I am finding it to be the status quo here that your fairly level headed and reasonable comment is being responded to with gaslighting.

Honestly, and this is just my opinion, and has nothing to do with economics, is that I just don’t see the point of this vessel, unless Bezos just wanted to say he’d done it. These mega sailing yachts are a massive eyesore (much more so than motor yachts with similar LOA due to the mast size) and no longer relevant. I…

That’s not even the same vehicle.

I cannot really verify this, but I have been told that these pre-emissions diesel trucks and newer diesel trucks that have been deleted get 25-40% better fuel than newer trucks with the full emissions equipment still installed.

Yeah... something a lot of people don’t think about. Get stuck behind one of these (or a lot of older full size gas trucks, too) in stop and go traffic or on a lower speed road and you’re gonna have a headache in a few minutes.

The McDonald’s around me seem to be funneling a lot of cars to waiting areas/spaces for their food after paying. I guess swiping a card is the fastest part of the transaction.

I’ve kind of been on the other end of this. My drive thru order (not at Starbucks) was over $50 for myself and a few co-workers. Usually I’d go inside for a big order, but the inside of the building was closed. The person ahead of me paid it. I said fine, I’ll pay for the person behind me. Theirs was $1. I said how…

“As long as you do it in a strategic way that doesn’t significantly affect NVH, crash performance”

For a sedan, ES300h or Avalon Hybrid. They’re built specifically to be quiet, very comfortable, and economical on fuel.

I hate to say it, but they probably offered him this option by phone to save him some money and he wasn’t listening and accepted it.

I think people saw the prices coincide with Biden ordering some major pipeline work to be stopped and forgot that correlation does not mean causation.

I really appreciated your words about hem flanges.  I’m not even being sarcastic.

I hate Jalopnik commenters.

Technically, it’s the most powerful Toyota sold in the US besides the Tundra and Sequoia.  1hp more than the V6 Camry/Avalon.

In your example, it doesn’t even have to be a problem with the function of the infotainment. It can be something like the user not knowing how to turn the Bluetooth on on their phone, then reporting that they can’t sync, and it tanks the ranking. That’s why vehicles with typically older buyers (like a Toyota Avalon)…

It’s beautiful to be and I’m glad it exists.

I think it looks great... except the orange. That’s just too flashy/tacky for me.

Listen, I will have you know that I need 700hp to reduce the amount of pedal travel I need to accelerate on to the highway. All that ankle flexion is just too much work to expect from someone.

This wasn’t really a surprise, but a lot of people don’t seem to know this. A bumper dislodged by a curb is often a very easy fix if you can get under your car. Virtually all bumpers attach the same way, with a flat flange with holes in it that lines up with a flat plate with holes in it. Many times it’s the clips…

I think Google is the wrong comparison. The market cap of next 5-10 most valuable automakers combined is the better one.