I haven’t seen Blade Runner, but I think I should see it just so that I can know how far off base Musk is. (I’m told it’s a great movie, but two kids means few chances to watch things they can’t also see)

My four-year-old was running around the yard with his pals, chanting “fight for death” - I think he has as much sense of what he is saying as Elon does.

Seconding the ketamine comment. While not advocating for recreational or psychotropic drug use, a bit of an acid overdose in my twenties seemed to have rewired my brains. As in six months later I had mostly new friends and was back in school and had a new, less dead-end job. I was able to have romantic relationships,…

“Human shield” is 100% in the eyes of the beholder.

These things seem big enough that you could shoot them down a little later, not above someone’s house. Or at least track them.

The only car I have ever seen catch fire was an Alaska-plated Ferrari F40 being hooned at Montauk Airport by an obviously extremely wealthy Frenchman. He let me get near enough with my camera to get some shots but then his temper rose (he said “Rrrogntudjuuuu”) and it was requested that I leave.

Tell BMW now so that they can tune the suspension properly. British car mags have been complaining about this kind of tuning in sporting German cars for decades, but it’s only gotten worse.

The doors are also such a painful afterthought; it looks just like when people put Lambo doors on an Accord or something. Elon walked in, saw the renders and came up with some Homeresque “improvements”.

Before, investors believed in him.  At this stage, they have to keep pretending to believe that the emperor is wearing something nice, or they’ll lose their investment.

Tesla stans themselves put more effort into their imaginary designs.

GM did not do what we asked. We asked them to keep building the Bolt, perhaps make it better and come out with a second gen. No one here asked for larger, more expensive EVs, that’s simply a bad judgement call seemingly based on the bonkers, COVID-era car market.

Von Soosten was definitely tipsy; for once I agree with the cops.

“[Toyota] says it’s going to sell as many as seven all-electric vehicles here within the next two years.”

First-gen Opel Vectra.

If my passengers ask about crumple zones, I tell them to wear a sweater.

In my neck of the woods they go to all businesses and demand donations for the PBA, with the implicit understanding that their response to any calls is dependent on how much you “give.”

Well, I just about missed my window. I wonder if the pages can be archivable? Or maybe I should consider getting a subscription; they deserve my money.

BMW did this in 1990, with the 850i. If the only way to have frameless windows is by using power doors, then do not design your car with frameless windows.

The reason no one has (although it won’t stop people from trying; it’s an American tradition) is that Biden and Harris are not the sole cause of anything. They merely represent a sizable chunk of the American population and a large political grouping. They are both eminently replaceable.

Yeah, no, having to use another method for opening the door than the one you use every single day - particularly when you are panicked because you’ve just been in an accident - is utterly insane.