I think most are new enough people aren’t ready to trade them yet, especially not for the $50k versions of the Model 3 that are available. The Bolt is in a similar situation in that price wise you can get them cheaper (and I think many are buying them because of the rebate/lower price), but they’re also just very new,…

Neutral: No but at the same time I may wait till next week to drive my truck to work, better an accident in the DD.

If you were near SE VA I could cut you a good deal on some lightly used 17" ones. One of the few trucks that could make a 35" tall tire look small (mostly I’d like the gearing advantage).

BF Goodrich KO2s. Should have gone with 37's instead of 35's but otherwise I’ve been very impressed with them, especially in the snow.

Came here to say this. It’s universal too. The new tires on my truck changed everything, water/mud/snow performance is great, they’re quiet, ride well and look good too! They are the single best investment you can make on any vehicle. Only regret is I should have gone larger.

Thank you! I get tired of this tripe on here. I hate crossovers and SUVs as much or more than the next person, but most of them are just cars on stilts, Aero will always make them less efficient but anyone that price sensitive wasn’t shopping for SUVs to begin with.

Or at a very minimum their diesel standards were. In the US emissions standards might change based on vehicle type (commercial and HD trucks for instance) or location, but not on engine type, e.g. diesel cars have the same emission standards as gas cars. In the EU they had different standards for the different fuel…

Thanks, that’s exactly what I was wondering as I read it. Cut the R&D group and fold a lot of the overhead into your own departments goes a long way toward making a company look profitable, but it’s all short-term gains for long-term pain.

It does however give you an excuse to create a very Doctor Seuss-like arrangement of extensions and universal joints to allow said repair.

I’m sure some love the adventure of the unknown (there’s a reason Top Gear, Roadkill, etc. are popular), but I think for many it’s just lack of time. He set himself a goal I’m sure with the intent that the car would be sorted and have some miles on it before he got on the road, but I’m sure you well know that it never…

Why do I think that’s a decent scapegoat for the fact you probably weren’t going to see any of that money anyway.

Also, since I’m a crazy workaholic I’d prefer something above average in the mechanical and reliability department.

On a completely unrelated note I love how the GIF at the top of this story shows a bunch of people going to LAX and not ONE has any luggage with them.

so a curious observer might think a spate of serious crashes would spark the federal government to implement some sort of oversight.

Ironically this is not a bad thing for those people wanting the cheap version, it may also be the thing that keeps a lot of the Tesla buyers from turning on the company long term.

I know people like a good David and Goliath story, but I don’t know why anyone thinks Tesla is going to threaten any of those groups. Electric cars are easier to manufacture than an ICE vehicle, and literally just about every other part of the car is essentially the same as every other car produced today.

“America does not go to war in a Ford Fiesta,” the Association of Global Automakers said.

“America does not go to war in a Ford Fiesta,” the Association of Global Automakers said.

Electric vehicles just aren’t there, especially in a country as big as the US that drives as much and as far. Guys commute to work in full size pickups because once or twice a year they need to haul something. Even if an electric car can do 99% of your normal driving that 600 mile trip to grandma’s will be why that…

to be fair, If you’re ahead of me, i’m passing you, so i stay in the left lane anyway. it’s just easier.