Pain in the ass?  I just hit service mode if it’s looking stormy any time soon.  Easy habit to get into.  Never had them ice up (on my 8th VW now)

VWs all put the wipers down in the cowl too. But if you hit the wiper stalk once after shutting the engine off, they motor up to the vertical position and stay there. The so-called “service” position. Easy habit to get into if you live somewhere wintry.  Sorry if you Honda doesn’t have any clever tricks, haha.

It’s not like the roadster is now in orbit of earth, waiting to smash into a satellite or the space station. It’s ... just gone, man. Absolutely no impact upon any human’s life, ever. Junk is deep space is completely meaningless, not something to lose sleep over.

Yeah it’s the only tesla product I enjoy looking at.  Y and X are gross, 3 is... ok.  

indeed.

it’s easy to wonder if this production record is indicative of the company’s tendency to rush things more than is wise

Um, what?  There were 15 millions new cars sold in 2021.  Which is a little down from our normal 16-17 million level in the years prior.

Do you really think the model S is ugly?  It still turns my head every time one goes by (which is often around SE MI).

True. It’s all still mostly fantasy though. There’s nowhere near enough lithium and other precious metal mining happening to support making 16 million battery packs every year (for the US alone). Without a battery supply chain, adequate charging network, affordable EV prices, and consumer demand.... this is all pretty…

No one? j/k I don’t really have an answer for you. Ideally there would be enough housing choices that market pressure would exist in the form of renters choosing to live elsewhere, if you don’t provide chargers for your tenants.  But maybe the 1/3 of people in this situation could just keep driving a combustion…

Great. Now can the experts figure out how anyone approved of the fuckin super obnoxious LEDs on these “mustangs”? I get blinded anytime I am anywhere near one. It’s like they have high beams on constantly.  Even the god damn tail lights are too bright.

No way!  VW forums are thriving .  Sorta.

Fair point. You just put it in the building code, though. Nearly all municipalities follow the IBC - international building code for oversight and approval of new construction.

Your points are sound, but you omit consideration of the relative greenhouse gas emissions.  Open pit mining might be horrific to look at, but it doesn’t belch (as much) methane and other GHGs as fossil fuel extraction and refining.  Obviously we need renewable energy to refuel our BEVs or the point is moot.

Well once we smarten up a tiny bit, residential building codes will require it. 2/3rds of americans park in a private driveway, carport, or garage - if the other 1/3 in apartments needs to keep gasoline vehicles for a while, thats fine.

There’s a lot of ways to intelligently store grid-scale energy that don’t rely on lithium batteries, you know.

I mean, they would have to prove intent, for it to be fraud, right? Otherwise its just your pure bad luck that the junkyard beater happened to strike a curb or wall on the 4th day of insured ownership, right?

So, fuck this dealer, but used car prices are truly crazy right now, and frankly, KBB is behind the curve vs reality on the street.

Do agree, love me a volvo wagon. They are too expensive and rare for me to own one here in Michigan. I bought my ‘19 Golf Alltrack for $22.5k brand new (and then sold it to carvana for 30.5k after two years).

Jesus. Those photos look like you went down into an abandoned copper mine and found some antique equipment to restore.