When I sold Hondas I took a family for a drive in a new Fit. They talked to the manager and said that they wished that it could have been a new Civic Hatchback (keep in mind, this was in 2011).

A shoutout to Woody Allen’s “Sleeper” would be a must...

So, Herbie runs the 24 Hours of LeMons?

Its real, from World War I propaganda against Germans.
If I had to bet, I would say the Photog saw it during his studies/work and thought it was a great image.

(insert joke about naval vessel commanding a lighthouse to change course)

Hey. It had “initial quality”.... then it went to shit.

Disagree. On emissions, for instance, EU regulators are much more focused on CO2 (through taxes, not pure regulation) than in the US, where the balance of focus is much more on NOX and particulates. The EU was way out ahead of the US on pedestrian safety for a while, as well.

It’s literally the exact opposite of the free market.

Exactly. Tesla’s software should have gently braked the car and pulled it onto the shoulder, then shut down.

Otherwise, what happens if someone has a medical issue / falls asleep while driving in autonomous mode?

Anyone could foresee that people will fall asleep / have issues, and any “autopilot” system should detect…

what about the grabber edition

+1. Making things “affordable” is what is making them expensive.

“Power attracts the corruptible. Suspect any who seek it.”

I don’t know that this article establishes clearly:

Your last paragraph is spot on, in a past life I worked for an Acura dealership as a warranty administrator. Most likely what the case was is that since she had returned multiple times for the same repair, it falls under lemon law. Now whereas I cannot speak for Subaru on how their dealers are scored on this kind of…

the abuse seems to be coming from the dealer on the fuel system!

You seem to have a fundamental misconception about what happens at a track day. I recommend that you look up your nearest SCCA track night in America, or other similar HPDE event, and preferably drive in but, but at the very least go spectate. I’d rather run my car on a course like Watkins Glen than half of the roads…

The real story is that someone thought fixing a $100k, niche car would ever be cheap.

Jason, it DOES work! Every 911 I photograph comes up as a Volkswagen Beetle!

LS swap?

“What’s the first thing you think of when I say Chevy?”