Well dont come crying to corporations when lawsuits from injured employees, cost of security and theft (combined with trumps possible auto tarrifs and restructuring NAFTA) mean making cars in mexico just isnt worth the labor savings anymore and everyone loses their meagre factory job. They’ll long for the days of…

You heard it here first, robbing people is ok if they’re wealthier than you.  Poor people cant be expected to have silly white people things like “Morals” and “laws”

It’s lower case bro, not upper case Bro.

Ryan, what the hell? No spoiler alert to let us know you are leaking the plot of Fast and Furious 9 (or whatever one we are up to by now). Now that movie is ruined for me for ever. Thanks for nothing.

How are you connecting this to the automakers or other companies and making it their fault? It’s not like the residents of the town are the people who built the cars or any of the other products they’ve taken. What did those companies do to provoke this? It's not in the article above - do you know more? 

Corporate lawyers are working pretty hard at making the idea of ownership go by the wayside.

Well, aren’t you the perfect clean-surfaces minimalist anti-clutter robot man.

Vehicles should have a maximum driver weight limit and minimum flexibility requirement too. The larger drivers I see don’t have the proper dexterity to handle a vehicle and they can’t turn properly to check blind spots.

What kind of people are you hanging around with?  People always ask if they can smoke in my car before the light-up, and I’ve never had a car without an ashtray.  Sounds more like your friends are just assholes.

Yep, you make a compelling pint here and I cannot argue with your lager.

“...smokers — who always take them as an invitation to light up, never mind your own preferences...”

Beer taps are what we really need.

Maybe go whole hog and drop a Cummins in it and roll some serious coal?

Famously, when toyota first time came to my nation, they invite hundreds local repair guy and teach them how to fix toyota cars.

“...GM, Ford, Toyota, et al aren’t obligated to make it easy to fix their cars outside of their channels...”

Did you watch the video? They won’t sell him covers for his lug nuts. It’s not about safety.

OH, exactly. It’s a virtuous cycle. Having a healthy after-market helps everybody.

Not permitting salvage and repair sure seems contrary to the “sustainable” message that the company claims as a reason for its existence.

Not only that, but I would think a thriving aftermarket parts and service market would ultimately help boost resale value for used Teslas, which is certainly something that would both keep their customers happy and encourage more frequent trade-in intervals on new cars. 

Thanks for the shout-out to Rich! He is awesome and his crusade is a noble one. He is also the one who surfaced how easy it is to get into a “This VIN Code is no longer eligible for software support” Robo-Script from Tesla tech support. You play your cards wrong on a lightly-damaged, salvage-titled unit and Tesla can…