Niro is definitely quiet and comfortable. Can’t compare it directly to the Ioniq since I haven’t driven one, but the Niro was really impressive and was on my wife’s short list a few months ago. Thing that really killed it was the crappy dealer experience (I know, shocking.)

Well done on the visuals.  I think it’s spot-on!  The lower rear looked familiar to me but I couldn’t place it, but I think you’re right with BRZ. Definitely all Charger/Cayenne up front. 

1: NP. Serviceable overall, needs a little work but should be generally reliable and easy to get parts for. Plus it’s a stick, which makes the 4DSC tag a little more believable.

I can relate a little. For me instead of trains it was cars, and for a long time, specifically Chrysler products. I was probably the only kid who would ever sit and sketch a minivan and think it was cool. Then make another sketch with different molding on the bumper because it was an LE sub-model instead of an SE. And…

Thank you for the really thoughtful, informative, interesting post!

Alex Jones looks like the love child of Rush Limbaugh and Kevin Spacey, and behaves pretty much exactly like I’d expect it would. 

Could this alleged funding be at all related to the future Chinese Tesla factory?  I could see multiple Chinese investors wanting to get in on it, especially since the company is fairly well-established now and the desire for EVs in China is only going to grow. 

Not a bad ploy for Bezos though, what with a giant tablet in every vehicle. “Hey Alexa, please set the radio to 80's on 8 and set passenger seat heat to medium.”

I have a long-standing belief that Ohio is God’s blindspot. This only reinforces that belief. Fuck these idiots! 

Would you be kind enough to alert us all of your travel plans next time, so we can cancel ours if need be? 

By far my favorite Jalopnik writer, because of stuff like this. I really enjoyed this! Kudos to you for having the imagination to come up with it and the talent to pull it off. 

I wonder if President Fieri will grunt and moan when he’s handed a piece of good legislation the same way regular Fieri does when he’s handed a chicken wing wrapped with bacon. 

I think I’m in the same boat as you.  The article clearly states that this IS Matt Farah’s million-mile Lexus (and it hasn’t been updated to say otherwise) but Turbo Cruiser seems to think otherwise and I can’t watch the video he replied to me with because I’m at work... The world may never know. 

Incorrect. It’s in both the article and video...

I won’t be impressed unless he can drive I-95 through New York without losing his front wing or busting a control arm.

I’ve actually thought about ordering a Model 3 now that the lead time is only a few months. It was on the outer fringes of making sense, but I ultimately decided not to.

Since “Cayenne” usually implies “spicy” or “hot”, this should clearly be called a “Hot Mess”.

Rejoice! www.bullshitgenerator.com is a real website.

I’m disappointed that isn’t a real website.  Now how will I explain the best practices for fabrication of an anhydrous dingle arm?  Or a high-resistance multilateral nofer trunion? 

Starred for use of the word “defenestration”.