‘Murica!

The difference between “imperial stout” vs. manuals is that the vast majority of Americans WILL spend most of their time (even in a manual) in top gear for most of the driving/commuting that they do than not.

I’m not so certain if that’s actually the ultimate mode of failure.

And THIS is part of the reason why Ontario has a 50 km/h immediate roadside seizure and upto $10k fine and 6 month driving suspension because of stuff like this. The police got so fed up with street racing, notably in Markham, but also in the GTA in general, that they implemented that law.

Interesting that your cribbed the comparison spec chart directly from Anandtech.

re: Handbrake test

4th:

“(Fun fact: Whenever we’re critical of Tesla we’re either accused of being “shorts”, or pawns for Big Oil, which sees a sometimes-struggling electric car company with less than 2 percent of U.S. market share as an existential threat. Now here’s a Big Oil country potentially taking a big stake in Tesla.)“

“How do you not notice any of this happening?”

Apparently, he’s moved onto G+.

Good for him!

Usually, the primary reason - again - MONEY.

a) I would challenge ANYBODY to come up with the “left’s” version of Alex Jones (or is he so absolutely batshit crazy that literally there is no “left’s” version of Alex Jones).

So, let me start off with this:

It also depends on how tall you are.

Short answer:

“so you’ll get to do the same when people don’t like your message, is one of the things America has always been great for.”

I would LOVE to see what the CVT would look like that can handle 1000+ Nm of torque and 700+ kW of power that can still actually FIT in a car rather than BE the car.

Or a Prius:

Or a Prius:

This is more or less what I was going to write as well.