I’ve owned many cars, my Xterra was definitely my favorite SUV out of the bunch. Did everything I asked of it both on-road and off. Super durable...and just....worked.

That is until my ex ran a red light and got t-boned. 

That’s giving Musk too much credit. I assume this suggestion is because of his Tony Stark character. However, Tony Stark really is a genius in that fantasy world. Elon just throws a bunch of technobabble out there and pretends he is one.

If you have a basic understanding of rocket propulsion and listen to him speak…

Now multiply that by 30,000. Cars have tens of thousands of components that would benefit from “just a dollar more” quality improvements. Line has to be drawn somewhere.

Both of our cars are 2017 and 2019 model years. While, yes, they both show the tire pressure gauges for every tire...they don’t always show the *correct* tire since we rotate tires.

Also, I know for a fact a 2017 Honda Pilot can be 2 quarts low on oil and still not have a light come on.

Both of our cars are 2017 and 2019 model years. While, yes, they both show the tire pressure gauges for every…

That $250+ is just what they charge. Those keys cost them pennies on the dollar. The programming cost is for a few minutes of labor. Last time I had it done, I watched them sit in the car all of 3 minutes before giving me the new key.

I think his only purpose here is to troll anyone who doesn’t think the Honda Fit is the greatest vehicle on the road today, especially when writing about trucks or anything with more than 4 cylinders. 

He was informed of it’s existence years before he bothered to change it. He let it get to the point where it prevented his AC from blowing lol.

TPS is wholly incompatible with the clusterfuck manufacturing culture that permeates Tesla. The best thing Tesla can do is invest in people and methodologies to reduce their ridiculous defect rate.

I will ask this question again, why is this non-car person writing on a car focused website?

I can’t think of a maintenance item that’s more basic.

Finished my PhD (Aerospace Engineering) in 2016, no college debt (never paid a cent in tuition/books, worked to pay room/board/food), and had already been maxing my 401k contributions for years since I was working full time through half of my PhD. Almost immediately after I was hooded I found another position that…

I fight with my in-laws anyway...so who cares?

“ people who love used cars could get something even closer to new later on”

Usually engineering doesn’t get more involved than estimating NRE costs for any particular project unless the capital investment decision makers approve it. Some early trades may be made at a very high level to assist with estimating the required investment.

Part of those estimates also take into account product…

These types of decisions are not engineering decisions, they are marketing and product management decisions. If you have a cheaper product that looks like it eats into the sales of a more expensive (and more profitable) product, the profit calculus often doesn’t favor investing in that product development cycle.

At the speeds they travel, having a wind tunnel to at least verify safety (rather than absolute performance) would be a good thing. I have seen designs attempt to go airborne (and would have, if they weren’t tethered) due to fluid interactions that weren’t seen in CFD simulations that took weeks to run on a grid.

And…

I like how people think CFD is some sort of all powerful replacement for real-world testing.

I NEVER fully trust CFD until I get a design in a wind tunnel to verify (aerospace engineer here).

Fuck you Herb!

How much did Lucid pay “The Herb” for this puff piece? 

I have a hard time believing there is a power drop with NO filter. They goofed that BMW test up somehow.

That’s not how that works.

Do a simple roll on an incline plane calculation (assume .5 degree incline) for a 3000 lb object and get back to me.

Granted that ignores a whole host of resistances (Air, tire/road, internal drivetrain, etc), but that should give you the idea that is in fact possible to gain significant…