So, here’s the long version.

I asked Ducati what they had in the fleet that they wanted reviewed and they offered me this Diavel, to which I said great.

My wife made plans to go back to Michigan to visit her mother in September and October, taking the car and our two dogs. I made plans to follow along behind a couple…

Agreed. It was yet another half-baked poor take by Shilling.

People seem to forget that he left McLaren when they were on top and joined Mercedes which wasn’t dominant in any way. His input had direct effects to what you see today.  But they though he was crazy at the time.  He just didn’t walk into the success he has, he helped build it. 

He left McLaren when they were on top and Mercedes weren’t anything special, he took on a challenge, was instrumental in their development and now reaping the rewards.

The guy is worth OVER $300,000,000. That’s in addition to his many other money making ventures outside of an F1 cockpit. Do you really think his motivation is to score a bigger paycheck? The guy is in the catbird seat with options up the wazoo; he’s set for life and has NOTHING to prove. He can literally do whatever…

Whatever he wants, or is negotiating for, it’s not money.

The score system for dealer/manufacturer relations is so broken as to be useless. They always tell you [and it is actually true, at least it was at VW when I worked in service during college] that anything but a 10 is a 1 and they will be punished by corporate.

Us regular folks have been saying Hyundai dealers are generally terrible for many years. And the scumbag dealers that make a mint off forcing people into less than optimal loans and overpriced extended warranties do not want their gravy train stopping.

Yes, exactly. Popular doesn’t mean interesting; usually quite the opposite. Lots of people eat at Applebee’s, but wouldn’t go near the hole-in-the-wall Thai/Mexican fusion food cart in the bad part of town. But the regulars will make a special trip just to eat there. Top 40 radio has a big audience, but some of us…

Tesla doesn’t seem to be in any hurry to address the most likely failure in their system: the squishy part between the seat and the wheel.

Nothing gives me more confidence in the abilities of current autopilot systems than GM having the best one.

Exactly. I’ve been an electrician for decades. The whole “you might have to modify the panel” is a bit dramatic, and in 99.9% of cases, simply not true. reality is that most will pull the panel cover, run a cable from the charger to panel, snap a 2 pole breaker in and land 3-4 wires. Not a job for a clueless beginner,…

because men are very, very fragile snowflakes in this country, that is why. I agree w/you.. 

I disagree — this is the Mercedes version of the Hummer H2. It’s a pedestrian, expensive SUV dressed to look like an old military vehicle.

Fuck this obnoxious monstrosity and everybody buying one.

These were honestly bullshit penalties and the Sky commentators hardon for blaming Pit Management issues on Lewis is getting really annoying. He did absolutely the right thing, he asked his team, his team confirmed. That’s on the team, and getting 2 penalities during a race for practice incidents is 100% bullshit. If…

Its not weakness. Hamilton did nothing wrong today. Stewards reversed penalties.

Even though this is in the story Elizabeth wrote:

I think this is a little bit of a logical fallacy. All the things you listed are forms of entertainment, but motorsport is a real-life, in the moment affair, whereas the other two things you mentioned often take place in a fictional universe

Re: Bottas.. A win is a win I guess... I do get tired of his reference to “critics”.. Some of that criticism is probably well deserved... Also have to see how things go now that Hamilton has more points on his license... I’d be pissed too, especially now it seems the team said it was okay. No one mentioned that in the…