I’m impressed that they designed a vehicle for function rather than form. They obviously spent a lot of time talking to actual users as well as studying the evolving trends in mail/parcel delivery. Knowing that they are also designing so it is possible to retrofit from ICE to EV is encouraging.

I am uncertain how your sarcasm somehow nullifies my statement. My statement stands. If Lexus/Toyota marketers lean on a JD Power “award” they are desperate. Desperate for some way to distinguish themselves from the rest of the pack because everything else they have tried doesn’t work? Who knows. What I do know is…

Will the grey plastic wheels be standard or an upgrade option?

I’ve always held that 80% of their work is trash research. The other 20% is passable. But they build in bias at so many levels that it is embarrassing. And the weighting within their surveys - I’m not certain where they come up with that.

JD Power, as a research facility, has only one goal: Sell the ability to tout a JD Power “win”. They license that shit to the “winners” at huge sums. Not because they have quality research (they do and don’t) but because the public has been led to believe that their stamp of approval is gold. JD Power also knows that…

Don’t you screw up a good conspiracy theory with your science and facts!!

Always follow the money.

After spending several decades in this industry I can tell you that they fear competition. They, in fact, really do not know how to react to it. Cable companies and telcos have been being overbuilt for decades and they still don’t know what to do other than to try like hell to block them from coming in. Or they do…

Good looking car. Still wouldn’t buy a Kia. Between the dealers and past history with the brand I don’t think I’d even take a free one.

And when using ketchup ALWAYS use Red Gold.

You only stick a fork in a light socket once.

Fortunately, my 20 years of heavy flying did not take me through DFW that often. Being NWA/Delta gave me the wonderful worlds of SLC/MSP/MEM/DTW/ATL

Watch how states begin to react to the pedulum swing of ICE to EV. Some are beginning to levy a heavy EV tax at time of initial purchase to cover the tax loss they lose at the pump. I think AZ is presently at 20% at time of sale. So, a new Model 3 at $40k receives a $8k EV tax to make up for lost fuel tax over the…

Never, NEVER get the sushi at BOI. And the sushi at DTW is still above average.

The long story beat out the time I had heart issues in-flight and spent a few hours on the galley floor inhaling oxygen. And the time out of MSP when we blew an engine on takeoff and returned to the runway landing with fire trucks and ambulances lining each side.

For a while, in the late 90's I flew Southwest regularly as they were most convenient for where I had to be. Those pilots always flew the straight and narrow. I figured it was a company thing to save fuel, whatever. I switched to Northwest around ‘00 and those pilots would really get sideways. It was quite an…

This is close to yours. About 1989, flying out of RSW to PSP for a job interview. I was flying in the day before to have dinner with my potential new boss. After boarding in RSW pilot announces that everyone has to deplane. We have a flat tire! I had to change planes in DFW and with the delay I was cutting it close.…

Of the handful of directors I worked with none of them screamed at anyone. That was the AD’s job.

Exactly why no one takes Jaden Smith seriously.

These are only better if you have no access to a cable or FTTH service. Pricey, data restricted and latency are your future.