That’s exactly why you don’t pay the ransom. 

I have to think the same. Maybe slight tweaks and adjustments, but not a completely bespoke unit for each one of these projects. 

Even at $6 million a piece, I highly doubt that Red Bull engineered a bespoke engine for this car. So, is this using a Judd V10? The displacement and the rebuild schedule would suggest it to be something like that.

I think he’s just a very bad manager in general, not just for “a car company”. Let’s not forget that he was removed from leading PayPal for essentially that same reason; not managing business operations to the satisfaction of the board.

I know Musk is an avid gamer; so I can’t help but wonder if he believes Ted Faro was the good guy in the story?

What do you know, one is up for sale on C&B right now:

Oh, I absolutely agree. Tesla was already not great at the QA/QC part of the business when they still were “a car company”; I cannot imagine things are going to improve now that the focus is supposedly going to be on AI and robotics.

What a great way to waste the money that could have paid for a real marketing campaign on <3 minutes of air time while half the audience runs to the bathroom.

With the stated timelines for new products, it appears that there won’t be a replacement for the S or X coming anytime soon. I guess that aligns with Elon’s “Tesla isn’t a car company” comments; so we really shouldn’t be surprised. I’ve seen it discussed in other places that Tesla is also a bit loose with the…

Honda engineered an excellent car with the 2nd gen NSX, and then didn’t put any effort (or money) into marketing it. I remember going to multiple car shows and the Acura booth would have an MDX and sometimes even an RLX on display, but nothing about the NSX, not even a poster. I’m sure Honda never expected it to sell…

Congratulations on getting the car back and getting the chance to enjoy it. Love the color and eager to see what you do with it next. 

I had to scroll waaaay too much to finally see this one listed. 

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.