I loved Garrus so much that I name my cat after him.

It’s different if the reason that part of the audio system doesn’t work is because the manufacturer teleported it out of the car remotely, though.

Tesla owner here. FUCKING SERIOUSLY.

I don’t see why keeping a log would hurt, even if you’re doing it only for yourself.

I always keep a folder with all the paperwork for all my cars that doesn’t need to live in the glove box.  I had the Monroney sticker for my last car in there when I sold it to Carvana - I wonder if they gave any of it to the next…

Yeah, but no one is riding a Gold Wing for the handling.  As I said, I could see the tendency to go straight maybe being an advantage in that specific case.

So, are the people that do this just DGAF types?  Where do they even find tires of the right size?

I could maybe see there being some advantage to this on certain types of bikes.

Does this really surprise anyone? If anything, I would have expected it to be maybe the 2021 or 2022 model year.

But but but... It looks dorky! How are the other parents in the drop off line at Sandy Mountain Ridge Crest Lodgewood Elementary going to know I live an active and dynamic lifestyle if I show up driving that thing!?

Perhaps more importantly, the person that made it is human sized, and apparently made it as a very intricate model.  That arguably makes it a toy, regardless of its size.

The optimal size of the wheels depends on the size and shape of the car. There is no single optimal size for all cars.

Actual Tesla customer here. The legacy dealership model sucks, but Tesla is worse. Their communication with their customers is basically nonexistent. If you wanted to call and ask about service or parts, you’re SOL. You have to send them an email and hope they deign to respond (they usually don’t). When you show up to…

Fucking. Seriously.

Back when I had my Mustang, I was surprised to find that the regular oil change/tire rotation would only cost me $50 to have the dealer do it. That’s less than it would cost me to buy the oil/filter and do it myself, so I just opted to have the dealer do it. They had a shuttle service that would drop me off at work,…

I don’t think these Chinese designers understand how tires work...

I would too, but for the purposes of EV driving, Austin’s climate isn’t really that much different from Houston’s.

IMHO, the answer here is two vehicles. One is something like, but not necessarily literally, a Ford Escape. The other is a used 350Z/Mustang/Camaro/Miata/whatever that’s fun to drive and easy to find with a manual.

This may mean buying the [Escape] and saving up for a while to buy the fun car, but it makes the problem…

The Turo idea is probably a good one. I think you’d probably be fine with any of the Tesla models currently available, except maybe the hidden menu “Standard Range” Model 3. I’m in Austin, so a similar climate to yours, and my Standard Range Plus could manage that, I think. Especially if you have charging options near…

Do you not use the air conditioning?  My model 3 seems to burn about 5 miles of “range” for every hour that the AC is running, regardless of whether it’s moving or not.

Tesla owner here. It would depend heavily on what the traffic conditions are like and how fast you go, but my guess is that you’d use between 60 and 80 “miles of range” each way, assuming the reason it takes you two hours is that a lot of it is just waiting on traffic.