Yeah, I don’t get why that wouldn’t apply in this case. Or why Tesla couldn’t or wouldn’t have cars on their network that there is explicitly no liability for. Plus, what happens if in 20 or 30 years or more,Tesla goes under? Are all these cars effectively bricked if they can’t connect back to them?

Dude, a piece of steel tore into it at 70 mph...that’s not exactly a thing anyone plans for...this is a one in a million event, at least. I guarantee not a single other C7 Corvette will ever have this problem, at the least the chances are so low you might as well worry about a shark attack while sleeping in your bed…

A giant tear in the frame? No it does not. I’ve never seen anything like this in a car and I’ve seen plenty of car undersides. Read the top comment, you’ll understand. As I’m certain you’re not a structural engineer, statistically.

Yes it does. But given what they said about it, we don’t know if they were following too close or not.

You should read better.

I am aware that the F150's frame is steel. The entire point of my sarcastic comment is to show how Chevrolet’s anti-aluminum advertising campaign would come back and bite them in the ass harder than Marv Albert on bath salts.

A Corvette can stop VERY quickly. Can you say the same for the 18 wheeler behind it? I’d say he did the safest thing.

If you have to have the company that made the car you own activate the car so you can drive it, you don’t really own the car.

That’s fine if you enjoy being cut off every 30 seconds.

It is and it isn’t. A safe following distance is based on reaction time and relies on the lead vehicle taking a similar distance to stop. A 2 second following distance is generally considered safe, which at 60 mph would be 176 feet. Almost all cars are capable of stopping within 176 feet, so to that extent, you are…

There was time to react. He would have hit someone else in that reaction...
“The vehicle in front of us had cleared an object that was lying in the middle of my lane. I couldn’t avoid it or stop without causing what would probably be serious accidents for multiple vehicles. I had no choice other than to go over it,…

Pro tip: $ goes before the number.

Why would a repair shop turn down tens of thousands of dollars of profit?

There is a big difference between safe following distance and stopping distance.

I love your username.

Structural engineer here. The fact that this is the largest of the 3 (apparent) braces running across the short axis of the car to stiffen the frame rails tells me it has the most load on it (yes real engineering-ish). I’m having a hard time orienting the pictures with each other but regardless: corners are always the…

Small quibble — the Buckets weren’t American. Charlie bought his Wonka bar because he found 50 pence in the snow (children’s librarian here).

Where does it say this black kid he proposed was supposed to be American?

Alright. Bear in mind I’m an Android user, not an Apple “fan,” but I tend to support whatever platforms I think are superior for XYZ reasons, not marketing fluff.

I’m gonna go with the unpopular opinion that paying 500-1500 for a cellphone isn’t that outrageous. Here’s why: they are, in many cases, replacing PCs and…