I see that you interpreted “free things” as “all free things”.

While I generally agree, there is one problem: people do not value free things, and treat them with contempt.

I would rather call this Level -1 autonomy: you have to monitor the situation continuously AND act when a drunk is grabbing the wheel randomly.

If I made a car, it would be named Immortal, and I would design it to last no less than a million miles. Hood ornament: a halo on two horns.

I dunno - if I were dropped into a random unknown environment, possibly and probably the wilderness, the one thing I would prefer to bring before absolutely everything else in the world would be a moderately sized axe.

How about them Mobile Lounges I saw at Dulles?

It wasn’t just that Bill “BO” Fartman had reviewed the car before you?

Our stuff were not cars, so we measured gains in tons rather than kilos.

Aye, you can. And that is pretty similar to what I do.

I think that engineering evolves in leaps and bounds with plateaus in between. Were it not for WW2 we would probably still had not put people in space yet, for example. And travelled overseas in propeller planes.

Let me tell you an anecdote.

Don’t underestimate these CVTs. My 80 year old mom has a 9 HP scooter and it easily takes two passengers with grocery bags and a large water melon up steep serpentine roads on a Greek island.

Confound this site! It keeps eating my posts!

I found this.

A bargain? Aight, I’ll take two then.

Put it in a GM car just to upset people.

Oh, don’t underrate wood. It can be impressively strong, especially in relation to its weight.

Mercedes

I drive a Merc but I consider a Lexus as my next car. Toyota quality with upscale finish and motive power? I am listening.