Leasing EVs makes a lot of sense since it provides a guaranteed exit strategy. Battery packs are perishable and tech keeps advancing so otherwise you could be left holding the bag on a BMW i3 with black death or David Tracy’s 20 mile range Nissan Leaf.

Of course it was an Altima driver, and of course the Cybertruck failed to meet a claim. I'm more surprised when a Cybertruck performs as advertised than when one fails. 

What was he high on? Nobody acts like this so without  chemical assistance.

“ketchup is a vegetable”

A replacement frame is common on Elans, because the original rusts like crazy and official replacement frames are galvanized and actually increase the value.  This is still ND because the price seems high and the seller seems hinky

“Burble tunes” are the modern whistle tip. You want your car to crackle on overrun, buy a classic, deal with its foibles and drive at a civilized hour. I feel the same about the brodozer across the street regaling us with barely muffled Cummins at odd hours.

If you want to be alone with your thoughts have you considered a bicycle? The Yehuda Moon web comic is set in Cleveland so there must be some decent roads. Get some solitude without being too far from home or burning gasoline. 

I fully understand this. I  don't want most technology in my car, and I certainly don't want touchscreen everything.  The only tech I use is Bluetooth phone connection and a backup camera.  

Straight cut gears are pretty common on motorcycles. They can be more compact, and they allow sliding gear shifting,  plus bikes generally don't have reverse. 

I’d sooner have a Rolls-Royce Corniche, the standard Mulliner Park Ward styling looks better. If you want extra space you could have probably commissioned  a small stretch with no language barrier or international shipping.  It probably had a smoother ride since the Silver Shadow used Citroën hydropneumatic suspension 

This brings back childhood memories of changing tires on my parent’s 1966 Mercedes 250S. It had the same style hubcaps and lug bolts and thoughtfully included a stud in the tool kit to help install a wheel.

Call me a Luddite but I don't use digital ID for anything,  don't use biometrics on my phone and computer and use the bare minimum of internet connected devices at home. 

It sounds as good as you would expect from the company who built 6 cylinder 250cc GP bikes. Which makes me wonder what a 500cc V12 based on two RC166 top ends would sound like, or a 750 using half of the RA272 V12

I didn't know Poison and Twisted Sister were so big with the H-D demographic. The biggest Harley guy I knew back then was a Dead Head. 

I’m politically conservative and I think he’s a performative dipshit. It wasn’t worth getting worked up over. Besides, in my mind Harley-Davidson Barbie was their jump the shark moment and that was 20 years ago. 

Yeah, the MZR turbo is a rare lemon bracketed by the L engine and the Skyactiv G which are rock solid. 

Corrupt Chicago police is about as surprising as a rainy day in Seattle.  Unless the cops start going to jail or losing pensions this will continue.  

At $20,500 it should have a factory 426 Hemi or at leat a 440 4bbl. No big block, no dice. With a 360, $10k might be reasonable as alternative to a GM clamshell wagon

I welcome "smaller, cheaper cars" as long as the A pillar is thin and the belt line is low. My wife can't wait to sell our CX-5 because she can't see past the pillar or over the dash. As long as payments are reasonable I'd go PHEV.

This reminds me of 70s GM when disgruntled workers would leave empty Coke bottles in door cavities or under seats and the truly malicious would put a handful of nuts in a welded up cavity to create an unfixable rattle. Of course being Tesla it could just be sloppiness.