I certainly don’t disagree with you that the asshat in the truck needs to be slapped with a felony and locked up for a while. His actions were way, way over the top, threatening, and seriously dangerous. Not only does he give all gun owners a bad name, he is quite obviously unfit for polite society.

Behind a tractor trailer is the second to last place you want to be (directly in front of one is the last place). Trailers have an ICC bar or underride bar that is made of heavy duty steel and has zero give to it. Hitting one is like hitting a brick wall. If you’re unable to get out from behind the trailer and someone…

The guy who made the video actually does carry a concealed weapon, but generally not when riding his motorcycle (he said as much in the Reddit thread where this vid was featured). Bike gear often makes it hard to carry on the body, and a supermoto doesn’t have much in the way of accessible storage.

You don’t sound like much of a firearms proponent to me. Many states allow you to carry in your vehicle without “special training”. In some states, a handgun in the car is considered openly carrying, as long as it is within plain view. A few states even allow concealed carry on your person without a permit or “special…

I wouldn’t be so sure that high gas prices will return. We’ve got a glut of oil and, despite people buying trucks and SUVs, the average vehicle’s economy continues to go up. People are buying electric cars in record numbers, and with the Bolt, new Volt, i3, Leaf, and upcoming Model 3, there will be a pretty good…

I hate politicians as much as the next guy, but this is not a GOP issue, it’s human nature. We give people power and then, somehow, expect them not to abuse it. It doesn’t matter which side of the aisle someone is from, if there’s an easy way to pad their pocket, that’s what they’ll do.

I have heard about those mythical beasts, but never seen one in person. My Outback XT was one of only two in the entire state with a manual transmission, when I purchased it in ‘06.

I agree. I really like the Crosstrek a lot, but the underpowered engine and CVT basically kill it, for me. I used to have an ‘06 Outback XT which was nearly perfect. Plenty of power, decent space, good ground clearance, and it had the 5-speed manual. The newer Outbacks have just gotten too large and truck-like. The…

That’s a pretty big minus, considering the Crosstrek/Impreza barely have enough power to get out of their own way.

Tesla has made most of their patents open and available for competitors. But those Supercharger stations cost somewhere in the neighborhood of $500K each, plus the costs of the electricity going into the cars, maintenance, etc. This super expensive infrastructure is paid for, in part, by people shelling out $100K for…

Nope.

The minfig scale cars take a little imagination, since they are fairly limited in resolution for curves and shapes. But the larger vehicles like the Mini Cooper, VW van, and Ferrari F40 are awesome. They look good, are pretty scale accurate, and even feature engines, tailpipes, full interiors, etc. The bigger sets…

I consider myself an enthusiast. I’ve always owned at least one RWD V8 and prefer manual transmissions (and brown wagons). But, honestly, the daily drudgery of driving in a city and dealing with cars makes me really want a Bolt (or i3, or Model 3, or whatever). No more stopping for gas on my way home from work. No…

How do you figure? The car itself is priced right around the median new car price. There is very little to go wrong with this vehicle, and virtually nothing to service. Wear items like brakes will last longer than an ICE vehicle (due to regenerative braking), and even with $2/gallon gas, electricity is still far, far…

I agree with you, that EVs will need to be able to easily charge, even for people who don’t own garages. But that’s not the point you originally made, which was about range for long trips. The latter issue is really not an issue for 98% of trips made by car anyway, and the former issue is one that can be solved with…

How many trips over, say, 400 miles each way (that’s almost 7 hours of driving, even if you manage 60 mph) does the average person take per year? Unless you’re a college student going to school out of state, probably not too many. Most people just don’t drive those distances that often. For people that do, an EV like…

“Now he builds to one fourth that scale and his economy car will cost too much to sell 50,000 vehicles at least for the first few years. Probably it will take newer battery technology, not his quarter Gigafactory, to bring electric car prices and range to where they need to be.”

A gas tax is not a long term solution when vehicles will become twice as fuel efficient in less than 10 years. Whatever gas tax you implement would produce less and less income each year, and probably wouldn’t be a significant deterrent to buying larger vehicles anyway, since the cost of the tax is a very small…

The factory is designed to be 1/4 the size to start, and then will expand as capacity/demand ramps up. The size that it is now is just the start. The room required for expansion and the plans for that expansion are already done. But there’s no reason to build such a massive building and pay for the infrastructure now,…

I think that’s his point. A Tesla can do coast to coast because of their Supercharger network. Other cars can’t use those stations, and the “generic” charge stations cannot charge anywhere nearly as fast as a Supercharger. Even if there were enough charging stations at the right intervals to drive a Bolt cross…