrates?

FYI, “thrusters” is inaccurate. They only had one thruster fail to ignite, and none shut down prematurely this time.  Maybe this validates Boeing’s workaround to the overheating problem; maybe not. What’s interesting (and what your article failed to mention) is that this one is a different type of thruster than the…

The problem for NASA, as well as DoD, is what are their other domestic options? There really aren’t any.

I would really love some reporting on how Boeing was awarded $4.2B for this contract while SpaceX was awarded only $2.6B and SpaceX is saving these astronauts.

I really wonder about all the military spending and what our ROI on it really looks like by continuing to fund Lockheed, Boeing, General Dynamics, Raytheon,…

I think car manufacturers are frankly too insulated.  They design for themselves, and also for their reviewers, which is also a small sample set.  I don’t think they spend much of any time listening to what “average people” think about the cars they drive.  And if they offer features that people end up taking in their…

most customers don’t appreciate technology [...] unless they can see a clear benefit to them

I’ve been lurking on the Fisker forum on Reddit. There are ex-Fisker service people who are trying to get access to the in-house software which would be huge for people stuck with these. 

At that price, you could buy a spare for repair.

I am truly happy for this. It’s literally the only thing keeping automakers fromburing window controls 3 menus deep on the damned touchscreen.

Having been into cars and car news since the mid 1980's I remember this well. lots of “what about the children” just like back up cameras, tire pressure monitors, and gas tanks inside the frame rails of pick up trucks.