Did I just read, China and privacy concerns in the same context. Now that’s rich. The country that steals more intellectual property than others.   

Normally I’d agree, but seeing the exploits made, even with “open source WRT54 router code”????  We almost need to re-flash everything we buy from them, with the builds where we know aren’t corrupted.

Huawei

“It’s a tricky national security situation to navigate given the Chinese government’s, uh, close relationship with its major companies operating internationall”

Owning a plane is wildly expensive and not really comparable to owning a car, and though in some ways it is like a house, your house doesn’t cost hundreds or thousands of dollars an hour to operate (yes, an hour). On top of the mentioned fuel and overhaul cost, there are a myriad of items that require an annual…

I wish we could go “down market” with some automobile makers. Somewhat specifically Mazada.

I think we’re far closer to solving nuclear fusion than convincing Karens to use the correct lane. 

BITCH BITCH BITCH

If a single piece of food was acquired from outside the car or if anyone peed outside the vehicle, there’s room for improvement. Seems like the pinnacle would be having some of those support people waiting at the pumps to fill your tank asap. Those pit stops COMPLETELY DESTROY YOUR PACE PLEASE JUST GET BACK IN THE CAR…

“Is there a way to calculate how much taking a vanpool helps?”
Well, yes. Let’s assume you’re getting 25mpg, and so is the van you’re pooling in. That’s 350g CO2/mile. Over a year, that’s 48 working 5-day weeks, 75 miles a day. That’s 18,000 miles a year, or 6.3 tonnes a year.
If there are 7 other people, and let’s…

Yes back up lamps were even optional on the first Mustangs.

This was also true in the US at one point. The owner's manual for my Galaxie advertised backup lamps as an optional feature. 

You do realize that many of those crises passed because people made a genuine effort to fix them, right? Y2K lead to significant changes in firmware and computing. The hole in the ozone layer lead to a comprehensive change in the refrigerants people used, resulting in a reduction of CFC emissions so drastic it…

Re: ozone layer. The world did make an effort to reduce ODSs via the Montreal protocol and now the layer is making a (slow, but measureable) recovery according to the EPA.

I got my license 12 years ago. Minimum wage was $8.00 in my state, Insurance was $1800/yr for me, drivers ed(requisite if you want your license before 18) was $1,000 and gas was over $3. We had(have) graduated licenses so for the first 6 months you can’t drive anyone so when my friends and I would go places we would…

You’ll read those headlines you want once conservatives stop pretending climate change isn’t real.

Ok, boomer.

I don’t agree with Clarkson hating on Greta, but I think his message is valid. Why should we sit around and argue about how we are going to die and when we are going to die, instead of focusing on how to fix these issues?

Because this is a NAV (Not A Van), not an SUV.  It’s the modern day station wagon.

Everyone - Don’t buy the hulking SUV, buy the damn minivan!