First, this isn’t a collectible folks, this thing isn’t appreciating and unless there is a Fast and Furious 19 that becomes a cult favorite with this car, it never will.

Too pricey, drop a few thousand and then we’ll talk.  I wouldn’t pay more than 6k for a car that old with that many miles.  It is in remarkably good shape, someone payed for a nice detailing.

Not so fast, Brad the Science Guy. Let’s put all the cards on the table. EVs contain materials compared to ICE vehicles that are environmentally horrendous mining and refining for the EVs’ guts.

Or how about the fact that as of last year, less than 5% of Li-Ion batteries were currently being recycled around the worlds countries. That’s not only eye opening, it’s fucking scary and needs to get sorted out fast.

What about the environmental impact of resource extraction to create the battery technology? Cobalt, lithium, and other elements that need to be mined from the Earth in (commonly) unstable (politically) countries? Is that included in the calculation? We need to change our lifestyle and car culture, but lubricants and…

Oh sure, but the world is a better place being blessed with my car’s v8 noises than ultra high frequency ev noises 

This is what I like about GM and Ford’s approach. They are doing all their testing privately with U-Michigan and Michigan State (because its close to home for them) rather than just spawning it on the public for beta testing like Tesla and Uber.

Nissan is waaaay past the point of sweeping crap under the carpet. They have nothing to lose at this point going after Ghosn, and overall sending a signal to overpaid egotistical CEOs who, at the end of the day, are easily replaceable—any half-decent executive should be able to make a company look decent, since most…

Yeah I don't really want our publicly funded roads to be a part of corporate beta testing

I’m completely okay with AV testing as long as they aren’t testing on the streets I use.

I’m on the fence. That all it takes is one catastrophe, e.g., a child dying, and the whole sector is set back for years

You lefties LOVE bureaucracy. Why are you complaining?

Indeed, the Reagan-era planes are due for replacement. They’ve seen heavy use since they were introduced at the end of the Cold War, having flown all over the world in support of diplomatic missions and summits as America found itself a lone superpower. After that long life, they’re becoming expensive to operate (like …

The question is... if a popular democrat party president were suggesting this very same livery, would ANYONE be complaining about it?

are you fucking kidding me?

How can a paint scheme be greedy? Anyway, I like the JFK scheme better but this new one doesn’t look that bad. It’s not like they’re painting it to look like the Team America jet.

Probably because this is an Air Force project currently occurring and so falls under the purview of the current Commander in Chief. It’s hard to ask the president in 2024 what they want at the moment.

Because there is a chance that he COULD be flying on it if he is elected to a second term and there are no delays.

its just paint. planes get repainted all the time.

No you don’t.