This is such a weird issue now because so many of the biggest players in tech are name-brands just because they were first to do whatever it is they do, and consumers got used to their product before anything better got made. Ticketmaster IMO is the worst offender, and yet, every time I need something *other* than…

2nd: Welp, nice to know they managed to find something that *barely* justifies this dumbass lawsuit. Up to this point, you could throw the whole thing out simply because these are players in a free market who can advertise or not advertise with whoever they want.

The obvious shame being that LA could absolutely use every bit of that money for public transit/infrastructure, but centering it all around the olympics? F that, do something wholistic with it.

I actually had one as a rental last year, and was surprised at how OK it was. The seats were comfy and it was generally unremarkable in the good way.

Edit: I just played around with the builder on the Ford website and oh my god, can I please have one options package that doesn’t automatically paint half the car black? This sucks.

I think you can get quite a bit of Bronco Sport new for 35 grand? Or go off-lease and get even more?

just because something is the most affordable does not fundamentally make it affordable

Endor took on significant debt during its 2020 growth to meet increased global demand during the pandemic. Like many companies who experienced significant growth as a result of isolated customers and a desire to escape during the Coronavirus epidemic, once the peak demand began to wane, it was overleveraged.

I’d still caveat that there are people not-online-enough to not know any better. Some folks genuinely just see a cheap EV with a good charging network. This site documented quite a few instances of “ I bought a Cybetruck because it’s all crazy and sci-fi looking, why does everyone hate me?”

I marginally like the original fascia more than this one, but still don’t hate it.

PHEV is what I’ve been screaming about too. The Maverick thing was basically proof of concept that if a car is cheap enough in the first place, you don’t need some wheezy N/A drivetrain as a base model. People will just get the hybrid. 

Humans have two ‘cameras’, no lidar, and no radar. Basically proof that it’s a difficult but surmountable feat to achieve with 7+ cameras and multi-core processors.

Equal parts fascinating as it is disappointing for Russel. While I am the hard-ass that would say the team is responsible for staying above the weight limit in any conventional situation, one would think there’s an argument for weighing the cars without wheels just to avoid this problem. A team getting punished a team …

Seriously, my kingdom for any player in the media to call out Ford’s shitty propaganda here. They did a whole self-congratulating media tour about how they were putting all the money in the world into this program. Now we are supposed to care that when you roll that investment into the unit cost, they are losing money…

Oh believe me, that’s at the top of the list for weird little project ideas in my head for years... if I actually had the time for it. 5.3's of that era are legendary and plentiful.

The catch is that motor. Those things are guaranteed to nuke themselves somewhere between 120-150k miles. At that point, the car is worth more in pieces than it is put together.

$1,800 is worth the gamble that the head gaskets aren’t *about* to blow, but this thing is right in the window where that starts to happen. Worth the risk IMO because running cars just don’t come in for less than 2k anymore, let alone a big comfy cruiser.

Related: Most of my friends are significantly below the mean when it comes to basic car knowledge. Like a month ago, one of them bought a transmission recall-era Focus. Of course they waited until after the fact to ask me if it was a good buy.

Beat me to it with “red flag”. Maybe there’s no direct through line between a cracked windshield and not doing maintenance, but it’s still not something you should be trying to rationalize in the first place. 

I am absolutely dying at “yeah, but damn” as the response here. Probably the best and least confrontational response? They should teach cops to talk like this in de-escalation class.