That’s also a lot of Hollywood and TV. It’s not very easy to hit a tire on a moving vehicle, especially when it’s driving at you.

I don't think that was ever a thing.   Shooting at the ground is asking f9r a ricochet killing a bystander.

I’m no law enforcement professional, but whatever happened to the “shoot out the tires” strategy? Even if it’s lame, it’s better than shooting the woman dead!

Cops are generally allowed to use lethal force to protect themselves. And usually aren’t responsible if it endangers others as a secondary (I guess would be the best way to put it) effect. What I mean is they may be held responsible for where their bullets go, but generally not for other things that they aren’t…

Easy. If she was trying to run him over, instead of a car being targeted at him it’s now an out of control car. So you might still get run over; but you don’t have someone actively trying to. Still not ideal but legally very easy to defend. Someone trying to run you down is generally seen as attempted murder, so you…

No, there does not appear to be evidence it was the parents’ gun, and the larceny of a firearm charge may indicate it was owned by/licensed to someone completely different who did not consent to him having the gun. Either that or perhaps managed to take the firearm from some secured place without permission. 11 years…

I’m wondering if the Ed Sheeran team even thought about this, or if it’s more an Extremely Online thing to know which Starbucks was a union busting offender 2 years ago.

“If a company who makes 1" rigid plastic bricks can do it, why the hell can’t we do it with 48" flexible steel panels?”

We always talked about the ‘Golden Age of Television’ ending at some point, but I really didn’t think things would get this dire.

The Delorean panels were stamped and everyone of them had at least slight curvature in them to create proper tension across the metal.

Yes, completely forgot about this and I used to work in steel products! Just getting flat sheet is tough and getting flat sheet that then doesn't spring into a different shape when you cut it is even tougher. You pay a premium for sheet metal that has been levelled correctly and has all the internal stresses balanced…

The DeLorean hood is flat but not the door panels.  Source: my garage.

I cant imagine what a hail storm would do to this.  It is probably manufactured in a strange way too that makes pannels inacessable for paintless dent repair

My company does manufacturing at micron scale, and the costs to achieve what he’s talking about on a mass-produced vehicle would be insane. Musk is nuts.  

That’s a gross understatement.

You expect them to make a big stupid ugly piece of shit like this PRACTICAL with REAL ENGINEERING? Come on now. As long as it makes fart noises and does some stupid marketing shit, Elon-stans will declare this vehicle the death of all other pickups.

Elon is a fucking moron.

Just making flat panels is a giant PITA. Should have put even a little surface curvature on that stainless steel. It’s going to look like extra shit in no time as it age flexes and/or collects impacts of any kind.

Once they figure out how to put the sheet metal together and hire real mechanical engineers to develop the lifted suspension linkages, hopefully they will find a way to keep the brakes cool considering the hideous wheel covers do not have openings.

Who cares what he says, the panel gaps are going to be atrocious either way.