It is “design for assembly” not “design for serviceability”.....

If you look at cars sold exclusively in the US or designed for the US market first (ie trucks) those are the ones that typically have red turn signals in the rear. Then look at vehicles sold globally or designed for Europe first and they are the ones that come to the US with amber signals.

To Valhalla!

I hate subsidies. But I don’t understand the thought here. Being a college grad with an Engineering degree and lots of student loans currently struggling to pay them off, I fail to see how it’s too cheap. Not trying to be an internet warrior, just trying to understand your point of view.

While I understand where you’re coming from I disagree. What about those that need trucks to haul and tow things - Landscapers that need it for personal business, fathers that need a truck to tow a camper to take the family on vacation in the summer, or the Jalop that needs a truck to tow their racecar on a Saturday?

The Focus ST has done this with it’s rear brakes since 2013, on a $24k vehicle...

Not going to read through 443 comments but a lot of this is at Tesla’s headquarters and the local roads surrounding the complex...

...Florida...

Where did you manage to get a manual as a rental? That’s like a unicorn taking a rainbow shit while riding a magic carpet.

Michigan: Take notes.

Well this looks like it came from the early 1970's, a little later than the cars referenced in the article, but I’m gonna take a guess it’s something along these lines. Low Speed Damageability requirements. Basically, a car get’s hit by a “pendulum” of a funky profile at ~2.5mph simulating hitting a pole or another…