This is not at all to defend him (obviously he’s a clown), but I suspect he wasn’t prepared for how loud a gun is, with no ear protection, in a small enclosed space.

Oh no, I’m 100% with you. I think the department spokesman was either greatly inflating the number or not comparing apples to apples (or both). 

I think the most expensive common cop cars themselves can cost a bit shy of $60k (for a Tahoe PPV). I’m guessing if you went absolutely nuts with accessories you could push it to over $100k, but I highly doubt the Tesla here is kitted out to that extent.

I get the commenter’s point, but the 2nd gen MR2 is such a good looking car.

Yeah, we have the YTKids app for the kids’ ipads (and it’s locked down to where they can only watch channels we approve). I probably need put it on my phone as well for the bedtime routine though. I think you nailed it with the “strangely unsettling” comment about some of the otherwise innocuous stuff out there (not…

I feel seen. We limit screen time for my almost 3 year old, but we somehow have developed a bedtime tradition of letting him watch a few videos on my phone before I read a book and put him down. These freaking Cars videos haunt my dreams.

I’ve found Dodge Challengers to be good for long trip. Relatively large and comfortable interior. Good passing power. No unnecessary rear doors.

I don’t imagine I’d ever make a Buc-ee’s part of a regular routine, but I do really like them for a road trip stop (especially with kids). It’s definitely not the quickest in and out place, and there are busy times of day when I’d go somewhere else, but I find it to be a great option to fill up (both gas and food),…

My first car was a ‘68 fastback GT in Brittany Blue. #coolstorybro

I also don’t really have any issues flying through Atlanta. It can be a little nerve racking if you have a tight connection, but there are many airports a lot less pleasant to connect through. I’ll echo a lot of other sentiments about the congestion on the outside of security though. I have lived in Atlanta in 15…

Just a warning, but I was 15 driving at night with a permit and both parents in the car. We were on a 4 lane divided highway in the right lane and I was going to have to get over to the left lane to take an on-ramp to get on the interstate. Just before changing lanes, a car passed us quickly on the left. I get over…

I know complaining about slideshow posts is hack at this point, but I find this example especially egregious. I had to take a second to think about if “The Elon Thing” was some sort of limited edition prototype vanity project I had forgotten about. Like a VW Thing retrofitted with an electric drivetrain.

At least now you’ll be able to pay extra for a window seat to see the ground approaching rapidly. 

I imagine once Musk is no longer involved with the company. In both of your examples above, most of the stink is gone because the people involved have been long dead. Meanwhile, Tesla has a CEO that is constantly in the news. If Tesla ever manages to get rid of Elon, I think the outrage towards the brand will fade.…

That’s what it used to be like in Tennessee (at least in my county). Getting the inspection was part of the yearly tag renewal process (no additional stickers). But then they scrapped needing an inspection at all a year or so ago.

Anyone else kind of expecting to see a mint 90s era Camry (based on the headline), only to be quickly and rudely reminded how freaking old you are?

One of my best friends in high school inherited his grandmother’s 1980-something Cadillac Brougham as his first car.  we joked that it was just a couple couches on wheels. 

My FIL (who I wouldn’t necessarily say is their main audience but has definitely been known to rant about “wokeism”) was in town this weekend and turned the race on for a bit. They cut away to a brief blurb on this car, and the amount of grumbling he did under his breath was hilarious.

The Fisker one made me think of a moment I’m not proud of earlier in my career. I was in LA for the auto show and ended up at this design competition event at the Peterson Automotive Museum one night. While chatting with some folks, I met someone who worked for Faraday Future. This was pretty much right before their…

Yeah, the non-citizen bit seems weird. I work for an international corporation with the US HQ in Nashville and there are plenty of non-citizen who live, work, and drive here.