There’s a reason US cars and especially trucks aren’t popular in Europe or Asia. They’re too big, too thirsty and honestly kind of impractical. If it hadn’t been for US manufacturers and the UAW begging for the chicken tax, the US would have tons of smaller European style pickups here.…

Before I would say no, but after listening to last week’s Behind the Bastards episodes about the people behind JD Vance, it would be entirely plausible this happens.

Magic 8 hairball, what should I do about the complex situation in the middle east? "Suck up to a dictator"

“making cars bigger, better, more beautiful, stronger, faster than ever before." We already do this. And honestly, it's too much as is. Look at cars and coffee mustangs. The Hellcat vehicles. Modern trucks. They're already way too big, ala 70s cars/late 60s cars, but with way too much power for most drivers. As far as…

Neutral: "No"

Think I got auto corrected. 

Exactly. He's desperate. His poll numbers are down from 6 months ago, he's being openly mocked for almost everything he says, but he needs to be President in order to make his legal troubles disappear. The problem is he burned his promise bridge back during his first term. A balanced budget, paying off the national…

Yup. I do have to wonder how much of the 2nd generation design went into the Lucerne. It seems like a natural progression. 

There’s a couple reasons for this. 1st is safety standards. Improved structural engineering, more airbags, stiffer seats, it all adds weight. Second is competition. “Our car is new, bigger and more powerful!" Next week "our car is newer, bigger still and even more powerful than the other guys!" And repeat forever.…

Seriously. I way considerably more than 160lbs. My kid brothers are both over 6ft 300lbs at this point. Any of us would violate the warranty on the hitch by stepping on it once. That's insane. 

What's funny is reviews at the time attacked the bathtub Caprice for ruining the car. 

These guys Aurora. I've owned both a second gen and 2 first gens, and the second generation is definitely a compromised car. The second generation has its advantages. Better visibility, more modern switchgear, updated engine, but it doesn't feel as premium as the first gen. The reason the Antares became the Aurora is…

Personally I don't think it was. Part of the reason trucks are so insanely huge is there were so few options. 

Definitely. I'm getting bombarded with Tesla emails despite not looking at one for years. 

Let's be realistic about this. Elon is abandoning his current market hoping that conservative voters will buy his (probably) more marketable cyber dishwasher. The problems are A)it's associated with fools B) it's very, VERY poorly built and C) it fails as a truck. There's a reason the people posting "doing truck…

The Aurora does surprisingly well.

Eeeeeh. It's worked before. There's a reason there's not many foreign trucks on the roads. Granted that was only for pickups, but that's Detroit's current profit maker. 

And that Elno interview is a prime example of whats going wrong with Tesla. He had the market to himself, made some cars that were advanced for the time and seemed to keep pushing the company to innovate. But now Tesla has become shorthand for promises 10 years out, poor build quality and a psychotic CEO who bought a…

It's fine. There's 3 cybertrucks coming to rescue it. No hang on, now there's 2. Wait, one. 

Nah the original H1 was great off road. The cyber dishwasher is like starting with the H3.