Just yesterday, Gary Coen said that he believes Trump understands the “fundamentals” of tariffs, but only sees the revenue side of their outcomes...not, you know, the practical outcomes (e.g., inflation for consumers).

100% correct. Unofficial ‘departments’, effectively just task-forces, have zero ability to make budgetary or personnel changes; the creation of a new department would require Congressional approval, which won’t happen anytime soon.

One passed by me going about 35 mph yesterday, just slow enough to point at it and give a good Nelson Muntz laugh with enough poignancy to get the driver’s attention

1,000% this

Well, given how he’s running Tesla into the ground, he’s trying to ass-sniff his way into military R&D contracts (via the moronically-named ‘Grok’ AI) and NASA contracts via SpaceX.

Overpromise, Underdeliver

All depends on what you’re look for or looking to avoid...

Yeah, but I’m telling ya, you’ll wanna have that TrueCoat!

Buy it!

10/10, ‘nuff said

4th Gear: What’s the over/under on how many Bronco owners are underwater on their multiple-times recalled vehicles that they had to buy between 2020-2022 and coughed up a 5-10% markup to get it?

Concur, though the R2 is right around (a very long) corner.

They could still make it look different - just advertise it as a Tesla competitor for the Honda Ridgeline.

R2S and (dreamily wishing) an R2T small pickup from Rivian

Maybe I’m cautiously optimistic here, but am I the only one who thinks that if Chevy manages to hold firm on the EV Equinox pricing that it’ll sell like crazy? While I’m basing this partly on the $7,500 credit applying, the thought of a small EV SUV selling for a minimum of roughly $27,500 sounds like too good of a…

And considering that this is the base model, pricing is only going to go up from there. Some outlets are speculating that fully loaded EV9s could top out over $70,000.

O’Hare is up there, no doubt...but it is Hartsfield (ATL) level SNAFU? I dunno...

Given the vastness of the game (I’m only about 10 hours in or so), the fact that there exists a ton of potential in terms of DLC and additional content for a game this expansive seems to be lost on a lot of folks.

I managed to put in about two hours last night.

^Nailed it