Yeah, 250/yr is not a lot. I could see dealers in L.A., NYC, SF, Dallas, etc selling every one they can get their hands on, though, so I think it depends on how long the production run ends up being.

Land rovers have been built with aluminum panels on steel frames for decades, and they rust like mad. Galvanic corrosion is a bitch...

That’s true, although on some 66-72 vehicles the “factory smog equipment” can be a PCV valve...

It’s a pre-emissions car in California, so...

Yup. For a large displacement V8, it’s light, powerful, compact, simpler, cheaper to build and reliable when compared to the DOHC competition. GM can do some great stuff when they decide to.

HF screwdrivers aren't much good for driving screws, let alone using as a pry bar.

Of course not - and I never said it did - but how much of the general driving public knows that? And how many people do you know that actually RTFM all the way through?

Or, it could be that the union position is hourly and gets you overtime past 40 hours a week, where the “promotion" is to a salaried 50+ hour position where you don't get paid OT and the workload is ridiculous because of intentional short staffing to save money. BTDT.

I didn't say what autopilot *was*, I said what that word *implies*. As in, to the general public.

I've read that the road under the bridge is already prone to flooding in the rain and that digging it out more would make it worse, plus there's streets to each side of the light that would need to be changed too.

Is it just me, or is “Autopilot” a really bad name for this function, considering that it strongly implies you can just set it and forget it - which is exactly how Tesla *doesn’t* want owners to use it?

Lack of reading comprehension, on the Internet? Unpossible! :P

That’s 200 lawsuits, not 200 accidents. You’re aware a lawsuit can involve more than one accident and more than one plaintiff, right?

You know a lawsuit can have more than one plaintiff, right? That's 200 lawsuits, not 200 accidents.

Suzuki didn’t win their lawsuit, they settled it. No damages were awarded, and both sides essentially agreed to disagree. Suzuki also settled more than 200 Samurai rollover lawsuits brought against it, involving 213 deaths and over 8,200 injuries.

My last car was a pristine ‘94 maxima. One owner, garage kept, 70k miles. Totaled by a guy in a van making an abrupt, no-signal illegal right turn from the far left lane. A little floaty by today’s standards but damn that engine sounded and felt good, and it was such an elegant and clean design that presented well in…

Very good article. I proctored press, placement and photoshoot bikes in NYC for a while for a major European manufacturer, and while the specifics are a little different for press motorcycles, the gist of it is the same. Most journos I worked with were nice and treated the bikes well, especially the auto/moto writer…

You’re comparing a 1991 era car to a (then) brand new 2005 S2000? Of course you're going to be disappointed. There was an insane amount of progress made in the 14 years between those cars.

I'm speaking of the situation here in the USA, where ABS brakes have been commonplace on most cars since the mid 1990s.

Sure. Consider this, though: 18 year olds who start driving with a cheap 10 year old used car would be driving 2005 models. ABS became standard equipment on most cars around 1996, give or take, so most younger drivers have never driven a car without ABS.