I’m not sure why you are so hung up on names. Plenty of political parties have very little to do with their names, mostly because parties drift with time. The “Christian Democrats” in Germany aren’t really a religious party. The “PRI” in Mexico “The Institutional Revolutionary Party” isn’t calling for a revolution.…

The Tesla range claim scandal is widely misunderstood. The cars do, in fact, meet their EPA range on an EPA test. However, the EPA test doesn’t reflect most people’s driving conditions so it’s common to get somewhat less than that. 

It’s their weird undisclosed proprietary formula. There are a lot of third-party testers like Edmunds that do their own range tests. Some Teslas do better than others, but some do close to 100%. For example, Edmunds tested the 2024 Model 3 LR at 338 range vs 341 rated in its 60/40 freeway/street test. That’s 99%.

The headline uses a really misleading statistic. The car STARTS with 73% of EPA range based on their undisclosed black box criteria. If you look at the actual article, it shows that Tesla’s average 90% of its battery capacity after 3 years- right in line with your car.

I’m the King of England and that is a fact! We can do this till the end of time if you like.

And I am the King of England. Glad we agree. 

The Jalopnik clickbait headline doesn’t reflect the emphasis of the actual study at all. The headline makes it sound like EV batteries are on their way out after 3 years and Tesla is shirking warranties. The article is actually about how robust EV batteries have proven generally.

I don’t think it’s fair that everyone else is retreating. Hyundai/Kia are full steam ahead and Stellantis/Chrysler are just starting to get going with their EV program.

It will work, but why? A vehicle like that doesn’t need a ton of extra power. This is racecar stuff. 

Yeah, it’s pointless in a jeep. You put it in something running a lot of boost. 

Minor quibble: E85 isn’t great for a daily driver, but it’s basically race gas available for the pump. You can make mega power running E85 because it has the detonation resistance of 110 octane gasoline, which means you can crank your boost (and/or advance timing) to the moon without worry. The only thing you need is…

Correct. What makes it so is private ownership of the means of production.

I can call myself the King of England but that doesn’t make it so. 

They may call themselves “communist” but it’s not really communist. Their actual functional economic system is very much a capitalist one. Closest thing to real communist country that still exists is Cuba where the state really does own almost all means of production and severely limits private enterprise. But even…

I owned a MkIV GTI (albiet vr6) and a good friend of mine had a 337. These Piech specials were actually really nice for the segment and era, but were let down by lots of niggling issues (notably coil packs, window regulators, and failing transmissions). The headliners also tend to fall and the bolsters collapse on the…

Perhaps it DID have a lot going for it, but the one owner may be selling because they’ve finally given up on dealing with it. 

While the Cybertruck looks funky, it would be selling fine if they could have come close to the original price and performance targets. Granted, the funky design is a big reason why they couldn’t. 

If Tesla implodes, it will only because he made it happen. Without him, it’s still quite profitable with low debt levels (albeit no longer growing like it was prior to the last year). But he’s doing his best to drive it into the ground.

I only check bags if I absolutely have to. That tends to happen when traveling with small kids, but my kids are *almost* old enough to just have their own carry-ons. This, even though check bags for free with my frequent flyer status. You get out of the airport so much more efficiently when you don’t have to wait…

Alfa Romeos from the 60s and 70s were notorious for getting rear-ended. They all had 4-wheel disc brakes back when most domestic were still all drums. Plus, they weighed under a ton and had much less suspension dive than most cars of their era.