Boo hoo. Las Vegas exists exactly because of nonsense like this, designed to extract money from tourists. Everyone that lives there IS THERE because of that fact and knows it. It’s not a city, it’s a venue. Locals whining about it is hypocritical. Tourists whining about it (and their non-F1 related vacations being…

Plus I’ve always been under the impression that the vast majority of Vegas residents stay away from the Strip area unless they work there.  

When David Foxx reached out to Jalopnik, he was on his 10th day of a 19-day vacation

The one guy who’s happy they paved an old road cracks me up. Maybe I’m used to Oklahoma’s terrible roads, but if it hasn’t been paved in 20 years, it must have been constructed REALLY well, or doesn’t see much traffic I’d assume.

[...] if you think that you driving a BEV is going to counteract China, India, et al. burning dirty fuel to power their industry and wrecking your climate far into the future.

The event is at POST Houston, which is bookended by HPD Central Patrol Station to the West and Harris County Sheriff’s office, Jail, and the joint (HPD and HCSO) processing center to the East. Each within 2,000 feet from the location the lead photo. (not to mention the tallest building in the photo is the Harris…

1st gear: Also, just like in the US, don’t forget that Europeans aren’t buying up EVs at the rates that the politicians predicted (shocking I know). I guess that’s why they’re having to move toward Soviet central planning to outright ban ICE cars in many places. It’s always “we believe in democracy and choice UNLESS…

First they have to find enough patrol car drivers who do not drive one of these monstrosities in their off-hours.

I’m surprised Houston PD hasn’t just sent a dozen patrol cars to loiter around the event ready to ticket or impound cars behaving badly. It seems like this would be an obvious way to fix the problem.

1st gear: it would be better if you talked with an ICE emissions expert instead of quoting the guardian. The guardian has an agenda, and clearly knows little to nothing about NOx emissions.

Oh, the humanity!

1st gear: Good. Can we stay the execution of the manual transmission gti, and stop the dealers from charging a markup over the now higher cost than auto gti?

I’m not shocked complete bullshit like this is passed off as “journalism”.

I would think workman’s comp would cover it. Maybe not, not an expert on it.

What are you talking about? Tons of Americans do this. It’s the cheapest (and most convenient) way to travel if you have multiple young children.

Legit speculation, this is America.

“We suspect she may have been worried about the cost of treatment, but we can’t say that definitively.”

Bellagio for race weekend shot up to $2k for the most basic room lol.

Range aside, I think the 3-minute fill-ups are a huge factor for anyone wanting to use their car for road trips. The time-honored American tradition of the nonstop drive 1/3 of the way across the country is still going strong, especially if you have a few kids in tow.

And that’s even with all of the government subsidies BEVs have on offer. It turns out people value the convenience of 3-minute fill-ups, 500+ miles of range, a guaranteed second-hand market, and being able to fix their own cars or go to their local mechanic to do so.