I like to think of myself as performing a public service.

It’s going to be weird seeing the new Corvette’s what rolling around the street?

LOLOLOL. Tesla isn’t some struggling boutique automaker, hand-building prototypes with hand tools in the back of an English shed. They already have stamping machinery and paint shops. Those things aren’t some massive obstacle, and if they are, your company is already doomed.

Tooling is expensive, but it’s not much per vehicle when amortized over a production run. This body is cheaper to make one, but wildly more expensive to make, say 100,000. Every unibody vehicle in production today has stressed panels, and they don’t use 3mm thick stainless. 3mm of stainless is wildly more expensive…

Tesla already owns production lines with all the systems you're claiming they're avoiding. Your argument fails both the smell test and any application of Occam's Razor. 

Nice way to breakdown an argument, while offering nothing in return.

Blogging: A career where you can collect revenue by voicing the moral high-ground stance, while also collecting revenue through advertising the very thing you are against.

There is no better way to get a book read than to ban it.*

I have a car that I don’t ever use but still hesitate to sell it because I like it. It’s in reasonable, but definitely not collectable shape, and if I had a barn that’s where it would end up.

Counterpoint. So pretty.

Actually, not only is it a question others have asked, it’s one that Advance Adapters has answered since the late 1970s. There are lots of these hybrids reliably and effortlessly cruising the trails from Montana to Australia.

wanted a distraction so I priced all the components on rock auto.

Nah. “It’s called I’m done with this car and want to move on. I’m not spending the money to have someone put it in and I’m to tired to put it in myself. So here’s the part if you want to have it installed. Car is priced to move.”

Actually (yes, i just actually’ed, LOL) R12 is available to anyone who is willing to venture into the shady world of Craigslist. About $40-50 a can. Find a mobile A/C repair guy to come to your driveway, or buy a gauge set and do it yourself.

You mean R-134a, which actually is kind of cheap. They’ve got cans on the shelves at the auto parts stores, Walmart, everywhere. It might even be at the grocery store. Conversion kits are easy to get and it’s an easy job to do. Gotta change some O-rings and the compressor oil but it’s not a big deal.

Fine. Go find another C3 in daily driver condition for $4k. I’ll wait.

I mean to be fair, I bought and rebuilt the engine on a 2001 BMW 540i with zero tools and zero knowledge. I had never even changed the oil on a car prior to attempting the rebuild, so I had to go out and buy a bunch of tools to start. It actually turned out really well because I took my time and followed the factory…

But now how will you know the MUST SEE TEN THINGS YOUR BMW TECH WONT TELL YOU! You won’t believe number seven!

I’m like “if your car has ~400k miles and you’re telling me you haven’t turned wrenches on it, you’re full of shit.”

Dude, He’s talking about yesterday’s NPOCP.