This shit is such an apt metaphor for current day tech companies. Take two perfectly functional things (fucking GLASSES AND BOTTLES NO LESS), make them substantially less functional but they require you to use some nonsense other thing that only works with these glasses and bottles so that customers have to rebuy…

Heh. “CyberTruck “

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.

One thing that gets lost in the sauce is he didn’t form Tesla. Tesla existed for a few years but in his typical egomaniacal fashion he demanded to be considered a founder when he purchased it.

Uhhhh, aaaaahhhhhkkkkttttcccchhhuuullly, he did not form an electric car company, he was an early funder (not founder) and bought an early ownership stake. Yes, eventually came to lead the company as well as worked really hard to minimize the involvement of the actual founders. The guy has been an asshat since day one.

Yeah... I pretty much lost all respect for the guy when he made his “pedo guy” comment about one of the divers who participated in the Tham Luang cave rescue (trapped soccer team). The Amazon movie of what went in to the rescue really highlights the heroism of the divers and, by extension, just how despicable the…

Elon Musk is about the most confusing person. There was a time when I admired him for what he had done. Form both an electric car company and a space company. But because the man cannot keep his mouth shut and makes random and often chaotic decisions. The latest in blurting out that he’d buy Twitter only to try and…

I like cars and I don’t care. 

...it doesn’t sound like a V8, but who cares?

“not a good look for the sport”

Crossover is a term that exists and predates yours by a couple decades. 

Did Merc exceed the budget cap last year? That would be the only way I see them bringing more PUs as cheating. The bendy wings were looked into and they didn’t find fault with them, right? So again, not cheating.

There was no cost cap in effect last year, so not sure what your point is on that.

Also if Hamilton should be DQ’d for a lap one incident surely Verstappen should be DQ’d on multiple occasions for driving people off the track (see Brazil 2021). Also Verstappen “won” Spa 2021 a “race” that had no green flag racing.…

Extrapolating from FIA actions in 2021 and 2022, I predict that FIA will award the 2023 title to Red Bull--two hours before the season opener in Bahrain.

You missed a couple gems named Kaleb and Gerald.  I enjoyed both way more than Clarkson.

I watched the whole thing and enjoyed it.

Guess you will miss Latifi too next year...

That’s wild, especially since the sub-$20k price was such a huge talking point when the Maverick dropped. Nothing will ever be affordable ever again. 

What makes you think people would want to go to their high school reunion at all?