I’m not sure how much brand equity Chrysler has at this point, other than “your grandpa’s boss might have driven one.”

Stellantis is like the show Chopped, where a bunch of random stuff is thrown into a basket, and you’re forced to make a bunch of stuff just... work.

I hear ya, but really the only thing I’d do is a clutch. The window eff it, leave the top down. Seats get covered and I’d just get a lumbar cushion. The tires are unknown, but even preowned summers wouldn’t be that much (and could be resold later).

We live in a corporate kleptocracy. While I in NO WAY excuse anyone who voted for Peach Pinochet, I can understand the frustration. I was very happy to vote for Biden, but I don’t kid myself that he will actually address the systemic issues we face. The planet is falling apart. 

Yes I love a car straight from the factory that not only depreciates like a stone but offers the “There is no way this wasn’t wrecked package.”

Shoe snobs are a different breed

Answer to the question is no, in general they are not cool.

Unless its some unasked for free upgrade to a part from a higher trimline, then maybe it would be cool.
But when its something wacky and poor quality like this, definitely not cool.

Years later when you sell the car you have to convince the next buyer (if they…

The US market was underpowered compared to its European counterparts, without a doubt. I’m just not sure I’d like to pay the $5,000 premium for a supercharger that may not be what I want in an E36 M3.

I see where you’re going, and I agree.  It takes a certain mindset to buy a Land Cruiser, but I do have a question.  People typically put a copper strip on their roofline to kill vegetation (namely moss) to prevent it from growing on their roof.  Won’t the runoff being collected to water the garden have the same…

The surface finish of a 3D printed part obviously isn’t comparable to a traditionally machined equivalent, and those support structures needed for anything sticking out from the centerline would also need removing of course. The total amount of afterwork machining should still be considerably less (and simpler) than…

Haha, once somebody loaded the wrong program and one of our cnc machines ran all weekend, making hundreds of the wrong part, d’oh!

It only really has to be half as fast as these could run 24/7 theoretically.

Motherfucker, PLEASE. The book isn’t anti-autonomous cars at all. I fucking WISH writing anti-Tesla articles made one tiny bit of difference on book sales. It doesn’t. And I’m not anti-Tesla. But if this is your reaction to this story, perhaps you should seek out your clergyperson or a trusted relative. Maybe a…

FWIW, “additive manufacturing” has always been the technical name, as opposed to “subtractive manufacturing,” I.E. CNC machining. In the former, you start from nothing and the tool “adds” in order to create the part. In the later, you start from something (generally, a solid billet), and the tool “subtracts” in order…

When people can’t distract themselves with trips to Beaches and pounding drinks at Olive Garden they’re forced to sit around and confront their lives. A fate worse than death.

This car is in every way better than any modern Z.

it would still have to be cheap af. Otherwise people will still pick the cheapest option

I never really understood this:

I can stomach the wheels/tires, but the can on the back is a No from me, dawg. I also want to see the underside of this thing. I like it. I really do — maybe it’s just teenage nostalgia, I don’t know. However, I’m a bit weary that all the plastic bits are overly shiny, but there’s a lot of rusty bits under that hood.…

The commercial sector is very cost sensitive. If they can get the same productivity for less capital expenditure they will switch overnight. Helping the environment is good and all but helping the bottom line is better. We see this happening at last mile delivery with electric vans, which have lower costs to operate…