If they give me the car for “free” and I pay a couple hundred a month with the option to buy the car for a price, lets call it a “residual”, after a set time or they take it back in a couple years and I agree to only drive it a set amount of miles a year...then sure, that “subscription” model is acceptable.  If they…

And, if you can, tip generously.

Yeah, but it will still probably have a longer life than a baked-in infotainment system a car maker would rather you buy a new car to replace than update for existing customers. Even longer once wifeless CarPlay becomes more of the standard, that way you don’t have to worry about ports or adapters. Apple’s been decent…

Soooo, are they going to continuously update the system for free for years to come, even after the next generation of this interface comes out on newer cars? I’ve got a 2017 Ford Focus RS with CarPlay, in 5 years Ford will be on Sync 4 or 5 that won’t work on it but CarPlay will have the newest interface, look, etc.  …

Correct. A car that looks basically the same as it did a decade ago is not a “halo car” anymore, it’s just the most expensive version of a car you’ve been selling for a long time. I would be both shocked and unsurprised if they don’t have a true flagship EV in the late stages of development. The new S-Class just came…

Also, I feel Jeff is more “invested” in Giantbomb than the rest, it’s his baby and he didn’t want to leave it in a stranger’s hands to go and do the same thing somewhere else and watch the wiki die.

Which is all they’ve basically done the past year, understandably.

I’m feeling some cognitive dissonance with how everyone that stayed at Giantbomb and everyone that left acting like everything was great with the new ownership, so great that the staff split in half and just created what appears to be the same company in everything but name and ownership.

If you leave a company, then start a new company that does exactly what you did before, it’s hard to not just assume it was because of the company.

I always wonder where Tesla would be or how they would be perceived if they under-promised and over-delivered instead of the inverse.

Is something you can’t buy actually “on sale”?

It comes back to my “if someone is doing something legal that other people enjoy but you don’t...who gives a shit” philosophy. The world is full of people that enjoy stuff you and I don’t and we like things other people don’t...and all of that is fine. If you see someone enjoying something you don’t or don’t…

If they’re towing an Airstream, like in the press photo, they’re probably not worried about costs :D

Well, that would work for occasional use.  If you’re someone that tows a lot then there will be more serious EV tow rigs by then.

It might be more feasible for rentals. Management at U-haul are committing malpractice if they haven’t at least gamed out the possibility of battery laden rental trailers once the majority of cars on the road are electric. Maybe even a trailer that’s JUST a battery pack for long road trips to cut down on charge stops,…

...what if trailers started coming with battery packs to offset the range hit? I know it would add weight but adding battery capacity in the thing that makes you need more capacity rather than just making the truck’s battery bigger seems like a reasonable solution.

Between this and the e-class facelift Mercedes is making sure I don’t sell my 2018 E63 wagon for the foreseeable future.  The first button I would push on my old RR SVR was the “lights out” button in the infotainment that turned off all ambient light in the car and dimmed all the screens for better night vision.  No…

NOW YOU TELL ME!  I bought a house built in the 70s a couple years ago, ended up running cat6 through the whole thing myself.  It was a...let’s say, “satisfying” project, not exactly a “fun” one.  Nice to see there’s an alternative, but I ended up pulling some higher quality coax through the whole thing as well so...

Renegade Femshep is cannon...but don’t kill Wrex.

Seems like a good way to turn a trailer into an unguided missile headed for oncoming and parallel traffic.