5th gear: Maybe automakers shouldn’t be building all of their new plants in “Shithole Counties”? Nothing like building a new manufacturing facility in some shitty deep-red state just so you can abuse the workers, and then being shocked that no workers are actually showing up?

Automakers are paying less than fast food and Amazon warehouse? That’s crazy.

As an EV owner, this is great.

Sometimes I like to go to the batting cage and stand in front of the 65mph pitching machine to see if I can get it to hit me in the face, but sometimes I forget about the danger involved with doing that

This is even worse than lack of attention, he’s paying lots of attention to the FSD behaviour and has all the time in the world to takeover and correct it, but deliberately chooses to let FSD take him the wrong way on a one-way street with oncoming traffic. For clicks.

wow, it really is starting to drive like a real human. Too bad it’s the shittiest human driver they are modeling. 

Just FYI - if you signed up or not, everyone in the city is a full self driving beta tester. If we slam into cars carrying your wives and children, you know, science. Follow me on twitter.

I’m not a Ford fanboy, but purchase Fords because of a close, long-term family friend that owns several dealerships. My complaint. I currently own 3 Fords, but have owned many Fords since 1992. NOT ONE has the same cruise control button configuration as any other. How about some standardization. The best was in a ‘01…

I own a 2009 Mazda 5 Grand Touring and what frustrates me is the LACK of features on what is supposed to be the high-end model.

How terrifying it can be to get the Charger to stop.

The design of the light stalk means that when it’s in auto it looks slightly misaligned. 

Ford C-Max:

Late model Dodge Durangoes have a razor sharp parrot beak shaped edge on each tail light that is exposed when the hatch is open. This leads to terrible arm gouges when loading/unloading stuff from the rear hatch if you aren’t super careful to avoid. The Durango forums are full of injuries caused by this. I put a…

No mention of their first batch of turbo hybrid V6s for McLaren?

The Honda and Acura versions were WAY ahead of their time. Look at the the atrocious BMW X6, the “coupe” versions of the MB and Porsche SUVs. These models sell for more than their more upright SUV cousins. Lastly, the small Acura RDX at that time bucked the trend of throwing a V6 into every compact SUV by going with a…

Fun Fact: The ZDX is based on the Pilot platform, not the Accord.

Pretty much. My understanding is that Crown Rally has more “influencers” as opposed to actual celebrities, and it is more open for regular people to sign up.

Oil companies get tax credits and deductions for nearly everything you can imagine. Need a few hundred thousand gallons of tertiary injectant to enhance oil recovery on a marginal well? That’s deductible. Why? Because when the price of oil is sufficiently high, the investment is worth it, but only if the extra costs…

What people don’t realize when they say “Big Oil” is that it’s Saudi Armaco. It’s worth 8 times as much as second place (Exxonmobile). It’s almost worth the other 19 “big oil” companies combined.