I would think their volume to production capacity is a similar ratio to larger manufacturers (everything is less as they all want to run as close to full capacity as possible). If anything, BMW and other European manufacturers probably leave production slots open for MTO orders since they have built a business…

I guess I don’t see a big difference in a shipping container vs a car in a carrier so my presumptive to go on. Why do you think business size really matters?

FWIW ~10-14 weeks for frozen food shipments from SE Asia from departure ports to East coast arrival ports. Back of napkin guesswork ... 3 months to ship + 1 month to transport/unload/prep at dealership leaves me with....2 month lead time to put into production schedule (not like it goes to the front of the line for…

Teletubbies fans were extremely disappointed with the result

Somewhat true: T5 + Manuals have always held there value more than their 2.4i brethren (which used to go for ~$7k for similar mileage). Add AWD and these are rarest of the bunch (except for V50 version). It’s overpriced by about $4k IMO, but was NEVER a $5k car for this layout.

That lack of confidence is exactly why you shouldn’t consider yourself a better than average driver.

Protecting the battery is probably based on failure rates and warranty repair costs that Tesla was incurring. So basically they are screwing over the customer (by reducing range ) to save themselves money.

This guy looks like he was waiting for this ride solely to relieve himself

The first track I ever saw a live car race at: Eagle Raceway “The world’s fastest third mile”

Again, what do you mean “eat everyone else’s lunch”? In what, If anything Ford got caught out in the SUV/CUV game a bit, particularly with hapless Lincoln ‘00s-mid ‘10s. While Tesla “stole” sales, it was from everyone, not just one particular brand (and some adopters aren’t exactly one car households so the compromise…

“They took a few years”

^this. Typical CR-V driver, nothing unusual in that driving

Porsche already has you covered

“Alfa times a week” - take your star

“Why not write articles sharing the problems that level headed Tesla owners have had with AP?”

“Which means in a perfect engine burning only oxygen and hydrogen, there would be no emissions other than heat.”

The most I saw on a rental was ~51k on a 2015 Jetta.

Mainly developers and rich Americans (the percent you and I are not part of). It’s this specific property below which is the one I’m referring to. We looked at it and the listing was $780k (I was off with my initial math above after review - still $80k above list). It's not something I'd think an oligarch would be…

Conceptually it comes down to would you be comfortable if the pilots were not in the cockpit and said “it’s fine, autopilot is on”. Would anyone say that seems safe?

Neither am I, but somehow I've managed to get it so....