The old airplane/conveyor belt argument is stupid because it’s very obvious the conveyor belt is nearly immaterial in the delta-v of a vehicle with a propulsion system that doesn’t rely on ground friction.

I agree from a compensatory damages standpoint. From a punitive damages standpoint, you’re not supposed to kill someone even if they’re an idiot.

Yep. They’ve been “out of fashion” for airliners for a couple of decades at least. And still very much in fashion for smaller private/bizjets.

There are quotes where the guy knew it was unsafe but thought he might be able to help save the situation if things went bad, along with the usual “well, if it’s my time then it’s my time” nonsense.

Again, because this is apparently hard, there is a significant segment of buyers who does not like SUVs or things that look like SUVs. You could give them a modern-day Typhoon and they wouldn’t want it even if it outran Porsches because, it’s an SUV that looks like an SUV. And, again, they don’t want SUVs or things…

“They have a compact car that’s a little tall cause it’s a crossover shape” is not the rebuttal you think it is.

I thought Hyundai made a big mistake in killing the Veloster instead of releasing an EV version. They already had a race electric Veloster. Why not do a street version?

It’s the one I’d pick, but it’s definitely an old-man snoozefest of a car to drive. Fine with me because I have other cars that are more fun that I can switch to, but if it’s the only car someone has, they might give up a little bit of cruise comfort to get a more engaging drive.

They don’t give a damn if people know what the fuel consumption of a military airplane is. We have air to air refueling. Our planes are “the pilot will run out of food eventually” limited, not fuel limited. Bombers have gone on missions that involved nearly two *days* in the air nonstop. During the wars in the Gulf it…

Well, the leaded fuel thing is a red herring because we’re talking about jets, and they run on jet fuel, not avgas. It’s kerosene, and since jet engines don’t have soft-metal valve seats that need protection, (and also because jet engines don’t use valves in the way that piston engines do in the first place) the fuel…

Plus, each of those planes is carrying multiple people. That’s why a 737 gets 96mpg per passenger - because one fuel burn is moving over 100 people at the same time. If they all drove instead of flying, even if they all drove Priuses, they’d be burning more fuel than the plane.

I mean, the syphilitic CEO of the biggest electric car company on the planet is also pumping money into his coffers.

And that’s why no one reads The Onion anymore. ;)

At this point I really do not understand why these things are allowed on the roads. They might work some day, but they don’t now and as such are a hazard.

Yep. We got a higher efficiency furnace, high-R windows and 8 inches of additional insulation sprayed in and we're still paying more than before to heat the place thanks to Texas.

Well, again, Texas decided they weren’t going to interconnect with the rest of the nation’s power grid because freedom and independence and we ain’t helpin’ no one what ain’t kin. And then when it got a little cold Texas howled and stuck its hand out and as a result, the rest of us are paying extra on our energy bills…

I dunno. Looks gangly and awkward on top of that chassis. I get that it was never gonna be an airplane again but I think the Cosmic Muffin treatment might have been a better approach. That way most of the non-plane running gear is hidden below the water.

Why?

Mini, Crayola and a 9-year-old comes to mind...

We have also been saddled with a lot of required things on new cars which has brought the prices up too.