For those who bought their house ten-fifteen years ago and refinanced this summer, this is very true. I know one of my new neighbour’s mortgage is about a third of mine... 

My grandmother (born in 1927 IIRC) refused to sleep in our guest bedroom until we moved the computer somewhere else...

If there was no stigma attached to driving a Tesla, then why are people making apologetic bumper stickers for Tesla owners? The three people I know who own Teslas are constantly making clear that while they may have Teslas they in no way endorse Musk.

Tesla can just sell the name, intellectual properties, and the factories to Toyota for what they are actually worth. The stock seems to have little to no relation to the company itself in any case.

Asia, Latin America, and Africa. Small numbers in Europe for now. In DR and Peru Chinese cars are becoming extremely common. You can even buy a new Hongqi in the Gulf States, which seems to be a good way to ingratiate yourself with Chinese investors/lenders.

Reverse: Exactly. I did a semester in Berlin and one of my classmates was a young Iraqi - he had bad PTSD and so did every family member of his who was still alive. Aside from having laid the groundwork for a “post-truth” world, Dubya and all his pack will burn in hell forever for Iraq, part 2.

The IMV seems to be a modern update of Toyota’s original AUV (Asian Utility Vehicle), the Kijang/Tamaraw. A good move and the kind of vehicle much of the world actually needs.

I wonder if there will be a second gen of any Tesla product?

Considering the size of Vingroup I would say it’s ripe for a government takeover. As soon as he stops laying golden eggs, there will be a bribery scandal or something and Pham Nhat Vuong will be but a memory.

Hey! This is the internet - you’re not supposed to admit any wrongdoing whatsoever!

It’s one of those things that no culture seems to be able to learn from others. Also, it’s a lesson that has to be re-learned every four or five generations, which is pretty depressing. Almost everything wrong with society today relates (or at least correlates) with the massive income gap.

Part of it is also the third world conditions of the infrastructure. I know I spend a good thirty percent of my brain effort while driving on avoiding potholes. I won’t own a truck or SUV, but it helps explain the phenomenon.

No. No, it is not. If some idiot high schoolers introduce you to the way like to entertain themselves it’s not a bad thing. No one suggested that this was normal behavior and no one tricked me; the point of the game is that it is transgressive.

That joke was by the original commenter.

Awesome. I’d take this over a $15K BMW 750 eight days a week.

This was one of the first things I was taught after moving to the United States. I have never played it on an airplane, but definitely in a DMV and also on trains.

I don’t want to seem like a gatekeeper or something, but I truly do not for a second believe Andy has any sort of interest in cars. Working for Jalopnik is just a job, and probably a shitty one at that. Learn how to do DOB filings and we will pay you 50% more!

I think Italy will be better off if they can get the €500,000 fine than owning a yacht.

Thanks to their system, if you can afford to splurge and have a car it is actually pleasant to drive. Meanwhile, if you cannot afford it there are countless better options. Carrots AND sticks tend to work best.

Word. The used car markets will only get weirder and weirder as only the wealthiest people can afford new cars, and their choices are wildly undesirable to used car buyers.