There’s all kinds of rumors around that Newey refused to let RBR put in an overly restrictive non-compete (they call it gardening leave, so British) clause. If that’s true, he could theoretically be working for Ferrari after this season.
There’s all kinds of rumors around that Newey refused to let RBR put in an overly restrictive non-compete (they call it gardening leave, so British) clause. If that’s true, he could theoretically be working for Ferrari after this season.
I have a hard time understanding what happened to Hamilton. While the Merc was hugely dominant, it’s like he’s just forgotten how to drive a car. Constantly outperformed by Russell, making silly mistakes. Last few years he’s looked like a different driver. I don’t know if its age, or dissatisfaction with the car, or…
Yeah, I wasn’t sure if giving Newey free time for other projects was his idea or RBRs. I would have assumed he’d go work in racing sailboats after F1, but maybe bringing back Ferrari to its glory with Hamilton is too hard to pass up.
Yeah, could be that under Maestschitz everyone just knew their role and didn’t question it. Now, everyone wants to be the head honcho.
Here in my suburban hell, full-size trucks are for the dads, full-size SUVs for the moms. We live about 15 minutes from where the daycare is, and where we actually live it’s a completely different world. But we wanted a good daycare which means its in a much more affluent area and these are the people I get to…
It turns out that Dietrich Mateschitz was the glue that held that team together. I’m not sure anyone quite recognized how true that was until he died, but team management since then has been a behind-the-scenes disaster of people trying to claim the power/authority Mateschitz had. It’s no surprise the team is falling…
If you put the five moms I see every morning into a lineup I’m not sure I’d be able to distinguish them. Yoga pants, flowy over-length sweater, hair in a pony-tail, Stanley cup and/or Starbucks cup, and on the phone constantly. And they never hold the door.
Lol. If I had to guess, the ‘bad girl’ angle is extremely accurate. And they have a shocking dumb pride in their choice to drive an SUV instead of a minivan.
Psh, git gud, scrub!
Apparently you don’t spend enough time on mom-targeted Instagram. “SUV Mom” is a serious thing on social media, as embarrassing as it is, and this is the premier “SUV Mom” truck. Except maybe the Escalade/Expedition. At my daycare there are at least five of them every day, driven by tiny women who have two kids. The…
Oh, I completely agree. And that’s a great analogy. I’m not even remotely interested in letting Tesla off the hook. Frankly, I think this should be a bankruptcyable level of fraud and false advertising. And I hope Tesla pays a huge price for it. I just like data, and complete pictures.
I mean, right there in your comment is the problem. “Autopilot/FSD probably does show incremental improvement in accidents and fatalities per mile driven over manually operated cars.” How can anyone have a meaningful, informed discussion about this issue without knowing if that is true or not?
I hope you didn’t hurt yourself making that leap....
Yeah but... everything can be improved. Lol. What am asking is, did Tesla make an improvement over a non-“autopilot” driven car, i.e., an actual human doing the driving. The question of whether Tesla’s system is competitive with other “autopilot” vehicles seems answered - it isn’t as good. But is it still better than…
Driver inattention is a huge problem though, even outside of Tesla. Sure, Tesla marketing a product and touting as something it isn’t is a problem - I don’t disagree. They have oversold a product and should be penalized. And they should be taken to task for it. But something like 10% of accidents are caused by…
I always had a soft spot for these. Sure, they were at the tail end of that whole retro shtick and suffered a little for it. And the interior of that thing is peak bleak 2000s. But, I have no interest in one if I couldn’t cruise around in it like it was meant to be. At 54 miles, this thing should just be parked…
I’ll open with the disclaimer that I am absolutely not a Tesla stan, Elon Musk is a raving lunatic narcissist bordering on an outright sociopath, and the tech is completely misleading, both in name and in publicity.
How do you like the EUV? It’s been on my list, and used ones are shocking value. Like, a 2023 with 11,000 miles for $21k.
I’m shocked to hear that the number of people willing to spend $70-100k on an EV is relatively limited. I can’t believe no one saw this coming!
It’s annoying that things are so expensive. But I guess it’s not really fair to say that cars have gotten more expensive, more accurate that wages haven’t kept pace with inflation. I was shocked at how expensive the new Tacoma is. My mom bought a ‘96 Tacoma V6 extra-cab new in 1995. Paid $22k for it. So cheap! But....…