I work in IT, which has a WAY higher than average Tesla ownership per capita. From what I've seen, about half of the Tesla owners I know have gotten shit faced and let their cars drive them home more than a few times. My old boss even bragged about having it drive him from a casino in San Diego back to his house in…

According to Tesla owners, it’s actually pretty easily identifiable, to the point where they have to tell passengers NOT to use it. I know the first time I was in a Model 3, I found it without even trying. One of my coworkers bought one a few years ago, and the first thing I did when I got in was glance around for a…

The actual RACING at Monaco sucks. It’s ALWAYS been about the pageantry of the city itself. Scrap Monaco and bring back the German Grand Prix. Use the Nurburgring GP track instead of the Hockenheimring for some variety. 

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Having driven Tesla’s before, it was the first place I looked for a manual release, not even knowing if there is one. Even if it’s not evident at a glance, it’s the first logical place you’d check for one. The fact that the bezel around the window switch isn’t one solid piece clues you in to something moveable being…

That front release is well designed and intelligently placed. The rear one is fucking stupid, and makes me wonder if they had 2 separate departments designing the front and rear doors. 

I’d even take a hatchback/liftback. Mazda made a liftback for the first gen models that was VERY practical. I almost bought one, but too many red flags at the shady buy-here-pay-here lot where we found it. 

It could just be my build then. I’m 6', 270 and broad, and I didn’t fit very well, and the back seat was an absolute no-go. With a car seat, our 2018 6 is a squeeze because of the heated/ventilated seats. Our 2015 6 with manual cloth seats is considerably more spacious. 

I’m sure they COULD, and it would probably work very well. Mazda isn’t the type of company to use off-the-shelf parts, outside of normal stuff like electronics. They have 2 dedicated transmission factories in Japan and Thailand. 

The only problem with the Mazda 3 is that it’s TINY. If you’re over 5'10" or so, the front is a tight squeeze and the rear is pretty much useless except for children (WITHOUT a car seat) and cargo. If you’re normal sized and childless, it’s pretty much a perfect car, especially the hatchback. Highway mileage on the…

I don’t think they have a manual that can handle the torque of their turbo engines. Even their older 2.5L is putting out over 300 ft-lbs. I doubt they’d put money into developing one either.

I’m sure they would make it. Sell it in the US? Absolutely not. 

Automatic only unfortunately. I don’t think these handle that great anyway. The Caterham 7 would be a better choice for a canyon carver. 

Happens to me from time to time our Mazda 6 has SUPER bright running lights, and my wife likes to forget that it has automatic headlights, and turns the stalk to “off”. Takes me a couple miles to realize my headlights (and therefore tail lights) aren’t actually on. 

Those seats look comfy as fuck. 

The unfortunate part is that current Morgan cars globally are autotragic only (due to BMW mostly having abandoned stickshifts)

Capacitive touch buttons. Started to gain traction with Cadillac’s CUE, but the most egregious example I’ve seen is the Ferrari Roma. Everything on the steering wheel is capacitive, and even the mirror adjustment uses it.

I live in Southern California, and I have seen exactly ONE Z since it came out. On the flip side, I see at least one GR Corolla a week, and they started production at almost exactly the same time. 

The difference is Google/Waymo’s system would be on ACTUAL autonomous cars, and thus able to fully take over and continue safely on the way to your destination.

I have one of those Big Dumb Cups, and it fits just fine in my Mazda’s conventional round cupholder. Albeit you can only fit a single one and a regular sized cup at the same time.