Oh wow, I skimmed the article and for some reason thought it was about January numbers, when obviously we wouldn’t have those yet. Totally right on the timing, thanks for the correction.

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If it’s The Onion and this administration, you know it’s just a matter of time before it’s true.

Hey, if it's in The Onion you know that it's true.

Not sure how the bullying is working when Trump literally didn’t do jack shit and then claimed victory.

It’s grim. I didn’t know how effective bullying was, but it’s working. I didn’t think our loss is so complete. I don’t think I’ve felt this hopeless and angry since...middle school. But that time, I fucking punched the bully in the face with a rock in my fist.

You’re probably right.  The oligarchs are shorting america.

Teslas product is very stale and outdated and the guy at the top is a creep. He bought the US government, among many other reasons, so he can use it to promote himself and his business and to use available regulatory tools to promote his interests and businesses and to shield them from competition.

1st Gear: Last sales report, the decrease in California Tesla sales amounted to a 10% overall global sales reduction. That’s big. Regarding Tesla wanting to move more operations to Texas. Remember when he moved Tesla’s R&D, only to move it back within months? He couldn’t get enough people to make that move, nor…

That’s true. There should be no reason why a company can profit 40 billion a year, and not increase wages appropriately. But they’ll throw a hissy fit and outsource labor for cheap.

I get what you’re saying, but that just perpetuates the problem. Flatlining real wage growth is something you can only combat for so long with lowering prices or lifestyle cuts. You know we’ve reached a tipping point when the president of the US and billionaires are telling us we “might need to experience a little…

just dropping the mortgage rates and controlling rent would help people alot. The problem is the millionaires just salivating at the thought of buying low rate houses and up charging on the rent. Basic needs just simply need to be lowered, and not just supplemented to the poor, but the middle class needs assistance as…

“Waaaaahhhh we can’t make money on sub-$20k cars.”

I didnt see BMW mentioned on the list

I hope they make sure to also include under-designed timing chains and associated tensioners, oil passages that become easily blocked, plastic impellers for water pumps, and - oh - just all sorts of other plastic stuff that wears horribly and has about a 10-year-life...because their business model demands catastrophic…

the plan is for them to build more affordable cars

BMW’s sales growth basically matched the automotive market growth generally. This monstrosity wasn’t a significant part of it. 

I’m not saying you’re wrong. I’m saying this country is deeply troubled.

That’s because the vast majority of consumers prefer in-your-face, blingy, tacky shit to actually good design. Of course it was always going to sell. “I can drive a BMW and make sure that EVERYONE, day or night (thanks to the light-up kidneys), knows it? Sign my fragile-ego up!”

Aggressively ugly. BMW designers haven’t made mistakes with their design. They have done purposefully created these objects of horror to see how bad it can get before sales suffer. Apparently there are more than enough fools who want light up badges and grills to show everyone they bought a BMW.