According to Tesla representatives that Bacigalupo spoke with, the car’s battery had become “effectively submerged” after Scotland was hit with severe rain last weekend.

1. Do not get wet.

My main question is around “effectively submerged,” what does that even mean? Are they saying the rain was so heavy that even though they didn’t drive through deep puddles they drove through falling rain that was “effectively” a wall of water and that their cars are not meant for such rain?

100% this. No matter how consistant you think you are going, you are not

I’ll be honest with you, on long trips it’s usually obvious who isn’t using cruise control, and they kind of drive me crazy. Cruise keeps things orderly on the interstate. 

It’s list from CR.  There will never be anything that the American OEM’s can do to get on CR’s lists.

Bought a 2016 2.7l F150 last year. Hoping the significant fuel economy upside vs. the 5.0 exceeds the additional maintenance costs. It still feels like a cheat code pushing a full size truck and getting better mileage than a 6-cyl RAV4.

Say what you will but I think the current CIVIC is one of the best looking cars on the road at any price. Plus the dash is done right. I’ve seriously thought about “downgrading” my current car to buy one.

From my experience, the only thing I find to add is that the Big 3 all make long lasting pickups. As long as you stick to the full sized ones. There are good engines and bad ones for each, but in general, it isn’t that hard to get a full sized US pickup that will last for a ton of miles if you treat it well. This also…

I agree with the last slide to an extent. Diverse interests and modifications is what makes car culture great. The line should be drawn at modifications that have a detrimental impact to the safety of others. Where that line is drawn is debatable but there are clearly some mods that should never be allowed on a public…

I’m a Boomer and I’ve never understood these. They’re not good ‘vettes, they’re not good pickups, and they’re not good convertibles, plus their styling is pretty cartoonish. For $30K+ there are far better options for a weekend cruiser, a Cars and Coffee conversation piece, or for hauling stuff back from Home Depot. ND!

JALOPNIKE, I WOULD LIKE TO BUY THSI SSR YOU HAVE FOR SALE BUT I CANNOT FIND A LINK ON YOUR WEBSITE TO DO SO FROM MY COMPUTER. IF YOU COULD PLEASE CALLE ME SO WE CAN DISCUSS PURCHASING THE VEHICLE I WOULD BE GRATEFUL. BARB AND I HAVE DOCTORS APPONTMENTES TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY AND GO TO BED AT 6 BUT ANY OTHER TIME WILL…

This $20,000 price point is absurd. Here’s our new-to-us $8k 300ZX. Patience, luck and an adventurous spirit pays off.

Right now, with the garbage (non-Telsa) charging network, the extra range is really about letting you hold out for a working, high speed charger and not having to wait two hours to charge on a slow one.

Even 250 miles of range would be enough if there were reliable fast charging options.  That’s 3-4 hours of nonstop…

I mean... I, the armchair auto-enthusiast, think that Toyota is picking the right path here. Hybrids and PHEVs in the short term and let everyone else eat massive R&D costs into some technological dead ends. Solid state batteries (soon) and super caps (further out) were always going to be the long term solution. Both…

Good points. 4-tonne monster, then.

“I, for one, look forward to being killed by an errant 5-tonne monster with a hood line taller than my roof.”

Honestly, impressive range numbers. I wonder how heavy this thing must be to cram all those batteries in a vehicle that has all the aerodynamic subtlety of a brick.

• a small pickup that will fit in a regular car space

Ford sells over a million trucks per year. It is blatantly obvious that they’re building trucks people want to buy. What you want will never happen for the price you demand with today’s safety regulations. Ever.