Please, spare us the just the facts nonsense.  All reporting comes with an underlying bias of the writer and possibly editor.  At least GMG makes it’s politics explicit to readership.  If you don’t like it, you can definitely read the AP newswire or Reuters for just “the facts”.

Bingo.  It’s not realistic that the dealer would even have a model optioned out the way you want.  I test drove before purchase and then optioned out the model the way I wanted it.  

Sweet!  

You guys need to put together the modern Car Talk. Podcast with submitted questions. 

You must be desiring a repeat of the chicken and beer Red Sox.

Elon has leveraged a large portion of his stake in Tesla for cash. Many suspect he’ll face a margin call if the stock price falls below a certain threshold.  That event could hasten a downward spiral for a company that has never turned a profit and still has huge amounts of debt on it’s balance sheet.

Two product "reveals" in less than a week. Elon is really working on that stock pump while the company desperately tries to preserve cash and move unsold inventory. 

And if Uber and Lyft have fat profits in this mythical future, what is to stop a new entrant from using investor cash to undercut them?  Your future also pre-supposes collusion between Lyft and Uber, or do you think they’ll stop competing against each other for rides?

I’m not talking about competition with traditional taxis and black cars. Those still get used quite a bit due to convenience at high traffic points like hotels and transportation hubs. I’m talking about the self destructive competition between Lyft and Uber. They are competing for drivers and riders with Uber and…

I disagree here. COGS and S&M costs cannot decline in this business as there is no barrier to entry. Driver turn over is high and rider loyalty is low requiring incentives.

It is not true that Uber and Lyft would be profitable.  They spend far too much on marketing and rider acquisition to profit.  Their service has zero barrier to entry because of their model of not employing drivers.  And because it sucks so much to drive for these services, driver turn over is immense and thus…

There is no profit in the Uber/Lyft racket. Hubert Horan has expertly covered this at Naked Capitalism.

Technical foul for hanging on the rim and unnecessary celebration. 

I disagree. Tesla is liquidating inventory and continues to fire staff. You don’t kill sales and marketing when you try to go mass market. Those are necessary expenses when you try to sell outside niche channels.

I hope that lease trade in is a few months from now. That way you can wait for the unraveling. Tesla is out of business in 2019. Today’s move confirmed it.

UNC was ahead of the curve on this issue, instituting fake classes that students didn’t even have to attend.  Such an iconic and prestigious tradition, that’s why they’re the best.

The problem with Nurkic is that the effort isn’t always there.  He shows flashes of really great play, then can come up empty on random nights.

No, that’s regulated at the state level. Massachusetts is one of the few states to mandate that all forms of payment be accepted, and SweetGreens abandoned their credit only policy when the Boston Globe came knocking on their door:

If Lebron wanted to play with AD so much, he could have just signed with New Orleans and become an instant fucking legend down there. But no, Lebron has to go to the Lakers for his own reasons and then try to bend the league to his will.  I love the Pelicans trashing his current, and perhaps only team, in the process.