Jason, this is an amusing write up, but if the speed bumps are indeed 6" high, there are a lot of unmodded cars that couldn’t clear that. The issue isn’t so much the ride height but the breakover point and I’ve seen instances of cities installing badly designed speed bumps that cause cars with fairly normal ride…

I just moved to the Silicon Valley, Model 3's are more common that Civics. The other day I walked out my door and there were 7 Model S’s and 2 X’s parked on my street... I almost felt out of place firing up my gas guzzler. Thankfully one of my neighbors has a GT350R, so I have one fellow iconoclast.

The Rich Rebuilds Youtube channel is all you need to understand why Tesla is looking at forming its own insurance. Whatever savings you make by choosing a Model 3 will currently be eaten by your insurance premiums. This has to do with a variety of variables: lack of parts, inconsistency of parts within a model year,…

I’m not sure how this is different their current streaming app from the description, but hopefully it will be better. I really hope they will stream higher bitrate music, because their online/mobile app shares the same low bitrate quality their satellite service suffers from. I subscribe to Sirius, because I prefer to…

China creates a lot of faked videos, it’s very popular in China because causing a company to lose face can be a source of a quick payout. It is very unlikely that Tesla will make a quick payout and the Chinese government are on semi-good terms with Tesla, so if this was faked it is likely the fabricator will be…

Sure Tesla’s involved in crashes or other circumstances. A thermal runaway incident that involves no outside factors... no. 

Considering this is China, the likelihood this was staged is almost certain. 

I think this is also the issue regarding Hyundai’s delve into EVs. When they introduced the Kona EV at the end of last year it sold like hotcakes. Today, you can’t find one and Hyundai is very mum on supply issues. One of the big issues is battery production supply is low due to LG and Axeon factory potential volume…

An engine is a motor, but a motor isn’t an engine. Transitive properties don’t always apply in engineering. 

No this was Kirkland, WA. But, I imagine this goes on everywhere. Anymore, I just do all my negotiations by email. I send the local dealers what I’m looking for and ask for a quote with all the numbers. I don’t walk onto the lot unless I want to take a test drive or have a deal in hand. They try to change the deal or…

I’m always amazed at the markup on (flavor-of-the-week-special-edition) Mustangs. But, people buy them, so it I suppose it makes sense. The craziest one was walking onto a Jeep dealer lot and seeing a 10k markup on a Trailhawk. I thought they must have made some mistake, so I walked to the next one and it was $8k...…

I had a similar thing happen on a Southwest flight to Vegas. It was an oddball flight hour and when I boarded I thought I was going to be the only person. The flight attendant told me I could sit anywhere, so I just picked a random window seat (Southwest i.e. no first class). As I was nodding off waiting for the plane…

This story reminded me of a last minute trip I made from San Francisco to Salt Lake City hauling backdrop materials for a trade show that the printshop was late in producing. I ordered an SUV over the phone, but when I showed up, all the rental place had were sedans and one Ford Focus hatchback. Rather than waste…

I needs to be emphasized anytime people start talking about how crazy Elon is. Tesla has spent $0 on marketing. BMW spends over $3.1 billion each year, VAG $3.7 billion. Granted, they have more products being sold in more countries, however outside of boutique manufactures like Koenigsegg or Pagani there isn’t another…

After buying one of the first NC Miatas to come off the boat, I came to have a good friendship with the regional rep for MazdaNA. There was nothing majorly wrong with my Miata (top needed to be replaced when it started leaking from a stress tear, I was nailed the head by a bolt when the top latch bolts came undone…

Never invest in the J curve. IPO’s are a fools gamble more so than any other investment. The investment bank inflates the valuation to attract capital early on, then per-IPO investors sell off. It takes about 6-12 months before things normalize.

They will figure out a way to reset the universe back to Iron Man 1 and they will remake all the previous movies with new cheaper actors.

There is no way China is using 300,000 battery powered buses. China regularly publishes this kind of crap and every time investors like myself get excited and dig into the data we find they are lying. Those kind of numbers would have had a noticeable demand on commodities I’m invested in and I haven’t seen that. If I…

Change that rear section just a bit and it would have a CRX vibe.

That looks sufficiently horrible, I’m sure they will sell thousands of them.