Tesla has gone the old Ford route by trying to do as much as possible in house vs outsourcing which has obviously been a huge advantage. I’m curious though to your point if he’s also going to follow Henry’s idea that you can keep selling the same car forever. Didn’t work out well for Ford and won’t for Tesla once they…

Traded in my Macan for $3k over what I paid retail for it two years ago, it’s listed on their website now for $15k over what they gave me. Crazy times we’re in.

This car makes more sense if you look at it for what it is, a roomier, more practical G70 with a much better base engine. This platform was engineered to a much higher minimum price point compared to something like a Camry and should compare well to any premium brand, but you have to cut costs somewhere and IMO the…

Yeah it’s dumb to proclaim this means anything. You can’t meaningfully compare any model or manufacturer sales right now when they are all production constrained to varying degrees and dealers are selling cars in transit because nothing is on the lots. The only thing high sales means is that it’s a model the…

A CVT paired with a buzzy relatively weak 4 cyl is terrible for any enthusiast while being perfectly suitable for the vast majority of people.

Right like why buy a Camry when a Panamera is so much better?? Oh...

It seems pretty clear that automakers are either already on or are coming out with their last generations of ICEs. That doesn’t mean the ICE cars are gone in 5 years but it does look increasingly obvious that no new development is going into combustion engines going forward. What we have now will likely be what is…

Not surprising considering the whole article was basically one paragraph rewritten a bunch of times.

Trump would have probably been more center if he hadn’t adopted any view/policy of the people who flattered him the most. If Dems had been in his office telling him how great he was every day they’d have likely swayed him into a center if not center left ideology. 

1) I specified that I meant they were driving on autopilot as in zoned out, like when you drive somewhere and you don’t even remember driving, or you go through an intersection and you don’t recall noticing that it was even a green light.

The issue is that it’s a normal street before and after these things. No one would expect to be cruising along only to have this pop up out of nowhere. Probably people experiencing this thing for the first time while on autopilot (like zoned out not the Tesla thing).

Agreed, if you’re a fan of the books (presumably who this show is made to attract) then so far we’ve missed all the most interesting things about them. I understand that you need to find some ways to insert action and drama, and really don’t mind how they’re changing some things to keep some main characters around.…

They were the most profitable car company in the world before being absorbed by VW so yeah no need to rock that boat.

I just paid a $50 application fee to get approval to rent a $750k house at $3100/mo. It should not be any harder to buy a house - a credit check and income verification. The 2008 bubble was caused because many mortgage companies weren’t even verifying income (knowing they wouldn’t hold the mortgage) combined with…

Well Raphael specifically mentions them in the article which is the only reason I mentioned it. It likely has more to say about how low my expectations were than how good the car was.

I had a Malibu Classic rental car years ago and was very surprised at how peppy and fun to drive it was. Would still avoid owning anything from GM but whether it was my low expectations or the generic styling, it pleasantly surprised and left me thinking that it was an underrated car.

Serious question, with so many cars being turbocharged now does that negate the elevation difference? I assume the turbo is still producing as much pressure regardless of ambient air pressure, maybe with a bit more lag. 

My thoughts as well. This probably doesn’t drive anything like the real thing.

Yah minus the giant screen option that interior could’ve been out ten years ago and really only looks good compared to the GM trucks. Looks like this redesign will keep it a niche player.

Very well said. It’s amazing the number of examples that exist of companies rising to the top of their industry only to start changing everything that got them there and refusing to look back at their own history to right the ship. GM has spent decades doubling down on one bad decision after another. It’s a sadly…