That’ll be $5, son.

“We had none of the traditional navigation equipment we’re used to, the inertial navigation system, GPS, so I challenged my navigator, to do ‘dead reckoning.’ Basically he had a radar system and a doppler, so he could ground map with his radar system.”

No shivers, sorry. Not even remotely.

Yawn. Most boring car “review” ever. He basically blabs at a GoPro mounted on the dash while doing 30mph in a straight line..while they keep cutting to LR/Jag-supplied footage of the car being driven around a giant oval test circuit, or occasionally a snippet of more showy B-roll also supplied by the company. I think…

They scrambled F16 fighters? What the hell for? That is quite possibly the worst aircraft you could possibly assign.

Given it’s a tropical location, I think that was less hot-dogging and more the normal climb rate for the air temperature and takeoff weight. I’m guessing they load that plane up to the gills luggage, passenger, and fuel-wise.

“Combat proven” is a curious way of saying “can’t fly in the rain”, and then almost ten years later, turns out, can’t fly after it’s been rained on. It’s also such a primadonna that it has to be kept in special hangars, so when we want to, say, bomb Libya, they have to leave from the other side of the world.

It’s completely natural. The plane left the runway quite a bit before it passed over the camera, and they retract the gear ASAP to get the most speed/climb rate they can.

Yep, the co-pilot starts stowing the gear almost immediately after the aft wheels leave the ground...and keep in mind that runways are typically long enough for the plane to get up to very close to takeoff speed (a decision point called V1) and then slam on the reverses and brakes and stop without going off the…

Now if only we could apply all this logic to people who swerve at / honk at / thrown shit at / scream at / beat up cyclists.

You’re expecting a lot from someone who can’t figure out “brake” versus “break.” And who thinks that a guy in a car can detect whether or not an approaching motorcyclist has a valid license.

WTF? I don’t know a single mechanic, pro or shadetree, who uses WD-40. Everyone uses PB Blaster, Liquid Wrench, Kroil, or Wurth Rost-Off. You know, actual corrosion-breaking penetrants. The latter are the only two things you’ll find in a really good shop.

Duh. You know how the Tesla Roadster’s transmission would implode?

Meeeeh. The whole point of Volvo wagons was that they had lots of usable space, because they were boxy. This is going for that swoopy look, which is pretty, but means much smaller maximum dimensions for, you know, actually loading/hauling stuff.

Someone sponsored by Scion and Rockstar Energy, whose PR people come up with prepackaged content for you like this, is “an underdog”?

Perhaps something’s going on at the plant that shouldn’t be? That’s usually why reporters nose around, and it’s pretty common for environmental things, in particular, to get bypassed or ignored. The state and local governments are probably happy to look the other way, but the public would be pissed.

So, is there any physical evidence? A police report? Anything except a PR release from Tesla? You’d think Tesla would have no compunctions about posting pictures of the damage. Police don’t know who the guards are? Bullshit - they would have been listed as witnesses.

And yet our dear writer felt it necessary to inflate the percentage loss by 20%.

Jesus christ back away from the GIFs. Stop chewing up my bandwidth and my battery life and making your page scream “LOOK AT ME MOTHERFUCKER” while I’m trying to read the text.

It’s a bit tough. The price is quite high. On the other hand - this car appears to be cosmetically near perfect, save a tiny bit of paint damage. It has probably the most desirable wheels. Engine bay looks very stock/unbutchered. The headliner looks intact - that alone is holy-shitsnacks amazing (i’d be shocked if…