I’m actually really curious as to the real running costs for a Tesla, less on the power side and more on the maintenance side. Currently all Teslas are under warranty so not too much to worry about but once thats up just how expensive will it be to work on a Tesla? Basic maintenance looks manageable (fluids, brakes,…

After my last terrible experience at a dealer haggling a lease I’m more than ready for a “Tesla” or “Apple/Microsoft Store” buying experience. Let me walk in with a test drive appointment, talk to a person who’s not there to push you the car RIGHT NOW but to talk about it, then pick your options and walk out. 3 months…

+1... Red metal wagon, dirt hill, room for two non-safety-concious kids. I was fine on the dirt cuz it was a well tread hill with deep grooves to keep the wheels straight, but the one time I took that wagon down a slightly steep road I rolled it and had some road rash. Lesson learned.

But the sand did save Gutierrez from slamming into the wall, so you win some, you lose some.

It’s not like he spent a whole lot of that runoff distance actually “on” the runoff though. His flight would have given the Wright brothers a run for their money.

Yup... big tree, right where photographers like to stand :) The other thing pictures and games don’t prepare you for are the strange G forces on that corner. You expect to be thrown right then left. You don’t expect that sudden increase in weight as you exit the bottom. Good stuff... even in something much slower than…

I dunno... Old (NA) miatas have pretty meh mileage. I get ~27mpg driving mine moderately hard. If a 100HP car can’t break 30mpg combined, yeah... Not a good ratio.

So here’s a semi-dumb question... is there a reason you couldn’t simplify things here by say going with a single clutch semi-auto instead of regular automatic? You’ve got torque fill for the shifts, so why take the loss on an auto? This also eliminates the awful low speed behavior of many older semi-autos, which seems…

Team events could be absolutely hilarious. Imagine say... Race driver trying to teach non-racedriver while blindfolded, or 3 people one car (one person on gas, one on brake, one steering). Lots of crazy car shenanigans could be had with a large cast.

Saw a beat up white NA at Northstar in Tahoe a couple weeks ago. No chains. Kudos to them for making it up the icy hill without doing their best ballet impression, cuz the Jetta I was in sure wasn’t up to the task on all seasons...

That car has officially outdone the 370z for car with best angry catfish impression.

when traction is all you need then 4WD > 2WD. That ram didn’t stand a chance if only its rear wheels were spinning.

I’m sorry... we (30 year olds) missed the Gen X boat a LOOOOONG time ago. We are the head of the Millennials, no matter how much you or I hate that word. We may have gotten stuck in between technology eras (like remembering the pre-cellphone landline days while still be completely immersed in the current smartphone…

Its like a Citroen concept mated with the OG Batmobile. Definitely intrigued, but yeah... pure vaporware for now. Just as others said though, Tesla was vaporware forever before the Roadster came out, that was pretty much a beta product through its entire life. Cars take time, much longer than most internet commentors…

Is Uber’s surge pricing a dick move? Yup. Was this guy an idiot? Also yup. Does this cancel out? In this case, I think it almost does. Just like you don’t blame eBay for drunk auction bids you don’t blame Uber for drunk Ubers.

I’d be happy with an RX-8 too, but not too many people are cross-shopping an RX-8 (or equivalent) against a Tesla :P

$30k? Buy a Leaf. $45k? Well... then you might get a Model 3 when it comes out. Tesla’s not about to go downmarket just yet, not with all the R&D costs that have to be recouped.

Remember that Tesla’s current factory in is only running at a fraction of total capacity. At its peak NUMMI (the factory Tesla bought) was producing 6000 vehicles A WEEK, for multiple manufacturers.

Yup... we should, that’s if they weren’t acting like total asshats. Protest is good, even if its a dumb protest. But when you start bringing guns to the party then it stops being a protest and starting be something more threatening (though words like insurrection or rebellion might be a bit strong, and well...…

There’s working a terrible B-movie with shit plot and an idiot director cuz you know you’re gonna get paid and your rent’s due, and working what you know is a pure propaganda puff piece for a corrupt organization. One is “I gotta get paid, and it sucks” and the other is “I wanna get paid, morals be damned”. Tim Roth…