I suspect this engine is a direct reaction to the trend of people using their trucks in decidedly non-truck ways.

¯\_(ツ)_/\/¯

Screen name checks out.

That’s a great idea. Hallmark movies for car people. Like, Velocity Channel Original TV movies about a single father who gets reconnected with his first car. Or a plucky orphan in his ugly-duckling Volare who wins the big race and saves the local youth center.

The elderly people mentioned in this article are most certainly not driving.

Rip out the foam and backer-board and stick muffler-shop magnets to the ceiling.

I’m ok with that.

“The car’s software recognized the victim, Elaine Herzberg, standing in the middle of the road, but decided it didn’t need to react right away”

Neither of these cars is made of meat.

Screen name checks out.

It was a pun.

Starred for the moment (1:21) when his hand comes into the frame for scale :O

That’s true. When I looked up ‘how many hours does it take to build a car’ I probably should have looked up man-hours.

Schrodinger’s Baby.

It takes an average of 18-20 hours to build a car, so the difference in labor cost between the two trucks is about $280.

Exactly. A parking chair is an implied threat of violence.

Sci-Fi noises.

Personally, I’ve had my car for 19 years and I’m still absolutely in love with it. It’s like an old friend.

Thanks!

I think when you use this technique to shape metal, it’s called ‘machining’, but when you’re using the same process to shape wood, it’s called ‘turning’.