“So a PHEV shleps around an extra vehicles worth of componentry for what-if trips.

Guess you didn’t read the comment you’re so smugly replying to. Quentin says they make those “what-if trips” regularly. Not so “what-if” then, huh.

“We did stupid dangerous shit in the past and managed to survive and therefore we should never ban stupid dangerous shit” isn’t really a coherent argument.

Those legacy automakers at least know how to bolt a car together in such a way that it’ll still exist in ten years.

There’s a general tendency to embrace the existence of hierarchy, because, absent that, the only explanation of your own circumstances is that it’s the result of man-made societal constructs and mostly due to pure chance. Recognizing that is too depressing, so people tend to embrace the fiction that there just are…

It’s an interesting thing that’s happened over the last 30-40-50 years maybe. pendulum has certainly moved from workers’ rights/working condition to heavy support for the c-suite (not even counting the “rockstar” CEOs).

We’ve really vilified the poor. You’re poor because you’re dumb or don’t work hard. And speaking up…

Why on Earth would you put your daughter’s name on the damn thing?!

Folks spending $50k don’t need a $7500 present. Electric F150 is available under $50k.  Three $25k Bolts are going save more than one $75k pickup.

They would probably leave the safety blanket hanging over the bumper like a chin diaper anyway

Safety blankets are for pussys bro. My flat bill and Oakleys will protect me from metal shards good enough.

It seems like if your whole deal is pushing engines to the point of catastrophic failure, you should, you know, prepare for that catastrophic failure. 

Now ... if only this would happen to every other coal-rolling assclown out there.

For what it’s worth, I upsized this past weekend from OEM 265/65/17 to 265/70/17 on TRD wheels and added the OEM 6500 lb tow hitch. The new spare in same bigger size fits fine, and while it’s only 31.6”, it looks beefy.

Watching this past year’s overlanding hype had me pick up this 1 owner 06 with 230k always dealer serviced miles on it 2 weeks ago. Already got some TRD wheels and meatier rubber and full fluid change/radiator just in case. Ditched the boards and can’t wait to hit the trails this weekend! If anyone is around NOVA let…

The one you want actually want is going to be $55-60K. The $40K one is going to be for the power company guys to drive around looking at poles, in plain white, black vinyl bench seat with no air conditioning. Probably not THAT stripped, but probably not far from it.

Exactly. One OTA update and BOOM! Battery weight decreased.

Wreck havoc on us in small cars more like. 

I thought it was a new gimmick: run two editions concurrently, but in opposite directions.

True enough but Apple does aim for the premium market. I could see Porsche people being iPhone people. 

“... it couldn’t make enough oxyhydrogen gas to break even...”