Alanis, do you read the news? Auto loan defaults are on the rise. And while Tesla looks great with its hundreds of thousands of preorders, people paid $1000 down for those over a year ago when the economy looked brighter, and they won’t “finish” paying until delivery sometime next year.

This is not impressive at all. Gasoline cars have always been able to run on alcohol, and Henry Ford even equipped the Model T with a switch to allow you to run either gasoline, kerosene, or alcohol. His famous quote:

I don’t understand manufacturers’ recent obsession with engineering loud, snarly engine sounds out of teeny little power plants. I drive an older Lexus, and those good ol’ NA engines are plenty quiet in city, and loud enough to wake the neighborhood at redline. And if we’ve learned anything about turbo charging…

Culture of rape is too much of a stretch for you to imagine?

Not true, Tesla wanted female employees that were watertight and easily recyclable, too.

Manufacturers are intentionally trying to kill the manual transmission, partly because it doesn’t sell as well, and partly because they’re trying to upsell you to the more expensive automatic.

90% of the old beater trucks where I live are either a Ford or a Toyota, and mostly Hilux/Tacomas and Rangers. The trucks that don’t stand the test of time are usually made by GM or Chrysler, unless of course you opt for a diesel.

Fuel cells are boring.

Here’s what I know about butt feel in my best apples to apples comparison that I can provide. I own both a Lexus IS300 AT and Toyota Tacoma V6 MT, each 1st gen. Two of the most reliable 6 cylinder engines ever produced by Toyota, around similar time periods, and completely worlds apart in terms of design intent and…

Wow, thank you for mentioning that. I had to look it up myself to confirm:

12,000 Supras is not a very large number compared to all the Lexus GS/SC/IS 300's that were made.

This is why I recently converted my car to ethanol. Even the Priuses are going to be stuck in line at the pump.

Intel is full of shit. Anyone that needs studio quality sound already uses an external USB DAC, no need to update to USB-C. Powered active noise canceling over USB-C is useless, too, because you can’t charge your device while the headset is in use, and the headset itself drains your battery faster.

There is only one reason why trains in America suck:

Bernie Sanders once wrote that women fantasize about being raped, but we gave him a pass because it was written decades ago and the story was taken out of context.

This is one of the many unfortunate consequences of manufacturers building cars for the benefit of the shareholders, rather than the benefit of the consumer. If you watch daytime television these days, you might notice that at least 3/4 of the car ads promote the idea of leasing instead of buying, and lessees…

Tesla won’t be able to actually meet their estimates, let alone beat them. They already took a hit when Hoerbiger failed to produce enough of the falcon wing doors for the Model X, and they’re going to take another hit when the cobalt mines start getting shut down over child labor abuses.

I am sick of the NASA and SpaceX propaganda, personally. I’m sick of watching billions of our tax dollars go toward funding Elon’s personal science projects, which so far have resulted in a car company that can’t meet production targets and a space exploration company that can’t keep its rockets from falling apart.…

The butthurt is strong with Musk. He’s probably a little emotional from watching his stocks get clobbered for the past 4 weeks.

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