Yes, this is what is known as a "warning shot."

So basically Chump's going to crash the auto industry.

There may be no significant benefits but you’re also forgetting the average owner of one of these shitboxes is also a selfish asshole and the MUH FAMBLY shit is just an excuse to be an asshole. This shit isn’t going to stop until we start yanking licenses for dangerous driving, and I’m not holding my breath.

At some point Elno is going to be forced to take a piss test and that's going to be quite a day.

The cost is your answer. I will bet money somebody needed a cheap city friendly car and this was the tolerable option.

With an Incel Inside.

Nobody keys a Cybertruck. That'll do nothing. You need to piss on it, get that discoloration going.

“Waaaaahhhh we can’t make money on sub-$20k cars.”

Basically he thinks he can replace income taxes with tariffs, which is stupid but this whole administration is Dunning-Kreuger in action.

All consumption taxes are regressive, because if I’m rich I can legally dodge taxes by just not spending my money, but if I’m poor I don’t have that option. Nor will you get a tax refund.

Cat thefts are unlikely to go up simply because anti-theft systems pretty much have all but professional thieves shut down at this point.

I am excited for our future of opeds by Boomers screaming about how car insurance is so expensive and then climbing into their battering rams, flipping their LED headlights on high because of the night blindness they don’t have, and then pulling out, one hand on the wheel, the other on their phone with the mic pointed…

I work with civil engineers. A lot of them will not park in a garage that predates the mid-1980s, because the general consensus that these structures will collapse under the weight of the shitboxes wedged into them at some point.

Same thing with solar: Biden’s investments made us number three in the world in solar module production, so now you can build American.

EV demand isn’t weakening, it’s just Elno has torched Tesla’s brand cred and reduced deliveries. Unsurprisingly as EVs get cheaper more people buy them: It's going to be fascinating to see what happens when the Bolt and Volt return to the market.

Chump will never kill the EV tax credit. Leaving aside you can distract him with a Big Mac, and almost certainly his administration is going to be engulfed in scandal, it requires Congressional approval and even limiting the options will put him in a political bind.

This is why I’m not a fan of these tests involving the airport. Logan, LAX, Dulles, O’Hare, these are all WILDLY different facilities.

Generally in the situation you describe I’d just take an alternate route over surface streets, if available.

Speaking as a multimodal commuter, bluntly, driving in the winter has never been worth it. What you gain in warmth you lose in anxiety with assclowns discovering black ice doesn’t care you’re driving an SUV or a BMW driver discovering the terrors of hydroplaning. Fleece pants, heated jacket, you're way better off.

“Unfortunately for all of us, outside of a few select neighborhoods in a couple of cities, there’s only so much you can do to get around without a car in the U.S.”