I'm sure the Tesla pickup wouldn't be aimed at the person who buys a truck for hard work, long distance towing, construction, hauling, ranching, whatever. Even if the Tesla could do all those things, the people who buy it will be the same people who buy full-size trucks loaded with luxury options and absurd trim…

I dig it.

Pretty sure from the description the driver/team had rented out the track for testing/practice, hence nobody cared as they may well have been the only people there.

Meh...I'd totally daily drive chinese-built hummer knock off, but I'm holding out for a knock-off Veyron.

I was just thinking that too! That thing with an electric motor and prop would be awesome!

Is it weird that I kinda want one?

I also had a Ford Focus rental and was pleasantly surprised by how fun it was to hustle through the mountains. The button layout was horrid indeed. Still worlds ahead of the Kia Rio and Chevy Aveo's I've rented, but the best rental car I had this year was a Chevy Malibu I think....

No it's not my business, and he's clearly free to do what he wants....but it doesn't mean I have to agree with it. And to clarify, I meant I don't respect the way he trashes his stuff, not that he doesn't respect his own things. It's a free country, you're free to trash your Lambo if you want to. In fairness to Bam…

I get that he does these things for publicity, but I still think it's pretty disgusting. "Let me flaunt my wealth and status by fucking up my supercar...." No respect.

The problem wasn't that it was a new brand, the problem was that it was a Daewoo...

Computer diagnostics. Even a hand held, relatively good scanner can't do everything that's needed on modern cars these days. If you drive a new car and your check engine light comes on, there's basically no choice but forking over some cash to the pros with factory diagnostic software.

All is well and good with doing your own repairs if—and this is a big if—you're ok with driving a (much) older car. If you want something, say, model year 2000 or later (give or take of course) there's not much that can be done without expensive computer diagnostic equipment.

Know to pull over and stop when then oil pressure light comes on or the engine overheats. I've seen far to many motors toasted because "it started overheating last week and I only got a chance to bring it in now."