And here it is, the accusation of racism because your arguments are completely without merit. And the reading comprehension is even more ironic when the readily available literature from countless mainstream sources directly contradicts the fantasy world in which you appear to live.

First Gear: As well as a general downturn in luxury sales, Bentley’s model range is starting to feel pretty old. The current Continental is from 2018 I think, and, facelift aside, the Bentayga is from 2015.

To your completely false claim that “Their coal reliance is effectively over.” I love how you don’t even acknowledge that you made this claim when in your second comment you say “Coal, while still being built out...,” ignoring that China overwhelmingly dominates the global share of new coal generation. And critically…

But now with the new Model 3, does that mean there is no stalk option at all?

Do you have a source for this or are you just making it up? And of course that’s the case that they are the West’s emissions. That’s exactly my point - it’s a farce to simply move emissions around the globe, at the expense of domestic manufacturing, and to benefit an authoritarian regime.

Wow, you really need to be less sensitive / insecure. I did not say that you said the 911 doesn’t drive well without SPASM. But to be fair you did say it was “crazy” not to get it. You like it and want to rationalize it, to the point of getting angry at people who don’t get it. Does not sound like happiness to me. For…

Some of this is just more Porsche marketing shenanigans. PASM already includes the first of your bullets (variable active damping with normal and sport modes). So yes, you do get stiffer anti roll bars with SPASM as well as the lowered suspension, but that is not a necessary or particularly desirable quality, even if…

It’s not unreasonable to point to China in particular, since there is such heavy and growing reliance on coal power in that market. Pretty much all the largest improvements in emissions globally have come from retiring coal (even when natural gas is the replacement), yet China is building new coal generation capacity…

Agree to a point. I have the Burmester sound system on our Taycan. It’s probably just “OK” compared to some super high end bespoke system, but it’s far better than the mediocre Bose system, and very well suited to the quiet cabin of the Taycan. However, it does suck that the Bose is so crappy, since the premium for…

All 992s have PASM as standard, and only the base Carrera doesn’t have PTV. The Sport PASM option simply lowers the suspension by 10mm. The way it’s presented on the configurator implies that it gives you the PASM option plus the lowered suspension, but that’s not the case. Depending on the roads you’re driving on and…

Even poorly executed systems are better than having to manually change wiper speed.

The first time I ever heard about CVTs was my dad talking about the heinous reliability of the rubber belt system in Daf’s variomatic transmission, which I think is the OG CVT.

Most Cybertruck buyers, and most people in general don’t understand that you need to qualify bulletproof. So when Elon walks on stage and says it’s bulletproof, they just think it can stop any bullet.

It’s totally one of those things that sounds much better in theory than it could ever be in the real world. If you really want a vehicle that doubles as a comfortable place to sleep, get a camper van or a van conversion. If you’re happy to sleep in a tent, then just buy a really good tent from a company that…

Really?

Except it doesn’t really stack up when it comes to the colours that attract a premium on classic / exotic cars. If you follow auction results on BaT, you’ll see that with Porsches PTS blues and greens, and other interesting shades, attract a significant premium (well beyond the original cost of the PTS paint).…

Yea, and the Ioniq 5, which is like an EV resto-mod of a Lancia Delta, makes the list. The Austin Metro is definitely the most ridiculous one on the list.

I did some definitely-not-legal-or-accounting-advice-Googling, and it looks like you would be able to dispute the merchant charge (however, not sure if that is time limited), and worst case scenario monies owed to customers are considered priority claims in a bankruptcy, so you’d be a step above unsecured creditors.

In which Rivian launches the vehicle Tesla ought to have made instead of the CyberTruck debacle.

If the funds go on your credit card, it’s probably covered by the credit card insurance in the event that they go bk.