This new generation of rich people is  has always been tacky.

HHFP circa 2032

The last one was terrible because not only were there shitty loans, banks were lying how shitty the loans were and then there were then bets put on those shitty loans(most who though they were good grade A)

When i went to buy my car i asked what the 36, 48 offering were. the guy goes “uh i’ll have to get back to you”

knowing someone that works for an auto supplier. their forcasts are at best level and worst dropping car sales. With crazy long loans, you have a couple other factors a lot more people and thus banks are underwater on loans than has been reflected. When in the past the bank would repocess and sell, to do so now could…

considering medium starting salary was @8k in

and barely driveable. Boston has been trying to force theirs off the road for years. 

Given the low build quality, age, and use these things are a mess

Commercial driving is $164 billion labor market in US. There is a huge reason for companies to push, and once it can drive a truck, it will quickley be scaled down for consumers.

There is a legal minefeild that has to be avoided that could allow him to weasel out. https://www.wired.com/story/alex-jones-lawsuit-will-help-redefine-free-speech/

That is accurate, though the cutoff from youtube and other streaming has made a substantial dent in his revenue and listeners. 

Additionally the base msrp, “model shown 1.5msrp” I think is a higher driver in option creep. 

When I got my car last year default was 72 i think. shortest i could get it was 48. They were offering some bonus, no early payment penalty, if you took their financing. went on my phone, went one of those loan calculators, all I have to do is pay off at least and extra 100 and i get even more off. You know that they…

it always takes 2 to tango

I think you answered your own question. 

I think it follows similar to paint colors. The majority of people buy whats on the lot. Yes some of that is consumer preference, but it is dealers first filtering that those decisions are. Go to an auto show, a much larger percent of the cars are bright colors. Then go to a lot and see a sea white, grey and black. 

researchers looked at a host of sources of historic information, including tree rings, ice cores, lake and sea sediments, corals, mineral deposits and written records.

“Law and order....(for everyone else)“

Not nearly as much,  as they can use gasoline engine heat to warm up the batteries. Also hybrids will reduce the same in winter as a gas engine.