I don’t look at age or mileage (up to a point) I look at the engine oil condition, and place my hand on the valve cover with the engine running from cold, like an automotive Jesus, and let the car talk to me. Gut says YES, buy it. Gut says NO, buy it anyways. I’m terrible at this. 

There we go. So many Elon stories are written in a way that seems to blame Elon for normal market forces at work. Tesla has produced 1,917,450 cars to date. That includes the ramp up phase. 1,917,450 of anything is an incredible amount. 1,917,450 toothpicks weigh 9.5 tons. If that landed on your head you’d be well…

I’m quite confident in saying that Tesla and Elon have taken competition adaptation in to consideration. Especially when competitors are introduced as “Tesla killers.” All it means is you are doing shit right.

The rotary is like air suspension, great while it works and a nightmare when it inevitably does not.

I oppose the F-35 because it represents a political boondoggle that should not be allowed to exist. The F-35 consists of parts made in damn near every State in the Union, not because it is efficient to do so, but because it is politically expedient. Dirtbag politicians (all of them) sign off on these idiot projects…

That’s a pretty damn good car by the reviews I read. Nobodies complaining about the mileage. And the price paid for the technology Honda put in there is like the new car deal of the century. 

Hondas have always been sold as list price + full tank of gas, maybe floor mats. It is how cars should be sold. 

Meghan is dragging the Royal family through the gutters on Netflix right now. Being British is all about the Royal family, like it or not, so it is an assault on all of England in a sense. Hence the Clarksonesque fury. I was engaged to a Japanese actress and can assure you it’s OK to date actresses but you don’t marry…

Drove one for a week. My memories were bad factory paint, car wash unfriendly leaky window seals and epic turbo lag. It did not get me laid either, but I’m willing to shelve some of the blame for that. 

One thing I love about Porches is if the redline is 7,500 rpm the guys who built it designed it to do that all day long. So bouncing the redline 18,000 times is more an indication of the character / mental condition of the owner then the condition of the car.

What I love about the internet is you do stuff like Google “porsche 996 magnetic drain plug” and have it delivered by Monday morning. Even weirder is there about 10 different companies manufacturing these items. 

All Twitter is is a interactive press release website. That’s all it is. It’s used by lazy journalists who can’t drag their asses out of the Washington wine bar they live in to meet deadlines when they can’t be arsed to do any legwork themselves. 

That’s a practical car. Damn practical.

Physics hath no myth. So supersonic jets make no sense. Might as well build subsonic jets with bedrooms and ensuite bathrooms so the super wealthy can chill out and have a nap. We could also work on that ‘Victorian opium den in the skies’ I have long dreamed about.

Human drivers can also see into the future. Not by a lot, but we can sense a minute change in a wheel angle in a row of parked cars and predict that a car may, or may not, pull out and prepare for such an event. Computers be all like “duh” till the car starts to pull out  and only then will it calculate a solution. 

Ride more than 60 miles on a regular basis do we?? 

The Chinese Govt. plan for growing the car industry is quite clear on NOT exporting cars till the product is ready. They can sell all they can make all day long to the Chinese consumer till they are ready to strike. 

The Chinese Govt. plan for growing the car industry is quite clear on NOT exporting cars till the product is ready. They can sell all they can make all day long to the Chinese consumer till they are ready to strike. 

That was the case. The Chinese Govt. plan for growing the car industry is quite clear on NOT exporting cars till the product is ready. They can sell all they can make all day long to the Chinese consumer till they are ready to strike. 

China is light years ahead of American manufacturers when it comes to EVs. If you look at some of their offerings, you’d rightfully be terrified if you were a car CEO. If you went to the 2022 Beijing auto show you’d be crapping your pants. Pretty sure Musk went there, came home and started preparing for the onslaught…