In a vacuum, it would be pretty cool that they essentially made an EV land yacht...

I think the general shape is designed to *appear* smaller than it actually is. And while it might have worked, it was at the expense of some uncanny valley dimensions.

I don’t think it’s so much about infinite growth as it is big decision-makers treating racing like something it isn’t. While there are probably more “line goes up” types in leadership than ever, that’s more a function of time than anything else.

Weird existential take regarding this that I’ve been harboring for a while now:

This is a great though that I’ve always believed but never really articulated. I remember using the work “robotic” to describe the fascia of the early 2010's refresh when it happened, and each update since them has one-upped the last.

Oh, that’s brilliant.

Lawrence will probably get flak for breaking the rules, but Tom sort of gets at the same problem with his recommendation: Even the best solution to all these requirements is going to have something wrong with it.

Alright, I’m normally one to pile on the writers here, but that was not remotely what seems to be going on here. While Prius v. Hummer isn’t a comparison anyone actually needed, they’re effectively saying two separate things here:

Highly recommend Downfall: The Case Against Boeing on Netflix for a really well flushed out piece on how the current Boeing is so much worse than the what preceded the McDonnel-Douglas merger. It’s also works a factual dismantling of the dipshit theory that this is somehow woke culture’s fault instead of traditional co…

Even with the resolution, how much we continue to hear about this is probably inversely proportional to how interesting/competitive the F1 season will be.

NASCAR drivers being some semblance of regular joe’s and also goofy characters has been one of the things I’ve always appreciated about it. However, I think there’s a bigger reason here:

1. The most pristine blue manual C5 Corvette that is still out there. Doesn’t need to be a Z06, and would actually sort of prefer it wasn’t so I could fiddle with it without feeling like I’m desecrating something.

What’s extra weird about this is you can sort of see how the echo-chamber gets built... unintentionally. Normal people with normal priorities and normal problems won’t work for “cool points”, and thus Tesla limits their talent pool to the sort of weirdos that will. You wind up without a single reasonable voice in the…

I mean, if you live like a normal college kid, you go to campus more than a couple times a week. This seems like the more pertinent issue that makes this an oddball case only being presented for shock-value.

The thing about buying new is huge. The layperson’s eyes may glaze over when they see a 35' cabin cruiser costs 300 grand new, but doesn’t realize a ten year old model does all the same things for like 1/5th of that money. And most marine shit will last forever if you maintain it. 

I’ve been dying on this hill in regards to the debate around larger vehicles impacting pedestrian deaths. I’m as pissed off that cars have gotten so much more pointlessly big now than anyone, but everyone having a little handheld computer they can use while they drive that will send messages, pay their bills, and watch…

That kinda goes back to the 2nd line of the original comment. While actually getting killed for it may be a bit of a stretch, doing the right thing as a cop definitely comes with consequences from other cops, unless you can really thread the needle.

Feel like any recent iteration of a Civic Si is staring them in the face too, including a new one.

This feels like the obvious miss to me too? You might even be able to get your mitts on a new SI for $30k flat. If not, get a current-gen off lease for like 25k-28k.

D’oh! I read that a second time and now it makes sense. Kinda stinks for the astronauts that they need to do a full-scale dry-run of this thing on top of the actual mission.