I didnt suggest this but I was about to. But slamming doors closed. I have a soft close option on my current car and I cant tell you how nice it is to just push/pull the door close and know it is closing the rest of the way. Not having to worry about getting into your car in a cramped space and wondering if you will…

Pushbutton start is particularly great when paired with completely keyless access.

Oh God, I used to hate cold carb mornings. I had to drive down a hill from my house, and it was always: drive up short hill on gear. Then, as I start going downhill leave in gear until getting to the stop sign, then left foot clutch, shift to neutral, left foot off clutch and on to brake, right foot giving gas at the…

I can’t remember the last time that I had a tire blow out. I’ve had tires be flat in my garage because I picked up a nail the day before, but that’s it.

It blows my mind how many people my age or younger still parrot the “they don’t make ‘em like they used to” line they heard from their parents/grandparents. And how many of those same parents/grandparents put their inexperienced children behind the wheel of older vehicles.

Especially when the airbags and seatbelts/shoulder harnesses are teamed up with modern concepts of energy absorption and redirection that sacrifice other parts of the car to preserve passenger compartment integrity, and the passenger compartment itself is built strong.

My suggestion was the 3,000-mile oil change interval. I guess that could fall under the “Reliability, Reliability, Reliability” entry.

I missed the original question (is the interval between QOTD and slideshow getting shorter or am I just getting out more?) but of stuff not on the list I want to nominate rear bumpers scraping on  road crowns. It used to be a common problem on long, low, flat cars that entirely succumbed to fashion now that anything…

Not having airbags. Being killed by a crash that is eminently survivable today is definitely something we take for granted. I don’t need every electronic nanny, but airbags are one of the best safety inventions ever, next to seatbelts and ABS.

It’s the only thing that keeps me interested in something other than suck-starting a 9mm in traffic.

I can’t help thinking there’s a gap between the way Picard is now, and the way he once was

Tesla already owns production lines with all the systems you're claiming they're avoiding. Your argument fails both the smell test and any application of Occam's Razor. 

Oh for fucks sake, it’s not real. its a just a thing to throw at the internet so internet people blog about Tesla during a period of time when there are tons of other things going on.

Mostly it says that Tesla sees profit in pandering to market niches.

I wouldn’t worry about it too much. The CyberTruck is just what happens when a company is panicking and in various stages of chaos, and needs to jump start the news cycle to keep the stock price up. I love some of what Tesla has done, but the place is run by a delusional fantasist who seems to be entering the Berlin…

the town he’s mayor of

“It proves men like him are more willing to perpetuate the fantastic narrative of negro neighborhoods needing more role models and briefcase-carriers than make the people in power stare into the sun and see the blinding light of racism.”

The only good part about this is that there is a picture of the Leg Lamp from A Christmas Story.

That’s funny, I’m selling a baboon that is just like that ape in King Kong.

What the hell was this guy thinking? Oh well, no time to think about that. I’ve got to get back to building K.I.T.T. out of a Ford Probe and a General Lee out of a Nissan Maxima.