There will never be 100% safe autonomous cars. Driving is a far too complex activity for perfection to be achievable.

You forgot /s and (as of this writing) at least 13 people didn’t pick up on the sarcasm.

I don’t work in the business, but the last time I had my truck in for service I chatted a bit with the shuttle driver because they were using a brand new Grand Wagoneer as their shuttle instead of the usual Pacifica. He said the Pacifica had some sort of mechanical issue and even as a dealer they couldn’t get parts to…

If they used “Model 3" and “car” in the same sentence they’d get a call from Tesla’s lawyers in record time.

There are new EVs coming out all the time that compete directly with Tesla. The Mach E (stupid name aside) is supposed to be a solid EV. VW has a couple of new EV models. Polestar makes an EV.

This is a bit like watching Darth Vader throw the Emperor down the reactor shaft, except that afterward whichever side turns out to be Darth Vader is still going to be an evil asshole.

I don’t see why that would be a red flag. If I have a problem with a car, one of the first things I do is check if there’s a YouTube video about it. I might be concerned if this were a dealer telling me to do that, but for private sale? Meh.

The company has raised $49.55 million in funding to develop its swarm of miniature trains.

A few years back I got “stuck” in Ireland for an extra couple of days due to weather. Then when I got back to the states my final flight leg got cancelled also due to weather. I probably could have found a hotel, but I was completely out of clean clothes due to the previous two day delay and was not fond of the idea…

they weigh ounces and take up about as much space than a water bottle.

I can’t speak to the most recent ones, but a couple of years back we had an Escape Titanium and a GMC Terrain as back to back rentals for a long road trip. The Escape was cramped and had a poorly designed interior that was just an ergonomic nightmare. The Terrain was nicer in basically every way. I can’t imagine…

I’m willing to give it a shot if she is, though. ;-)

Here in the land of salt and honey, that’s a big if. ;-)

Thank you :-)

I’ve found this even with less critical “smart” systems like auto high beams and auto wipers. They’re so flaky that I end up paying more attention to them than I would if I just flicked the switches myself.

Or anything to do with the financial industry.

Diesel postal vehicles would be horrible. With the emissions equipment needed these days to keep them from being mobile cancer dispensers, all of that idling around town would destroy them in a few years.

#FireLouisDeJoy

I heard a term recently, “toxic midwesterninity”. Basically it was a descriptive term for midwesterners tendency to make do with what they have instead of buying something new, sometimes to a fault. Not only did I find it to be a spot-on description of midwestern ethos, it perfectly explains these survey results.

Which is weird, because didn’t they basically buy all of their frames and just bolt a bunch of parts on? I don’t recall much actual fabrication going on.