That text at the beginning was supposed to show up as a link. FUCK KINJA. Let’s try again:

This example needs more stars. 

Just a few days ago, up in Albany, some moron driving an ATV on a pedestrian path hit a student, and now she’s in the hospital in a coma with a TBI. Alexa Kropf, University at Albany student from Floral Park, in medically induced coma after hit-and-run - Newsday

What a piss poor comparison...

One was not an active threat to anyone, the other is a guy riding a vehicle that weighs a few hundred pounds at 30+ miles per hour on a path meant for pedestrians lol

I feel like it would have ended up the same way regardless of how cops approached it.

Agreed. Bad take on Jalopnik’s part to suggest that the ATV driver running through a bunch of cyclists and pedestrians was the more desirable outcome than hitting a stopped police car. This isn’t exactly the trolley problem, because one of the outcomes is measurably worse than the other.

Two parties in the wrong you say?

As with all aftermarket items, you need to use your common sense and the Internet to judge how safe it is.

I rode in the trunk of a 1st gen Ford Probe more than once, and in the bed of many, many pickups as a child.

Oh I can’t wait for all the “we road rear facing as kids in xyz old car, back in the ancient past and survived” survivor bias stuff in the comments.

Only time will tell where Tesla ends up.

The fact that it’s currently the most popular post on the site would beg to differ.

Yeah, and he got push-back from the folks saying, “if you cut this, Tesla will be dead a year from now.” And yeah, I’m sure he’s still smarting from the Delaware Chancery Court invalidating his comp package.

Tesla infamously prioritises new car production over spare parts for repairs. The repair itself being cheap is meaningless if you’re waiting weeks or months for parts to become available. Downtime is a big consideration for fleet maintenance. A Ford might have a higher cost to repair, but you can go pretty much…

I’m curious as well as to the maintenance costs. I’d imagine frequent tire replacement is one, but perhaps it’s just the service network.

you need to run the math on the continued use cost or mothballing cost to keep these on the books and “trickle” them out slower. The added depreciation is likely not worth the wait. Also, they are probably balancing when to take the loss on the overall financial year.

Also, let’s be frank, the old CEO was ousted after…

I typed essentially the same comment. It is truly baffling and aside from ultimately hurting the financials of the company, it will also deter talented people from wanting to work for such an unpredictable and illogical CEO.

You also grow to love them too.

Toyota is in an excellent spot.