Do you have any evidence of that?

Two things.

Technically they are only financing political campaigns and not giving money directly to politicians. Granted, this gets little murky at times but they are using the money to get elected, not to buy yachts.

They can't sell them but I'm seeing a lot of Teslas driving around North Texas... it's probably not the volume Musk wants but they're selling them online and delivering them on trucks.

Funny. Dealers are evil because they spend millions protecting dealership laws.

Does anyone know... In the states that allow direct manufacturer sales of automobiles, what the ratio of dealerships to direct outlets is? Don't dealerships still dominate those states?

I have one kidney, a left nut and my first born. Where do I sign?

Neutral.

Agreed. When they're getting damn near 30mpg hwy, why change?

I like my women curvy and my cranks flat...

That's a lot of words.

No. The "WTF?" means the question mark is more that he's incredulous that they would market it that way.

It's inference, not fact.

" Now, to be fair, the robo-translated press release from Toyota doesn't come out and say it's targeted to women, but a number of other sites are claiming that's what Toyota is saying."

That's really a fucking stretch to draw that conclusion but, hey, page views.

You're an idiot.

He'll be back with taller gears and get it over 200 easy. The car was pulling strong the way to the rev limiter.

Sure... but is anyone really scared by manufacturers selling cars, even if the what the dealers say is true? If this scares you, you have a serious problem with being too easily scared.

Just remember Patrick, the Dixie Chicks got kicked out of Texas for apologizing about Bush to a bunch of foreigners...

Quibble if you must but the other cars are better in that regard. Finding someone to lend you the use of their 110 in a pinch is not something I want to bother with.