Yeah, the writing was on the wall.

What will the Apple car be?

Twice as expensive as any other competing car on the market
Restricts you to buying gas from Apple gas stations
Crashes frequently but fans insist it never does
Will no longer receive support from Apple after 3 years - if anything goes wrong, they expect you to just buy another.

If you aren’t #blessed enough to own a German car where the interior reeks of that weird crayon-like smell

No WD-40 ? I use it as a bathroom air freshener, I’d imagine it would do a great job in a car as well.

And after four years of abuse a German quality truck would be a nightmare like most Mercedes and Audis are (my buddy and I were just having this discussion today about the American experience with supposed German quality - it’s a nightmare from our friends’ and families’ perspectives, but they sure are great vehicles…

Mercedes should do the same thing they did with the Sprinter and sell a Freightliner badged version. Not only would it appeal to tradespeople, but also to people who want to brag about how they drive a Freightliner. Because real truck.

Right now I’m guessing no, we will not be getting this in America.

Mercedes needs a pickup like I need Herpes. No one wants a Mercedes version of a Titan. It wont do well for the simple fact that pickup and Mercedes dont go together. They know this, thats why they are taking long to make a decision. If they do make it we probably wont get it here and it will be some sort of weird…

It’s just a little wing ding.

The Navy thought they were honoring a President

Having been on a WWII documentary binge for several weeks I can say our defense department has forgotten what arms are for. They are now a tool to funnel pork-barrel money into the pockets of special interest groups above all else. The end products are merely props.

Keep rolling these out Roger, and you are correct we need to know of these failings. As a past MSO I have relied on marine air support and currently have a son that will also rely on it. And with these out of control cost and risk of losing one in the roles of CAS I worry of the “cost equation” coming in play (is this…

It’s like that economics 101 class experiment where the teacher holds an auction for a $20 bill and every bid must be paid whether you win the auction or not. It always ends with people overbidding for fear of losing too much money. The only people who win are the ones who never bid. The lesson is never chase bad…

Well, technically, it is your kid’s kid’s tax money at this point

These are mission killing high-risk low-reward technologies on a $13B+ asset, one that is supported by an entire flotilla. It has to do one thing no matter what, launch and recover aircraft. Without that, it is useless. You can spiral upgrades into the next ship in the class.

Probably not. It was much less mature. No JSF should have been chosen. An aircraft for the Navy and Air Force and one for the Marines specifically should have been built using common avionics an sub-systems, not airframes.

The stumbling blindly comes from multiple services wanting something tailored specifically to them (looking at you Marine Corps) and has no clear mission, I hate a JSF, tailor a platform for one thing and let it go.

Because the wing is actually pointing up. You want less lift generated at the wing tip in order to reduce the load on the wing structure, one of the ways to do that is have the wing twist from a higher angle of attack to a lower angle of attack as you move from the root to the tip. So, if you’re basing what is level…

Wow - great stuff, I had no idea that concurrency was the norm in military procurements of this size. I can see it possibly working with more common, and less complex weaponry and equipment, but friggin’ aircraft carriers? Damn. Did nobody ever listen to Eisenhower, like ever?

And yet the navy still refuses to get rid of fax machines, typewriters, and 1.44mb floppy disks.