Picking a look-at-me Cybertruck over like, another Land Cruiser? Probably not from there.

There once was a man from Nantucket

I’d say it’s safe to assume that this guy doesn’t live up to the reputation of men from Nantucket...

Look if you’re in Nantucket it’s because you want to wear pink pants, eat fish sandwiches, flaunt your massive inherited wealth through extremely practical designer shoes, and slowly go mad in a creaky old mansion built 200 years ago by the widow of a whaling captain. Modern extravagances like the Cybertruck just…

I think it is an under-appreciated blessing that Elon and his cult members have given us is that in such divided and divisive times, we can unite to hate on and laugh at CT owners.

Gas mileage is a big one. A CVT can result in somewhere around 10% increased fuel economy compared to a traditional automatic, and this is important for new government-sanctioned mileage requirements.

What’s unlocking that extra range gonna do for the longevity of the battery? Wasn’t keeping the battery soc (state of charge) within healthier limits the main reason for sealing it away in the first place?

While I can tolerate the CVT in terms of driving dynamics (it’s meh, but fine, lets be honest the Forester isn’t fun enough to drive to matter) there are an awful lot of CVT failures and problems. It looks like the Ascent got it the worst. Problems abound there. Friend of mine had his transmission replaced at 28,000…

Yup. Had a 2023 Forester rental and the infotainment was terrible. Also, on a drive through Joshua Tree the eyesight auto-braking sensed a large boulder on the shoulder ahead of us and failed to realize that the road turned to the left around it. It absolutely slammed on the brakes and almost caused a massive…

Could have gone around twice with them.

The government didn’t mandate that Ford kill off all of its affordable offerings. Ford was simply following the cynical “build less, charge more” pricing model that a number of car manufacturers thought they could get away with in the wake of pandemic supply chain issues.

Slower than a Toyota Camry

these cars are worthless

#4 should be #1 it is way more important. I hope the UAW steam rolls the south auto plants. No more kids working for KIA and other BS they getting away with.   

Downshift and disappear

Could be the mount.

a little bit of space?

At this point Elon is just Frank Grimes driven completely mad and running around making edicts, pushing random buttons, and screaming until he finally grabs those electric cables and puts an end to himself. And we’ll all breathe a sigh of relief when he does.

For awhile Tesla had a product that could sell itself. No need for PR department, sales infrastructure, etc. Now they’ve got increasingly stale product, with one kookoo guy on twitter leading the sales pitches, who’s take basically is you’re an idiot of you don’t give your life to this product and vision. Pass.

4th gear: Tavares shouldn’t push the salary issue too hard; the last automotive CEO named Carlos had to be smuggled out of the country in a box.