Break one very-specific thing, please and thanks!

I’m actually with Elmo on this one. Meet that arbitrary, constantly-shifting deadline, Boeing! Making sure the bolts are tightened down correctly is just time-wasting nonsense for weenies.

I believe it!

However, where you’re... ahem... going...

Didn’t you get the memo? A new Executive Order went out. You don’t have to legislate reality away any more; they’re cutting out the middle man. You don’t need to pay any legislators to change the rules to allow you to fleece the public. You can just skip straight from your initial delusion right to the outright fraud,…

I think the take-home message is that "they don't build them like they used to," and that is very likely a *good* thing haha

When “Safety” becomes a for-profit business, we’re all fucked.

On the one hand, you’re right. Going from a “fairly-efficient” paid-for vehicle to purchasing a new “efficient vehicle” is less of a value-add than if you were replacing something like an H2. But on the other hand, if fuel standards hadn’t been in place, that ‘07 Highlander Hybrid might not have existed, and you’d be…

On the one hand, I’m amazed I hadn’t seen something like this before, because it’s genius and this is the internet. On the other hand, I’m not sure I’m comfortable desecrating The Big Lebowski by juxtaposing it with our Dipshit in Chief...

But non-political government agencies like the FAA definitely need to have their budgets cut, right?

Volkswagen needs to pull a page out of Foxconn’s playbook. Make like you’re going to build a plant somewhere, but you just need to find the “right place.” That’ll convince the Dipshit in Chief that you’re going to give him what he wants, so he’ll back off of the tariff threats. 

Notes from other posts in the thread:

Careful! I think the only thing at the convergence of Pleasant, Fun, and Efficient on the Highway is that cursed 8/6/4 engine. 

Oh, there’s a world of difference between “being efficient to drive on the highway” and “being pleasant to drive on the highway.” Sidewalls, baby!

Right? I was getting started with my spreadsheet and my first two entries on it... just had no non-hybrid option haha

I have several friends who work for the EPA.  This very question looms large for them, unfortunately.

Fair. Everyone’s situation is different and no one can account for every permutation.

Elmo does NOT believe in “free speech.” Elmo believes he (and his cultists) should be free from consequences for anything they say. These are not the same thing.

Okay, fine, I’ll bite. While, hybrids are slightly more expensive than their equivalent non-hybrid trims... Both hybrid and non-hybrid trims of the models listed are less expensive than the average new car. But if we are being technical and splitting hairs, as you seem to insist upon, I must again make a few things…

They are objectively below mean and median new car prices. So... yes, those “efficient” cars are cheaper than the “average” car.