Musk is the asshole that 2 years ago bragged in an interview that he won’t hire engineers from traditional automakers except maybe Aston Martin. This was when Aston Martin was using a powertrain that was close to 20 years old without major updates.

I’ve got news for you. The manufacturers are now enforcing ad covenants that prohibit dealers from posting a price lower than invoice. So all of the best-price stores that choose to post their prices up front and on line, and frequently used to regularly advertise commodity vehicles below invoice are no longer allowed…

And Clinton’s campaign manager stepped down today from the lobbying firm that bears his own name due to... why? Oh yeah, partnering with Manafort’s company on the Russia/Ukraine events that led to his indictment.

First, it’s funny to see lefties accuse the right of being conspiracy theorists while mentioning the crackpot 25th ploy in the same breath. Second, let’s take a look at what WaPo said about this two months ago:

Funny how this indictment is from things in 2012 when Trump wasnt campaigning or dealing with Manafort in any way. Who was Manafort working with in 2012? I’ll save you the effort since the author couldn’t be bothered. It was Podesta. He was working with Hillary’s guy when this all happened.

The apparently bought 5 cars..........soooooo I guess that is now automotive related?

Show me the collusion? At this point the only proven collusion related to Russia appears to be from the Clinton camp and the DNC

Searching for any reason to attack Trump while trying to stay auto related.

and WTF does this have to do with Jalopnik? Serious.

I would prefer to remain on that wrong side of history with you. I like to drive. That is all.

Is Jalopnik about cars or politics? The guy still has a right to not disagree with what other people say (I think?).

So you want an explanation from someone who works in the business, but won’t accept the answer once you get it? Go fuck yourself.

Why not make it 100% safe for the drivers and have them drive using remote control?

How has the share prices of TSLA not cratered since that tweet? The man is clearly insane and has no business being in charge of a 60 billion dollar company. He has shown over the last few years he has little clue on how manufacturing works see his amazement about automation and design for manufacture. He has no clue…

Will people stop with the Amazon comparison they are not at all alike. Amazon has sold stock 1 time and funded all growth from its Positive Cash Flow. Here is a fun visual to explain this

60% of the time, you’ll smell like smoke coming from behind the dashboard.

A la carte options will not be a thing because many packages are engineered to work together, and in fact packages do streamline options. Instead of customers checking through dozens of options boxes they only have 4-6 realistic options, trim levels and certain other add ons. As for packaging options together consider…

If the same idiots who complain about dealerships would shut up and pay MSRP everybody would be better off for it.

You don’t have to deal with any traditional dealership bullshit today if you use the dealer internet sites.

“shared autonomy”