I think we should add airbags and ESP and a rollcage and a roof and reduce horse power by 50% and make the top speed shy under 100 mph and then we’d be safe, right?

Problem solved!

After this latest revelation to the sky and the Bolts On Fire, can we please give all the manufacturers (that is Ford, GM and yes Tesla) some slack and hope, pray, (not prey) that they will create some safe automobiles for us to use?

That M156 in which car was that ? For some reason MB decided to make the M156 have different horsepower is basically every other car (C63, ML63, CLK63, etc) for some reason. Some say it’s just the headers and the air intake?

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I don’t mind that Lucid has more range than a Tesla but I hope they would refrain from saying ‘we have more range because we did NOT add a larger battery (than Tesla)‘ while they actually have a larger battery (114 kW vs 100 kW) which alone would boost the Tesla S Long Range by another 14% as well which would be 458…

While I’m more inclined to the Tesla approach of EVs, I did wanted the Bolt to become successful. The more EVs on the road the merrier. The better for the climate (as in, for our lungs etc). But this is really a shitty thing to happen to GM. I genuinely feel sorry for them.

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Because Volvos were and are seen as old people cars.

Old people buying old reliable Volvos are dieing. They need a new audience. An electric audience.

Polestar feels much more like Apple (minimalistic design), more Tesla-y and rides on the back of those successful brands.

An electric Volvo sport-scar (the Polestar 1) ?…

They basically want this. Your reply. And then my reply. And then other people reading our replies. And us coming back to read our replies. Hits.

The problem for them that is they’re not getting my money ; my ad blocker is working well. Not that I don’t want to see ads, it’s just that the ads and the way to deliver…

I think the “value” of this thing is closer to $7,500 than $75,000.

How about 80% in 8 minutes?

I was in a hurry and I see half of my added photos are not in the article. One is of borked valve tappets and another of the VVT ring.

The core of the potential problem is the engine, as ppl said. The M156 is a great engine but with flaws.

Normally every owner will have addressed those flaws after they emerged around 2010.

1. the head bolts could break due to corrosion. Replacing them can be done without removing the heads (remove one by one) and that…

Just make the game 2.5 hours to finish. Problem solved.

Had to come to the traffic police station because I had a speeding ticket.

After having waited about 1 hour in the queue of people going there to pay for traffic violation tickets they showed me a photo of my license plate and the numbers on the camera.

I did 1 km over the limit. 121 where 120 is allowed.

They warned me…

Don’t touch my VolksSausage!

Cheap Asian cars are cheap to own.

Older German luxury cars are not.

The price reflects that fact that you need to HAVE money to keep them running.

If you DO NOT HAVE money then you can buy cheap Asian cars without soul and on your deathbed think ; did I just miss out on driving a great German luxury sedan because I…

I’d get nervous planning a trip to Greenland, even pre-COVID.

I still don’t see why it is NECESSARY to use up the few seats on the few planes that are still flying.

Not cool.

Excellent movie. Watched it 2 weeks ago. Good story. Remarkable history.

Guys guys guys, relax, hold, no worries!

2 of these motors AND a small generator AND a small battery pack that isn’t heavy and you got what everyone wants ;

1. power
2. electric
3. range (generator)
4. not as heavy as a BEV with a full battery pack

The generator would just generate enough juice to make you drive at a…