That said, I actually don’t think the Supra was the greatest performance car of the 90’s; perhaps the most overhyped (which didn’t really happen until after the 90’s).

Speaking of which, I’ve accepted my fate and decided to go for the DCT in my next car... well, rather, I decided what my next car will be and it’s only available with a DCT.

Right connections, right place, right time, and the right industry backers willing to spend money and resources on promoting you. In all honesty people making it big in the music or movie business these days isn’t all that different from people landing a cushy job as CEO for a major corp. It’s more about who you know…

Well said, and it’s part of the reason I can’t ever really support Max. He’s just a jerk on and off the track; I guess the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree after all.

Except that parasites try to evolve to co-exist with their hosts; they understand that there is more to gain from a living host that tolerates them than to kill the host.

The fundamentals have never changed. People will always have basic needs. The world has always been unpredictable, technology always advances, business models (and society) are always changing. None of that is new.

There is a whole class of investors who have never really had to earn anything, inherited their wealth, and have no clue what it takes to build anything. All they care about is maximizing their ROI, they don’t give a shit if that kills the company/venture in the process.

It didn’t used to be that way. Once upon a time investors understood that a stable long term return was a favorable outcome. Now it’s like everyone just wants to make as much as possible as quickly as possible, everything else be damned. 

And the irony of course is that often times the most successful ideas are the ones that are new and “out of the box”. That’s why they got everyone’s attention in the first place (including the investors). 

Unpopular opinion, but F1 needs a total reset. It’s not just the drivers, it’s the entire organization and leadership team.

The 2025 has quite a few upgrades over the earlier Taycans, but I personally don’t like the look of cosmetic refresh (or the price hike). That said, they don’t seem to hold their value that well (as seems to be the case for most luxury EVs); so there are good deals to be had on the CPO lot. Just be aware that there is…

As someone who is about to “join the club”, I’m not planning on joining any clubs; if that makes some sense. Let’s just say that I’m not the stereotypical Corvette owner. 

What in the GenX is this crap? I mean who else would come up with a cry for attention like this? <ducks>

My neighbor has one that he picked up because they were putting $20k in cash on the hood (so it was priced just like an X5 M). 

Odd that BMW felt the need to make an official statement about this story, and in doing so stating that they don’t talk about future products. 

Yup… still waiting

One thing I haven’t really seen anyone talk about regarding this new VW/Rivian partnership is Rivian’s cargo van. That is an awesome platform for utility vehicles. In Europe and other markets vans (not trucks) are the primary utility vehicles and VW sells a lot of vans worldwide. I think VW could benefit greatly from…

I think this is also a bigger win for VW than many have acknowledged. For a large company, VW has struggled with bringing their EV tech to the consumer in a user friendly manner; which is where Rivian has succeeded (albeit not profitably). So I do think this could pan out to be a partnership that benefits both. Let’s…

But only after you provide your credit card information so they can bill you for the annual subscription once that first year is up. 

Agreed. Miata > Fiata any day of the week and twice in Sunday.