Neutral: The CAFE exemption for “light trucks”. Anything that can help put an end to bro-dozers and 18 kajillion varieties of the same giant SUV would be great.

Neutral: Seat Belts

Neutral: Front license plates.

Give another $11000 Union bonus to all the striking workers and see what that future looks like. Let’s get a grip folks...the largest single expense to build a car is not R&D...

Yeah. It’s like a Supra in front of a 1997 Chevy Monte Carlo.

the Supra GT4 road racing car that actually has a stock chassis. In a way, it shows what NASCAR A modern-day IROC series could be.

As far as possible, I hope. Algorithms are if-then rule-readers. Human beings are randomly rule observers, rule breakers, and relatively rule unaware. Safe operation of a vehicle depends on simultaneously holding all of those possibilities in our heads and only disregarding one or more possibility when its…

I think it speaks more to the failure of the NTSB to get ahead of companies doing development work on public roads. 

I think a few standards should be adjusted to make things safer for all

A one second delay in braking? No jaywalker detection? Everyone involved in this shitty system belongs in jail.

Neutral: whatever number of years you have in your head, triple it. At minimum.

AV tech has gotten maybe 90% of the way there. The only problem with that is that the curve is approaching an asymptote.

2021 Celica confirmed?

5th Gear:

Had a bachelor party in Nashville last weekend. 20 dudes taking Ubers everywhere we went. Not one single issue. In that town you can have three Ubers to your door in 2 minutes. 

Hey, I think that’s way overblown. I mean, sure, that happened with a few companies, but really, not that many, right? I mean, just like, oh, AOL. And Yahoo. And pets.com. And...

Every time I have used Uber it has been a pleasant experience. My last 10 cab rides have ranged from barely tolerable to abysmal. Taxis suck. If they didn’t, Uber would not have become so popular. I like cheap private transportation but I recognize that they need to price their service so it reflects the cost to make…

So I want to get in the car and test drive it, then painlessly negotiate the sale, and then get the hell out of Dodge.