But those like Musk get preferential treatment from the banking system that allows them to turn that imaginary money into real money with “loans” at essentially 0% interest that is completely untaxed. That doesn’t seem like the best idea either.

Umm, it’s a little different when the “team” is Brandon Racing, you are Brandon, and it’s owned by your dad.

...it’s been like a year and that joke was never all that funny to begin with.

I was really disappointed that they didn’t do a PHEV version and think that it’s a big miss (although it saved me from trying to buy one in this awful market). I just can’t justify upgrading from the ‘16 Town & Country we have in the garage unless it is to a hybrid minivan.

It has always been the Carnival in every market but the US. It’s an effort to bring name standardization across the globe.

This is one of the situations where 1. Of course you can find a better car for $4500, even in this market and 2. It would be a horrible decision to buy this as your car and yet it’s still a NP.

I figure that given the love for the late 90's/early aughts cars in NPoND, Rob was just using popular graph styles from the same time period.

Love Kia/Hyundai, but the offerings States-side have only gotten interesting in the past 5 years or so. Given the model years most often featured in NPoND, it’s somewhat understandable that they are so under-represented.
Now if we open it up to Korean cars sold in Korea, that would get MUCH more interesting!

Way to go getting every graph type available from Excel 2003 into a single article ;-)
Quick side note, that 87 Comanche seems to be closer to 50/50 than a massive ND loss. I found it strange that a unique Jeep truck for under $10k would be an overwhelming loser, so I went back to the original results:

This is almost certainly going to wind up with a ND loss, but it probably shouldn’t. It’s a unique (in the States) collector’s car, but still a recognizable look. It’s not a daily driver or a concourse car, but for a collector looking for something unique to drive down main street on the weekends? This would…

So never want to take a quick walk while on a road trip? Have a cup of coffee? Eat some lunch? On the very rare occasion that a fast charge is needed, it’s really not that difficult to find something to do for 30 minutes (and yeah, the station in this article is a marketing gimmick, but it does look like a cool place…

A lot of commenters here seem to be ignoring the fact that the vast majority of the time EVs are MORE convenient to “refill” ICE vehicles, because they can be refilled while the car is sitting at home or at work (which is the most of the time for almost everyone). I don’t have a gas pump in my garage or the office…

So instead of charging for like 10 minutes to get more than enough range to get home, you’re son waiting 20+ minutes for you to come pick him up and then required another 20+ minutes to go pick someone else up?
Sorry, but either your story makes 0 sense or your son isn’t all that bright.

So you never take a stop when out on a road trip? I personally don’t find pissing into soda bottles to be all that luxurious.

“which is more than filling a 10-12 gallon tank with gas is” - Gas is around $7 a gallon in Germany (and similar in most of the developed world).

Warren Buffet is a bit different. It’s not his childhood home, but the first one he bought after getting married in the 50's. He was already a millionaire so it’s a really nice house in one of the most historic neighborhoods of Omaha, but it’s not a billionaire mega mansion.

I think we’ve reached the point where we have to go nuclear on this:

...because this is a binary situation where temporarily removing a mask to eat or drink is exactly the same as not wearing a mask at all?

Any actual gifts coming next week? Seems like this week’s NP/NDs have just been a bag of coal.

Some damn fine straw men you’ve built there. Couple of comments though: