This is a car only in the way a taxi is a car, or perhaps a subway car is a car.

Trouble for especially Ford is that if they do try to hold onto still-viable but not brand-new tech or platforms, they get shit on mercilessly. Toyota and Subaru do the same thing and get praised for it. Seriously, ask about the current Taurus, which is a fine car-reliable, roomy, powerful, comfortable-and people…

It costs more for Ford and Chevy to make each vehicle than the other companies, even though they are using cheaper components, mainly because the employee costs are 44% higher.

And the freeways in question are the case in point. Before the increased limit, people used to run 90-100 pretty comfortably, as there wasn’t a ton of enforcement and those freeways are very comfortable at speed. Now, it’s like the MSP took it personally that the state raised the limits, and they patrol the thing very…

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What kind of pizza are you ordering that attempting to cut it with a plastic knife wouldn’t absolutely destroy it, in addition to having to put your hands all over the entire slice?

And once they’re regulated into just another taxi company then they have to offer the same kickbacks and bribes that taxi companies offer to stay in local government’s graces.

I own a Yugo, and when you get in the thing the overwhelming first impression is how well you can see out of it. That and its 1800lb weight are palpable.   I understand why pillars are so thick these days but the average person has no idea how much of their field of view is blocked.  We’re hitting things now because…

Further, do you think the powers that be will allow your AV to connect to the network and operate upon the public roads if you owe child support, back taxes, unpaid judgements, parking tickets, library fines...the list goes on and on.  AV is the government control class’ wet dream.

Fuck everyone involved in this story. Fucking morons. 

Its original styling is fine. All you need to change are the wheels to better represent its design origins.

Well that, plus our government is bought and paid for, so deep pockets, which robots take, = hands off government.

Counter-point: The company that brought us the Prius (and the textbook definitions of “reliable cars”) is now under attack for not following Musk and the Lemmings off the cliff? News Flash: Toyota is based in a country with ZERO petroleum reserves. Nobody has a greater incentive to cut carbon and reduce oil usage than…

Yeah, good luck with that theory. People in the U.S would still stand their ground in that scenario even if that means holding up traffic for miles back and increasing the risk for all drivers. As long as they are ahead of the car behind them, they don’t give a shit about what’s coming up fast. There’s a certain…

“Good Tires”, Bob mused, casually lighting a cigarette, “But certainly not great tires.”

The first snow is usually a nothing-burger flurry. If anything accumulates, it’s well under an inch and gone within a day. Maybe two. To have 3-6" of heavy wet snow, followed by an immediate deep freeze (wind chill is supposed to get down to -5 tonight), is very unusual this time of year. Conditions out there today are…

I’m in Chicago. This is early. I usually put my snow tires on Thanksgiving weekend. I sure wished I had them on this morning. Luckily the “summer” tires on my truck are all seasons, so it wasn’t too bad, but it was really ugly out there this morning.

‘Ok Millenerial’

I agree with you completely: Mandatory helmet laws for everyone. Hell, if you go outside your house, no matter what, put that helmet on.

The manager of the location he buys from is probably pissed she’s losing those sales.