My problem with Biden is less his age (and that is a real problem) than the fact that he still thinks that politics works like it did when he was in his 50s. It’s an easy trap to fall into- you get older and the years compress and it’s hard to fathom that the turn of the century was a quarter century ago.

So first, cars last a lot longer than they used to nowadays so the pressure to buy is lower.

On the one hand, I’m kinda happy that Tesla’s performance enhancements are just kinda window dressing and in no way shape or form listen to the wants of performance enthusiasts. Because not every car needs to have a track day ready model. And the number of people who actually want that are pretty slim.

To be fair, ask most people in Indiana (who don’t live in Indianapolis) and they’ll tell you Indiana is a Southern state.

For me it’s between Northern Indiana. For a beautiful area that’s so close to lake Michigan, an area that gets a TON of tourist traffic, it’s where I’ve discovered the most disgusting bathrooms, the least welcoming restaurants and the least quality places to stop, period. To be fair, this pretty much applies to all of…

One of the reasons I’ve been sad that Mercedes cars have sucked so bad lately is that when their cars were basically equal, Hamilton was the one driver who could completely frustrate Verstappen’s tactics. Though to be far at one point the only reason he survived Verstappen’s over aggressive style was the Halo device.

I’d still say for the average buyer it was a simple value proposition, same as with minivans today: if you cost the same or more than an SUV, folks will just buy the SUV because the SUV does all the same stuff and looks cooler. Whether you agree with the fact that it looks cooler is unimportant as the rest of the…

Counterpoint: These are the vehicles that ruined station wagons in the US.
They added power, complexity, fragility and worst of all, cost to what was a good vehicle for hauling the kids to hockey practice.

What’s that, a million bucks so anyone who isn’t completely in the loop on super obscure european cars can look and say “nice mustang.”

Why do they look like slightly nicer 1995 Chrysler concordes and why are we OK with that?

80k is a pretty reasonable request for the damage done to their house. I know this sounds crazy, but some people just want to get things made right. Honestly, I’m surprised their insurance company isn’t the one suing NASA.

The Honda Element has always been an amazing example of what happens when you emphasize the U in SUV. Definitely moreso than it’s platform-mate, the CR-V

Tesla is having a classic problem for an early market leader- They never had to compete with other EVs, so they didn’t have to advertise, they didn’t have to do constant refreshes on their look because they were the market. Their selling point was, “You want an EV that’s good? That’s us.”

The last of the GM melty plastic-mobiles. The last of the cheddar melt pontiacs, raclette oldsmobiles, the luminas, all the plastic bodied cars will be lost in time, like tears in rain... Time to die.

Unpopular opinion, but shitty bike infrastructure is just an excuse for being ok with hitting cyclists. “Oh, but we painted a couple lines on the road so it’s your fault if you get hit if you’re riding where those lines don’t exist.”

That the opinions of enthusiasts do not matter even a little.

That’s a whole lot of money just so you can get trolled by people saying “nice wrap.”

I’ve been watching the number of solar farms around my city grow steadily over the years. The Rural Folk got themselves all riled up by our former governor, but he’s gone now and I get the feeling a lot of these folks are realizing that it’s a lot easier and more profitable to lease a small chunk of land to a…

Yes yes, men are totally persecuted and it’s awful how little we cater to their needs.

I’m saying that many times, the jobs where men excel over women are often jobs for which women have been excluded. And when it turns out that women excel at these jobs, men get butt hurt and bring up the familiar, what about…

You could have a study that says definitively, “Men turn into werewolves after spending more than 27 hours in space, while women are completely immune to this effect” and the engineers in the space program would immediately try and figure out how to make sure space missions only take 26 hours rather than just crew…