Breaking news: People discover there’s no such thing as a free lunch. Learn better option has compromises and isn’t perfect, promptly bitch about it.

Exactly, do you want to keep mining coal and drilling for oil, or work toward getting the world swapped over to EVs and home solar grids. As the saying goes “dont let best get in the way of better”

1st Gear. Its like there’s no free energy out there. Phucking physics.

I get the point you’re trying to make — that maintenance and repair are submerged costs in the owner experience and rarely accounted for when considering the appreciating value of a home.

I’ve always assumed they are people who have a lot of anxiety behind the wheel.

Just because Tesla has no PR department doesn’t mean you have to volunteer.

Pointless article.

What about that time Hamilton took out Verstappen in Silverstone and got a penalty for being the one at fault. Sure, it cost him 10 seconds, but gained 25 points in his favor when it might have only been as much as 7 points (if they finishing ham 1st, ver 2nd) or a reduction of 7 (if their finishing positions are…

You have already demonstrated why this years Belgian Grand Prix was the greatest of all time. It had Unimogs in it!

The guy who drove around with his high beams only for 3 weeks because he couldn’t replace a low beam headlight is very quick to condescend to “unskilled workers”.

Holy crap, I had forgotten about that. That was one of the nuttiest things I’ve ever read. And I spend a lot of time on here haha.

Secondly, lay off the condescending attitude towards entry level employees

If I’ve said it once, I’ve said it 100 times. Screw you Erik. 

I usually give Jalopnik writers every benefit of the doubt, but I take a number of issues with this article.

For sure. But, he pre-judged them before going in. And then he stood back and watched them. At any point he coulda politely spoke up, knowing that they might not be as trained as would be ideal, but instead he held back, aside from the “are ya sure you know what ur doin there buckos”, no doubt cuz there’s a story in…

This. Also, I’ve never been on a road trip (especially through parts unknown) and thought to myself: “You know what I absolutely need right now? New brake fluid.”

Brake service and tire rotation should have been done before leaving.

Nice job blaming the low paid workers, instead of the Valvoline that doesn’t pay a good enough wage to attract skilled workers. Those workers could have very well been told they would be trained, or they could be there for any other number of reasons, and yeah, the fact that the management was nice enough and so quick…

The "just because it's a high performance sedan doesn't mean we should be able to stop it more than once" comments are fascinating.

Also the only EV that isn’t shaped like a jelly bean, oddly enough.