I’ve never owned a honda or acura and i really don’t understand the hate acura gets.  pretty much everything i’ve ever read about hondas has been complimentary.  pretty much everything i’ve ever read about acuras has been derogatory.  if an acura is just a gussied up honda, maybe one of you can explain that.

Watching the video I think he could see the one yellow bollard in his rearview and assumed he was clear and caught up on a curb or something. Maybe I’m being generous, but I don’t think he thought he was caught up on the other bollard.

You’ve got valid points, but there’s a scale problem. A rich person buying a $60-$80k Tesla is one thing, someone making $50k/yr that lives in an apartment and has no charger outside buying a BEV is another. Someone who lives in southern Cali that doesn’t have to worry about cold related range issues is one thing,…

THIS IS HOW OPTIMUS DIED IN THE MOVIE.

I’m pretty sure more weight would be saved by removing the 38 way adjustable seats or the 64 Bang & Olufsen speakers. Or simply get rid of the 21" wheels since that’s unsprung weight.

It’s not a single use plastic cup from Starbucks. It’s fine and will just end up in a junkyard some day. 

The FAA’s reasoning is that the safety planning wasn’t enough and that the stunt was not in the public interest.

Why should we have them? All of the things listed are CHOICES the driver has made.
It is ABSOLUTELY an attack on our freedoms. implementing thicker steel, not an attack on freedom. Making better crash structures, not an attack. Forcing people that make good choices or have made peace with the risks and consequences of…

Some context is important here:

I just returned from a month of living in Puebla, where the big VW plant is that has been there since 1973 and supplies cars for the whole world except China.

This is what stuff costs there:

Bus fare: about 35 cents US - many many people take the bus.

An average 1 br/1ba apartment: about…

Some (like this author) will look at these numbers and imply that these workers must be poor and that this isn’t a living wage and that GM (and other automakers) are ripping off Mexican workers. I would wager to guess that the prices of everything in Mexico are far lower than here and that a GM or other automotive…

He mentions the Bolt, and that it was recalled, though he elides that it was LG’s fault, of course. And does mention that GM wants to build their own batteries but doesn’t put together the why that may be the case.

“Please just make one (1) affordable EV, GM. I’ll buy it, I promise.”

For 1. - It may not be fun in the same way as a light sports car, but there is something fun about smashing the gas on a big-ass SUV with a ton of power. It’s silly, but it’s fun for your average driver.

There’s a lot to be said for the idea that GM’s core competency is OHV engines and 3/4-speed automatic transmissions, and the farther the company gets from either of those things, the more the product suffers.

That last bit is what does it for me. Not only are they stout motors, they were well suited to the cars that carried them. Never once have I driven a car with a 3800 and thought “hmm this would feel better with a different engine.” Examples of truly good decision-making at GM are few and far between but I think this…

Jesus..that car + kid is likely to equal very bad things.

That’s his thing: to back-handed compliment or just straight up shit on things that people like.

THESE KIDS NEED TO LEARN, NOW GODDAMMIT, NOW!!!!!!!!

I’ve tried all my vehicles in their algorithm, not just the one I’m actively selling, and I have yet to reach the “rough trade in” value for any of them, let alone “clean trade in” or “private party”.

It’s the Aztec of it’s generation