I assume the price is so attractive because the lessee is getting the benefit of the EV incentive spread out over a relatively short (24 month) lease period.

I’m fine with no infotainment system, but I definitely want a bigger screen on the dash to which I can connect my phone, essentially acting as an external monitor. 

Honestly, I kinda like the color scheme, but I’m part of the relatively small portion of the population that actively likes blue cars. Those wheels, though, are awful. 

They once gave me one as an “upgrade.” After driving it for two days, I came away completely baffled why anyone would want one for any purpose BUT offroading. Terrible road manners, uncomfortable interior. 

“Audi 5000: Zero-To-60...when you least expect it”

I think a part of it is that tariffs create huge opportunities for influence and graft, by granting exceptions:

“The rationale seems to be that importers will switch to domestic suppliers, which will cut prices because the imports are more expensive”

There’s pretty strong consensus among economists that the post-Covid legislation, particularly the American Rescue Plan, was a significant driver of inflation, by pouring a lot of stimulus into an economy that was already running reasonably close to capacity.  Hindsight is always 20/20, of course. 

Some of the Tesla price increases in Canada might be due to the recent weakness in the Canadian $, which has gone from US$0.75 in late September to US$0.70 now.

RyanAir has only refrained from introducing a “Don’t Get Kicked in the Nuts When You Board the Plane” fee because they couldn’t figure out how to standardize the severity of the nut-kicking. 

“why would anyone want to fly Frontier or Spirit besides the relatively low ticket prices”

Unless you’re in New England right now, and nearly 1/4 of electricity is being generated by burning oil. 

Well, he didn’t actually kill (or even injure, apparently), anybody, so I really doubt even a non-cop would have faced criminal charges in similar circumstances. 

It was in an auction in November 2023, went for $24,200. Only been driven a couple thousand miles since then!

The fact that a car is selling for over MSRP doesn’t mean it’s not a good deal.  The fact that a car is selling for way below MSRP doesn’t mean it’s a good deal.  

Rocket reliability is actually dramatically HIGHER now. Fifteen years ago, roughly 10% of satellite launches failed. SpaceX’s Falcon 9 (their primary rocket) has an overall reliability rate of upwards of 99%. For the development of Starship, it’s an issue of SpaceX’s methodology, which is to launch with the…

It seems like someone has done a really nice job converting a Charger into a pickup. If I wanted that, I’d probably be interested.

“burned through oil like it was water in a desert, but still a fun drive”

You were really in a rush to get this article up, huh?

I stand corrected, thanks.