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.

I believe most of the mechanical components are fairly common.  The main issue I’ve heard is getting body panels and such in the event of an accident.

Kids, Costco runs, and a lust for wagons

What a terrible day to have eyes. 

Haha, I can imagine. I’m not sure I’d want it in my car, but it would be great to have for other drivers who can’t resist burying their heads in their phone at every stop light.

I recently drove a Tesla (Model 3) for the first time because they had a driving experience thing come to my corporate office. This is absolutely no replacement for people actually paying attention when they’re piloting a multi-ton vehicle (and I wasn’t behind the wheel long enough to know if it consistently works),…

Were there at one time? I really thought the elimination of pop-up headlights was for that reason. I also seem to remember a lot of cars designing hoods and such with pedestrian collision in mind. Was it just automakers being responsible, or was it required at some point?

I’m sure I could probably find an answer online, but I never really understand how the giant trucks pass pedestrian-collision safety laws. I’m guessing the answer is that trucks and SUVs have their own carve-out, but have a lot of changes to cars over the years been in the name of being safer in the event it strikes a…

Subaru Solterra has to be the most though, right? 

The Santa Cruz is one of those vehicles I’d answer for a QOTD prompt about a car that you irrationally kind of like. Like, I can’t foresee a circumstance where I’d ever own one, but I also kind of like something about the way they look. I had similar feelings when the Kona debuted. Just funky enough in the right ways.…

I mean, I wouldn’t want to own it, but I certainly wouldn’t turn down an opportunity to take it for a spin.