We had a loaded 2009 Odyssey that didn’t have it.  I think the 2012 Odyssey was the first to get it.  BMW only started including bluetooth on their base models a few years ago.  I don’t think it was standard on economy cars 10 years ago.   Source:  I have rented cars several time per month for the past 20 years.  Only…

I was speaking directly about the auto manufacturers as sales have dropped like 95%.  The concept you speak of works great for many industries.  

Makes a lot of sense for a general recession, but not for this virus... as there are almost zero sales and the workers health are endangered by being congregated at the plant. 

On the flip side their approach to the Model S is very novel.  Instead of the silly 4-5 year product cycle to convince consumers that they need an upgrade, they continuously upgrade parts. Sometimes month to month.... so that the 2020 looks like the 2012 but is very different under the skin.  Different software,…

Reading in Safari on my iPad with the built in ad blocker.  No adds in portrait mode but they appear on the right in landscape mode.  Weird. 

MK7’s have been pretty solid so far from most reports. I sold mine at 70,000 miles with no issues. Not exactly high mileage I will admit, but the interior surfaces don’t melt at 30,000 miles like they used to and the engines are great.

Technically 4, right?

We aren’t just talking about the engine block. You want to tune your engine and give it a big jump in power, well that adds a lot of wear... and heat. Unless you beef everything else up, including cooling, you can kiss your long service intervals goodbye. No more 10k oil change intervals, 100k spark plug intervals,…

It isn’t the 90’s.   The GTI is plenty reliable... but sure a low hanging fruit joke. 

You realize of course that the actual Nazis followed a far right wing, ultra-nationalist, socially conservative, anti-egalitarian and fascist ideology.

A lot of brands don’t have rebates.  

Tons of jobs can’t be efficiently performed from home.   

Not entirely true. When Walmart’s move into communities they lower the prices of key items at the new store to an unsustainable level for awhile until they put the competition out of business... and then raise them to their usual level after the local places go under.  Mom and Pop never had a chance.  

Yep. I traded an MK7 GTI with DCT for a 328i wagon with the ZF8.  The DCT was slightly more visceral, but in sport mode the ZF shifts pretty damn fast.    It is also much smoother in traffic.  

That was exactly my point. They claim they “add jobs” when they move in and it is not true.  

Not every industry translates to working from home.   I am a part owner of a design firm, where we have a team based work environment built on collaboration   We also share massive network based models not designed to be accessed via a VPN.   We are half speed sat best working from home.   GM is a manufacturer... who…

...but the cases are increasing 30-50% per day... do you understand exponential growth? Hospital capacity is a relatively fixed number.

If the cruise line industry were to shut down, people would still be going on vacation and spending their money.... so the net impact on the U.S. economy might be neutral. This is kind of like saying Walmart adds jobs when they come to a small town.... not really at all since the locals were already buying their…

Those ships would in no way be suitable for hospital patients.   Materials used aren’t easily cleaned, narrow corridors wouldn’t work for stretchers and beds, etc....   

Maybe more boring is ok in this case? Less is more. As an automotive designer I’m a bit surprised that you admit to liking a car with so many arbitrary designs and other fakery. I’m an architect and it goes against everything I was taught in design school.  Purity of design language, balance, form follows function,…