A sad situation, for sure - but it reminds me of a George Wallace comedy routine:

Qanon warned us about the danger of groomers.

Autopilot was my first thought, not some psyhco trying to kill his whole family. 

Nope.  Gotta give people that tidbit so they can speculate if it involved autopilot or not.

It was interesting that NBC Nightly News reported this as “Passengers Survive Tesla Plunge” last night. It struck me that it would not have been reported this way with any other brand of car - I can’t imagine that it would be described as “Passengers Survive Dodge Plunge” for example. Am I wrong?

As soon as Tesla built the factory in China, was there really anyone who truly believed they wouldn’t eventually be exporting those cars to the US?  

Right. Musk has never lied before so we can totally take his word for it.

He was recording and goes back and shows the dip he hit. He didn’t plan on hitting the dip, he was foolish and didn’t know it was there. The camera gets dropped because it was a massive hit at high speed. 

That dip is no joke. Yes a raptor would be fine, it’s built for it. He put it in a high speed street mode that lowers the suspension and then hit a five foot dip. Would it have sustained this much damage in normal mode? Probably not. Was it stupid regardless, yes. He was going at high speed down a dirt road he didn’t…

And if you count the other riders he’s made crash by riding with him, emulating him or being cut off by him then he totally wins.

I bet Maxwrist has crashed more motorcycles than that in a month.

The Youtuber is an idiot, but also, these were never seriously intended for baja style off-roading. They’re meant for being parked in the front row by the valets so everyone can admire how much debt you’re in in your quest to look wealthy. This might have more horsepower, but I do not think this would outperform a…

He told Road & Track that he crashes “a car every five years,”

I was going to comment on his video, but that would be rewarding the turd for “engagement.” He’s ignorant. He has no clue what off-roading is. His carbon footprint is almost as big as some African counties when you consider what he bought and destroyed in record time (I can guess how much mining, materials transport, r…

Because that money isn’t “real” it’s equity. With all these speculative and pie in the sky things you’re talking about a “valuation” not assets. The investment was on their books and then lost value to the tune of $370MM. They didn’t just burn 370MM in cash... They owned a thing and then people decided that that thing…

Agreed. He’s just justifying their lack of investment by parroting a typical Republican talking point.

Influence? These are advertisers. Over 90% if Twitters revenue is from ads so it’s a damn big deal if they start leaving in droves. Unless you think a mom and pop shop from Sheboygan Wisconsin is able to spend as much as VW did on ads in which case you’ve lost the plot.

Imagine buying Parler and then Elon finally gets into Twitter.

Are you saying Gab, Parler, and Truth Social aren’t viable Twitter replacements?

I’m pretty disappointed by what we are seeing as the future of vehicle performance.