The shine is also starting to wear off now that I’m seeing more used models showing up around town.  Up until now they always seemed to look right off the assembly line and well-maintained.  They’ll soon be little different than any other used car rolling around.

Every product will find a buyer...at the right price. At a price similar to a Tesla Model 3 when both were available back in 2018 or so, the Bolt didn’t look that great.

Elon’s step-sister birthing him half-siblings with his dad is the more intriguing Musk reproductive story, explains some things.

no, please do not copy Tesla, their designs are so boring.

agreed that would be an option. it’s the auto lights/DRL combo on the switches that has people confused. DRLs give them the impression that the headlights are on as they can see the reflection in the car’s in front bumper but the rear is off. In other cases, people think that auto lights will take care of everything…

“in the name of jesus christ, we will hereby kill a dolphin and suffocate a flock of sea birds, and drown a penguin in a bath of ‘lib’ tears for every single Leaf we sell, as God would have wanted.”

Drove our 2020 Leaf today. Its a good car, not a flashy video game like the Tesla. When we got it. Money on the hood, Zero Percent Financing, Federal Rebate and 38 to choose from at the dealer. We got the SV Plus for battery degradation and because of winter. Going to drive it again today to retrieve the BMW 850 from…

We bought a relatively low-mileage 2017 leaf in early 2021 and it’s been a great car. It has about 70000 kms on it now and in the summer we can get 160km of range (drops to about 120km in our Canadian winter). Absolutely no regrets.

But Ashes to Ashes gave us the infamous “To the Quattro!!!” line from DCI Hunt.

A little off-topic, but I’m enjoying Dark Winds on AMC.  The main character drives what seems to be a lifted early 70s GMC Suburban.  The vehicle itself is fine, even if the lift seems a bit much.  It’s just that it sounds like a horrible exhaust leak and all I can think when I hear it is, “please someone fix that…

Clearly The TV show Viper.

There are dozens of us! Although, the Cortina in Life on Mars was the correct answer, not the Quattro that shouldn’t have been affordable on a DCI’s salary (I don’t know how well the overseer of purgatory pays, so maybe that’s how it makes sense).

“GAP insurance — which covers the shortfall between the value of your car and loan balance in the event your car is totaled in an accident — happens to be overwhelmingly favored by those who hold it, according to Automotive News. However, it’s certainly not necessary in all financing scenarios, particularly if you are…

This is my shocked face. middlemen who add unnecessary costs to a business transaction want to remain relevant.

The largest, most powerful institutions of it are, sure, but all organized religion isn’t about having a meaningful degree of control over the lives of their congregants.

I think if you choose that as a framework for interpreting every organized religion then that’s what you’ll see.

HOV lanes don’t cause traffic to back up in other lanes. If the HOV lane was converted into a “normal” lane, traffic wouldn’t move any faster because of induced demand. But, by having an HOV lane, it does typically ensure faster travel times for people/vehicles that are able to take advantage of it, excatly because…

I believe MasterCard was working, but Visa wasn’t (not sure about Amex), at least based on my one trip to Loblaws.

As a long time telecom employee, the dumbest thing we ever did was break up the Bell monopoly. We traded one telecom for multitudes, most if not all beholden to shareholders.  And pay hundreds of CEOs instead of just one?  Neither way is pretty, but deregulation is the worst of two evils.

If I follow the logic of this post, if the KKK comes and burns a cross in your yard, you’re the real racist?