Well obviously this is just bad PR and they should just pay the damn warranty and take care of the customer. But...heavy people know they wear out cars faster. Should Hyundai also replace the seat with the flattened cushions? Should they fix the door that sags because it gets leaned on 10 times/day by a heavy person…

This is fantastic writing.

Strongly agree. Much like WWII was not a war for ideas but a war for military dominance and victory, this is a war for political victories. We should not be negotiating with people who are known to constantly be acting in bad faith.

Where do you get this bullshit? Obama has worked much harder than Bush ever did. Way to make up the facts to suit your argument.

OK so my engineering team has a running joke where we add VTOL to basically every spec doc for every system we build. Maybe this is kind of like that? I think we can expect every new military system to include VTOL as well.

It seems like they may be opting for the legal battle. http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/news/2016/12/19/uber-ignores-calif-threats-keeps-testing-self-driving-cars/95619860/

Firstly, the real barrier is not the license fee but the difficult-to-acquire insurance, which Uber may or may not have to the satisfaction of the DMV. This issue could have been as simple as the amended insurance is taking a while and they didn’t want to wait.

Thanks for the write-up. I don’t think most people get exposure to some of these nuances that you mentioned. Packaging is a big deal in a machine as complex as a car.

I have heard from several knowledgeable sources that the brain drain began a while ago and they feel like it’s over. Even if a magic turkey full of money showed up tomorrow, the team was moving on.

And they are doing everything in their power to impede independent shops or owners working on them. Not going to fly if they want to become a major auto manufacturer. Why are they fighting a losing battle? They will have to reverse themselves at some point. It’s a shame really. I’m the biggest Tesla supporter there is.

I used to work at Moffett Field and on several occasions saw a a C-5 parked next to an Antonov Condor which were both parked next to Hangar One which dwarfs then both. It makes an onlooker lose all proportion of scale. Where am I???

But Acura has such good resale value?!

This may be the list, but this can’t be the extent of the secret sauce. None of this is terribly novel. I can only imagine what it would be like to work with him.

I’m totally impressed that they have such a good solution to the problem of high wind around parked planes. Regardless of if it was actually lifting the plane, the wind could certainly push the nose around and cause major damage.

If this was a dealer auction, the auction would unwind that sale so fast it would make your head spin. They sell tens of thousands of cars a week and have no time to deal with this crap for one lousy commission. I guess Mecum is just a bunch of amateurs and fraudsters. I never would have guessed. Good to know.

So you’re saying they’re just being different to be different? I’m really not crazy about how those damn things blocks sightlines over the dash. This never used to be a problem. I also seem to notice that usually when people have they’re phones mounted up in their line of sight, they’re generally doing stupid things…

The BBB is entirely a scam. Unless you own a business, you probably haven’t experienced how they try to strongarm a $600 annual payment from small business owners. They really try to make you feel bad for declining and prey on people that don’t know better. They’re worse than salespeople for the yellow pages, and not…

I think the real advice here is don’t do business with friends who don’t know what they are doing or what they want. There is zero excuse for not doing a little due diligence before the transaction and then coming back with weak sauce like wear items and cosmetic issues on the interior. If I was friends with this guy,…

It would actually violate anti-trust laws if they tried.

So so much this