Is it me or does the result look kind of...blotchy? The camera doesn’t linger long enough in the “final reveal” segment to get a really good look. I guess if the gold plating faithfully mimics the base material, I suppose there’s no way to get a perfectly even finish, but it kind of ruins the effect for me.

Smith didn’t blame his reckless driving on some mysterious invisible hand controlling his accelerator

Yeah, that’s what I was wondering. It doesn’t seem fair to blame buyers without looking into what it might cost them to get a more interesting colour. I’m certainly not destitute, but colour would probably be the last thing I would consider spending extra money on when buying a car.

If only I had dated Subaru and not that girl I met on Tinder.

Also, we have brake lights and turn signals to indicate what we are doing to other drivers, why not an accelerator light?

Public transit could have fixed all of these problems.

government subsidization or taxation

Has anyone done research into what we might expect in terms of availability and price of gasoline in the next 30 years or so? (Full disclosure: I’m sure someone has, but I can’t be arsed to go looking for it myself right now.) That is, if someone buys a nice ICE car in the next few years, can they expect to have to…

Signing up for the free option does create a new account, so I assume all the stuff associated with my existing one is gone (at least in the Jezebel context). The commenting system is non-Kinja as well, so no stars or any way to react to comments other than replying. All my old Jez comments still appear in my Kinja…

I have no idea why Jalopnik staff has never proofread what they post.

They were asking for $8 a month or $80 per year. I don’t doubt that it was about the money for a lot of people, but I think for many more it was about losing anonymity. I created a free account this morning, and even posted a comment to test it out. There are still very, very few comments on any of the posts; most…

I was happy when Paste appeared to have “saved” Jezebel, but as you note, there was virtually no commenting going on. I too lost interest pretty quickly. Clearly, very few people wanted to have to pay for a subscription to comment. (Those that did all seemed to be weirdos.) Interesting to hear that commenting is now…

To you? To clarify, I’m talking about the science of statistical sampling, not stating an opinion. It is a fact that 3500 is a huge sample size.

That sample size is huge. The only question is how representative it was.

The study only looked at about 3,500 Tesla owners, so it’s possible the sample size was too small to be accurate, but 3,500 individuals should be large enough to be statistically significant.

For anything other than a short (i.e., one where I can get away with just the suit I’m wearing) business trip, I have no problem with checking a bag. I’ve never had bags lost, and I’ve never waited very long to check or pick up my bags. The modern overhead-bin drama created by all the “I will die before I check a bag”…

Exactly. You’re not buying food for more than 2 people, so why the big American fridge? The central location also means you can shop like a European - buying small amounts of food more often rather than driving to Costco and hauling home tons that you now need to store.

Thank you! Came here to say this; you saved me the trouble.

This is much simpler in Canada, because “A number plate is the property of the Crown.” So freedom of speech isn’t an issue - you don’t have any right to express yourself on someone else’s stuff.

what is different about this person stepping in front of the vehicle vs. any other?