Cleveland does get a proper winter. I’m surprised that road salt hasn’t already done this job naturally. Do they actually maintain their roads there? Here in MA, there aren’t many takeovers because the roads are just paid over horse paths from colonial times, and the roads that are big enough are like the surface of…

‘Cuz that worked out sooooo well for the Miami PD

In the video, he talks about how he’s using this as a business truck with his business name on the side. A year ago, that probably was a good idea, but at 16:40 he talks about how Elon has made that a very bad idea.

“I drive through the ‘hood’ 2-4x a year, so I bought a 100k$ POS that’s (air quotes) bulletproof. If it’s good for Mars, it’s good for Englewood.” 

Are you going to use it to hold the window trim in place?

That “pros” list is pretty weak.

And the conclusion wasn’t “But I still love it and I still love you, Elon let’s kiss!”? Well, that’s new and refreshing.

I have driven cars from almost every era since the 70's in various conditions and have never once had to tighten an essential bolt like the one that holds the door hinge onto the body.  And ditto on never ever having an issue with a pedal, whether gas, clutch, or brake.  It blows my mind that this is happening on…

an incEl Camino

incEL Camino.

To be fair, he’s also telling us what this system really is

So there’s ASS and there’s models S3XY, what’s next? PENI$ (profits enhanced by nice initiatives?)

Real question: How is ASS any different than FSD, except at lower speeds? And since Tesla’s gone out of their way to declare that FSD actually needs a human to monitor things, why can ASS exist without one? How is this allowed?

I had a loaner A3 while my car was in for some service recently. It drove significantly worse than my wife’s Mazda 3, and the interior felt like it was scraped together from bargain basement parts. It amazes me that anyone would consider buying it at all, much less at FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS.

Jeeps are so bad on road and so unreliable I can’t see recommending any Jeep. the only reason to get the 2 door would be if you were going to use it as a dedicated off roader. The short wheel base is good off road but makes it even more unstable and reduces its towing capacity for on road use. It’s not about the rear…

I don’t get the point of this over my 1000lbs+ lighter E350 wagon that also seats two extra sprogs in the back while being somewhat more nimble and almost certainly better riding and handling, be much lower and lighter. And you could get those with the completely unnecessary AMG V8 as well.

Valid callout since I didn’t explicitly explain this. Having had a TJ, a 2-door Jeep is just especially impractical on the road. I do have kids, and getting them in and out of the back was a nightmare. More problematic, however, was that I could barely carry anything in it. Maybe it’s just me, but the only redeeming…

I’m mostly pleased it’s not a MAGA sign at this point. 

I’ve never exactly been into motorcycles, but as I get older, the more I want one. Anyways enjoy the photo dump of Cars n Copters yesterday:

What I’m getting here is that Logan and Andy are cowards. Porsche gave you purple interior options, and you didn’t pick them? For shame