There’s a lot more complexity to gaining adoption than just replicating feature sets.

Not true. Full Self Driving unlocks capabilities beyond standard Autopilot.

Lots of gleeful cynicism on Jalopnik around Tesla and it’s promises 🤦‍♂️

Same thing could of been said for EVs ~10 years ago.

Obligatory: do not buy Samsung appliances unless you like them to break on you.

Obligatory: do not buy Samsung appliances unless you like them to break on you.

I went to the Koenigsegg factory like ~10 years ago and didn’t even get to see a car let alone enter :(

I wonder if they a bit more friendly to visitors now, or will they still turn away anyone who just wants to see one of their cars in person.

Houston gets a lot of flack, but it’s a great city IMO.

I live in Houston. All the fast food places do this, including Whataburger.

Curious. Did you actually step out of frame and take a photo, or just have a video rolling and cut out the frames from the video?

I’d personally probably shoot a video to avoid having to hit the shutter for each and every frame - but maybe it’s less work post-processing than cutting frames out of the video.

100% reliability of any part in a car is an unreasonable ask. Eventually, somethin’ gon’ break.

Even my trusty 96' Miata had it’s dashboard / speedo stop working...which is basically the Miata’s equivalent of the Tesla’s screen in terms of info...

Sure, if you have the cash to fully buy the car, but want to use that cash to generate a higher rate of return than the loan. THAT makes sense.

Answer: STOP FINANCING CARS.

My girlfriend had a 2009 Tiguan that had constant issues.

Perhaps a smaller grill?

God forbid anyone have any fun these days without harsh criticism.

Shop fees for redecking the engine, boring the holes etc. Unless you have all the proper equipment to do that correctly (and that equipment is pretty expensive).

I also was not suggesting a car payment. I’ve never had a car payment myself and just don’t agree with paying $300-$500 / month for something that can be had…

“no production car today or in the future will be capable of full autonomous driving”

That’s a pretty bold claim. How long into the future are you talking about?

I think the best financial decision would be to sell them all and combine the funds to purchase a reliable daily driver. You could probably get around $3-4k by selling all the cars and put that towards a used Toyota or Honda. I would lean towards a used Tundra or Tacoma as they have great reliability + practicality.

$3,000 will get you a great running condition NA Miata with stick shift, RWD, and go-cart agility and fun. CP.

@mass-hole - would that happen to be the popular YouTuber, TheStradman?