I’m not protesting anyone. Just voting with my wallet.

With racing, the rules regarding car construction keep changing. There are new cars all the time. Each season is a borderline reset mechanically, while a football team will keep a number of its players year to year. Thus, I don’t think the “losers draft first” analogy makes sense here.

I was a Gillette man too, until they got preachy with me.

The more rules you make about car design the more homogeneous they will get.

Looks a lot better than the past 5 years! Now, if only they had decent engines to back it up. These stupid engines they’re using sound like crap. You’d think the “pinnacle” of motorsport would sound good. 

Pedestrian safety laws in Europe are paying off.

must be a liberal

I am not even sure what it means, though.
Let Labor build something without Land or Capital (and the requisite risks that go with that ownership), then come back to me, Erik.

Jalopnik has never been viewpoint neutral, which is fine.

That’s why I come here less and less often. Too much editorializing, not enough fact based information presented.  Some of the writers are much better about this than others.

Everyone at Gizmodo Media is now a union pundit. You just have to get used to it. Maybe someday they’ll go on strike and we’ll have to put up with replacement writers from Oppo for a while. Meanwhile, they’ll keep complaining that their office is too cold, do nothing about it, and continue to tell us how awesome…

Thank you. This isn’t the first time that Comrade Shilling has lobbed out the “labor deserves everything it creates” line.

1st Gear:

The strike pay increase is an escalation, one of the first of which we will probably be seeing much more of.

None of these crash test dummies are sitting like you are supposed to be in a Tesla.

I want a SIMPLIFIED option package. I would honestly pay extra to have a stripped down vehicle with vinyl flooring, no driving tech beyond basic cruise control, a simple AM/FM radio with CarPlay (and no manufacturer infotainment BS), power windows/locks and lose 500 lbs worth of crap I don’t need or use.

I wish cars actually came with some layer of fabric that prevented you from dropping things between the front seats and the console. I know aftermarket solutions exist, but I haven’t seen an automaker implement one. Maybe you have to spring for a Rolls-Royce or something...

Anti-tailgating built into autonomous braking systems.

Basic, not-integrated-into-everything stereo. Give it bluetooth, maybe a small screen for a backup camera but DON’T LET IT CONTROL THE FUCKING HVAC, DOOR LOCKS, LIGHTS, ETC.

Some manufacturers wont even let you start the car if it becomes defective or replaced. Even replaced with another OEM, sometimes it needs special…

You know what I want? A code error message. All cars now have some sort of LCD screen and could display the error code & readout, but instead they display a check engine light, and then you have to connect an OBDII reader, then search the internet for what it means.