This is standard industry practice. Every new car review you’ve read happens this way, only we disclose it up front.

In my experience the only journalist I’ve seen on a press trip who paid for airfare and lodging was WSJ. We don’t have WSJ money, so we accept Audi’s invitation and disclose it up front.

I didn’t love…

What does this have to do with the automotive industry?

Yeah this story is pretty lazy or obtuse about the mileage issue. Who is going to be a successful Lyft/Uber driver with a 10k mile per year limit??

Yay! Math time!

1) How much money down do those lease options require?
2) Full coverage for rideshare drivers in CA is ~$280 per month
3) Last year, Lyft estimates that its drivers drive ~140-200 miles per day. Assume 5 work days a week, that could come out to 1,000 per week, or 50,000 per year. Mach-E forums from a few…

You know there are mileage limitations on leases right? Those are usually 12k miles per year (36k at the end of a 3 year lease). If you are a full time ride share driver you probably do the entire 3 year lease mileage in a single year.  So why don’t you redo your math factoring in the extreme penalty paid out for…

I know complaining about slideshow posts is hack at this point, but I find this example especially egregious. I had to take a second to think about if “The Elon Thing” was some sort of limited edition prototype vanity project I had forgotten about. Like a VW Thing retrofitted with an electric drivetrain.

Your assessment is correct on how billionaires work the system. You can take loans against stocks as if they were an asset which saves the trouble of losing control of the company by selling them off. Some people buy houses using a loan taken against their stock portfolio which they then pay off the loan once they…

I don’t like Elon, but I don’t like wrong statements even more. I say this in every article that quotes a “$56bn payout”. That number is just blatantly wrong. BUT, if he were to monetize his new stock, he wouldn’t sell it. He would do what every other billionaire does.

The only factory stick shift LX Hemi car was the Challenger.  Behind the 6.1 in 2008, and the 5.7L 2009+.  The stick shift came out after the Magnum went out of production. 

Jesus Christ, when will the E-class platform myth stop? It used components like, brakes, suspension components, transmission, etc. but it did not use the platform. Parts do not make for a platform. It’s not a W211 in disguise. But hey, if I’m wrong, I’ll gladly admit it. I have both, a Magnum R/T and an E320 CDi. Both…

A car typically doesn’t “need” ChatGPT in the sense that it won’t improve the car’s mechanical functions or performance directly. However, integrating ChatGPT or similar AI technology into a car can enhance the user experience in several ways:

Yeah, even with context it’s a complete dud of a zinger, though, as the crew were never the subject of that hastily zip-tied straw man. They were going after the dock officials with the diversity nonsense. I get where she was coming from, but that could have been left out of the post. 

To me it’s a weird combination of being absolutely featureless and the hood line at the front. Usually you’d expect to see some sort of character line on the side or the hood if you’re keeping the front end a super clean look but it’s just flat and nothing the whole way back.

This is absolutely the correct answer. The university should be providing a vehicle to complete fieldwork (even if it’s a rental).

Speaking as someone who does superficially similar field work in Texas, what he really needs to do is to talk to his supervisor about getting access to university vehicles. The importance of this cannot be understated - looking official opens a lot of doors at field sites that would otherwise be 100% closed if you…

Have you noticed that you used to get a lot of comments on this feature when it wasn’t a video?

Boo hoo? They might be related to those who died but the guy in the quote was born FORTY years after the sinking; these weren’t close relatives he lost.

Oh god dammit how did the rock rewind thing not occur to me. Thanks kid. 

Cool Cool. I usually forget I have the ascend ability. My 7yo told me to use rewind when rocks were being thrown at me.

Was driving back to college (c. 1978) in an Olds 98 (c. 1970) under the influence of certain plants (c. one month ago) and this song blew my mind—still does.