I find this car to be ugly. Can you tell me if it will die when set on fire?

I was thinking about this too, and I take the point that she might have survived at a slower speed. But I wonder how much space the cars needs to come to a stop at 40 mph. There is a lot less energy at 40 than at 60.

In 2011, I owned a VW GTI. It eventually got engine trouble, and I sold it when I moved out of DC, but it was probably worth about $12,000 at the time. For a while, there was a small classic car dealership up Wisconsin Avenue, and I would check their website from time to time just out of curiosity. One day, they had a…

Rarity does not create value. Crap is still crap, even if it came out of the ass of a northern white rhino.

Right, I think one issue with the Tesla is that it really doesn’t have different trim levels in a traditional sense. The interior in the $35,000 car is the same as the interior in the $60,000 car. This is not true of something like the Mazda CX-9 (which I was looking at last weekend) or the BMW 3 Series. For ~$31k in…

Holy crap, you root for Edison. I have no doubt, as a man who died 80 some years ago, Edison would be completely ignorant of the modern world and how it works. I am certain that, if given the chance, Edison would sit in a truck and drive it like a big boy. He would probably praise all the good work that Frederick…

Honestly: is the quality of the interior better than (1) a Chevy Bolt or Volt, or (2) an Impala? I’m talking quality of materials and overall functionality. The thing about Tesla is everyone still seems to be amazed that it’s a functional electric car. But it’s also a roughly $35,000 car. How does it actually stack up…

The thing is that the current Continental basically is this with a different front end and few small curves here and there.

I would buy an electric 911 if I had the money. Sounds rad to me, actually. Also, that light bar in the back reminds me of Knight Rider.

Cool is always pointless. Cool is style, not function. All style is pointless. That doesn’t make it bad or wrong, just that it’s not about efficiency.

What do you think their core market was? They had to modernize or die. Art & Science was a good move, I think, but it needs to be updated now. I read somewhere that it doesn’t test well with women, and that ends up cutting off a large part of their market. I would expect the next CTS to start diverging from Art &…

Part of the problem is the media around TV. A sister site here does full on reviews for every episode of tons of shows. No one has time for that kind of crap. TV used to be fun. When every episode and every scene gets dissected within an inch of its life, and then we all have to spend waking moments hearing about and…

There are many, many reasons that Ross Douthat is a fucking numpty.

5+10+10+10+15 = 50 years. If you’re younger than 30, there’s a good chance you’ll make it.

By what rules does technology evolve? I would suggest that there is no such thing as “natural evolution of technology.” Fax machines are still used to a certain degree as are manual flight check-ins. Their potential replacements—email and online check in—have only taken hold because they are more efficient in some…

Oooh, oooh, I want to get in on this. I have determined the correct amount of wheels. It’s four. Three is too few. Five is too many. Four. Four is the correct amount of wheels.

I’m not sure it’s being driven by consumers at this point. I see it as being driven by “tech” companies—google, uber—who are looking to extend their ability to collect data. Google might really want to reduce fatalities. But they also really want to know where you go and what you do with your day. At the end of the…

Dude, read the rest of the thread, you know, where I admitted I was wrong. What are you so angry about here?

Yes, Thanks for all the replies from everyone. I didn’t think this comment through and pull the trigger too quickly.

The car is always at fault in crashes with pedestrians.