My dad has been a truck guy since I was a baby- worked in construction, does a lot of camping and woodworking- He’s literally the poster child (well, senior citizen) for trucks. But he got rid of his last f-150 about 10 years ago because “the damned thing was too tall to load”- he replaced it with a transit van. Which…

Damnit, I was really hoping Elon Musk would go down after them in a home made ironman suit.

Honestly, almost everything from this era of car design just looks like it was designed by pontiac. Overly round, plastic, that interior, the wheels, the paint textures... This may be the best looking variant of the XJ220 but that’s not saying a whole lot.

Y’know, Dan Savage was able to get Rick Santorum’s name re-defined as an unpleasant after effect of anal sex. Would it be so hard to do the same to Mr. Musk?

One would think that as a super genius engineer, Mr. Musk would appreciate the granularity of cis for identity- engineers usually love to label, sub-label and sub-sub-label things until you hit subatomic particles.

This is the worst photoshop job ever but I think it shows some of the possibilities this thing has...

Also there are 3 full on “haul out” stops where the boats are literally pulled out of the water and given substantial maintenance. Since they’re all custom made, I’m guessing this takes a while.

Might be the route- the usual circumnavigation route is to make the journey as short as possible- sail down the atlantic to the cape of good hope, take the shortest possible route around the world in the roaring 40s, survive until you hit patagonia and head back north.

Can we talk about how that extra window above the windshield needs to be added to every production car in the world because that window appears to be exactly where the roof of any car obstructs your view of stop lights?

This may just be a tall person problem but still, I want that window.

Motorists complaining about bikes having more rights than them makes about as much sense as Christian conservatives saying that Transgender people have more rights than they do.

1: We already give cars TREMENDOUS amounts of leeway AND special roads that only they can use. So asking drivers to let cyclists have a wee…

Multiple studies across multiple countries have concluded that it’s usually the driver’s fault (between 60 and 85% drivers fault depending on the country). Generally speaking, when a car hits a cyclist, it’s that car’s fault.

Religious leaders would be either A: confronted with evidence that their universal god has no presence off our 1 little planet OR B, we’d be confronted with evidence that there is 1 universal god and ours ain’t it OR C, we’d be confronted with the idea that yep, in fact there is one universal god, it’s the one one…

Let’s not forget how good first contact with a more technologically advanced civilization has always gone here on earth before we roll out the welcome mat...

Honestly, I’m very ok with this staying covered up and hidden away. The kind of absolute cutural shitstorm, the kind of insane paranoia this could would 100% spark is like nothing we’ve ever seen. The theological implications alone could would end up destroying society as we know it, and I like society. It’s where I…

I wonder how long it is before someone notices that Elon Musk owns noted government contractor SpaceX and starts digging into whether or not they should even BE a government contractor.

Nah. If I get an even more complicated drivetrain, it will not be coming from Chrysler/fiat.

Honestly, I’d be willing to bet that 28k is high :)

No hate for off roading as a hobby. But let’s be honest- 99% of the jeeps on the road, 99% of the land cruisers with RTTs and an axe strapped to the rack are not owned by off roaders. They’re owned by folks who buy these big-ass, shitty gas mileage getting lifestyle vehicles, mod them with lift kits and tubular…

I am a single car household and an outdoor enthusiast, so I need one vehicle that can do everything all the time. I have a 450 mile drive I have to do a couple times a month that takes me through some of the less stable parts of the electric car infrastructure and I tend to go mountain biking in places where even gas…

Or, and I know this sounds crazy, ask the nice woman what car she actually wants/needs and then get her that.