Every element in this story checks out. No further questions.

I prefer less bells and whistles - not hairshirt territory, but anything beyond AC, PW, and PL is more than I am asking for.

This is Jalopnik; 2/3s of us are Aspies. The fact that they got rid of the name doesn’t change things; being bunched with all the ASDs is a bit too large of a category for many.

That’s a great idea. One car a year would mean no one would really need straw buyers either.

I showed her this thread and she said “a 20-year-old who drives a stick is a rock star; I’ve just never driven anything else.”

Oh, I am not touching that with a hundred-foot pole. Cheers.

(should have just looked this up to begin with)

I know I am missing something about short selling, but does it make sense to short something that will never ever reach its current value again?

That took me waaayyyy too long to comprehend - all the while I am actively awaiting the day my 10-year-old daughter will be old enough to get Monty Python. Not understanding anyone with even a whiff of a British accent is going to be a problem.

If only there were some suitable Schadenfreude gifs out there, or something along the lines of “ha-ha”.

- gotta warm up my car for twenty minutes before I drive

I think even the minimal maintenance done by car renters is more than the average owner does...

No, but driving a manual means I am a better person.

So Musk is now actively trying to run Tesla into the ground? I guess the Cybertruck soured him on building cars - they should have named it the Tesla Sharkjumper.

That was my only takeaway - I am sure Canoo is being invoiced a few grand for refilling the onboard minibar with every needless flight, too.

My mom just turned 73 and she drives a Honda Fit Sport, five-speed manual. Orange Revolution Metallic. Of course, she’s a sample of one.

At some point it will be less effort to just pay someone to take the damned thing for a spin once a month.

None of them. Please stop this trend. So boring, so tired, and they all end up looking the same (oooh! LED headlights! wow)

I couldn’t exactly remember how it came about, but I, too started with the set and now I only have the pepper mill. I may have had a similar experience, because I have never bought another salt mill.

A reasonable decision. If you wanted to precisely describe their thinking, it’d be “Occam’s nub”, but that’s not as snappy.