They’ll rebrand it as the “Corvette C8 II” halfway through production, then discontinue it once all the problems are corrected, declare that mid engine sports cars are a terrible idea, and not build another one for 30 years. 

Had to be very poor posture. 

I wonder how many more he could have sold if he had worked at a more sustainable pace, instead of burning himself out after 14 years. 

Especially in the days before the Internet. If a dealer scammed you in the ‘60s and ‘70s, the worst you could do was maybe write a letter to the editor of your local newspaper (no guarantee they’d even publish it, the car dealer would be a big advertiser, after all), write or call the manufacturer (who has little cont…

Elon Musk really needed to step out of the CEO role instead of the chairman spot. Bring in someone with experience running a mature manufacturing operation to handle the day to day.

That’s exactly where my mind went. At least Tesla isn’t committing outright fraud by double booking sales, but they are definitely artificially padding website sales figures at the expense of physical stores. 

Well, not until some company contacts you wanting you to come over to their office tomorrow afternoon for an interview, an hour away, when you’re scheduled to be at Tesla. I mean, sure, you can call in sick, but, there’s only so many times you can do that. Both because there’s a finite amount of unscheduled PTO time,…

Next step: Since we won't be stocking as much inventory in our stores, a portion of the floor space will be devoted to general merchandise. All employees will receive 75% of their salary in the form of Musk Bucks, redeemable exclusively at the Tesla Shop Powered by Amazon. 

Welp, I’d never thought I’d say this about a company, but I’m actually kind of glad Tesla uses a really terrible applicant tracking system for their job applications. 

Well, it has strayed from its roots. The first generation was and is an icon of postmodern design and will probably be exhibited in museums and racking up unreal auction prices 20-30 or so years from now.

My first boss out of college once attempted to steal his company car. Apparently, when he started with us in the 80s, he had kept the car from his previous employer and drove it for close to 6 months, only returning it when they threatened to report it stolen. It was a well known story around the office, even 30+…

Is there a department or executive position within Tesla that has a responsibility for checking to make sure plans can actually be implemented before they're announced to the public? Because they should maybe think about doing that.

Those ones probably are, the American office settled on a highly retro theme early on and those look like that line of thinking. The only place I ever saw any of the other designs was in that one TV show, and I haven’t seen it in probably 17 years or so. I do remember the Italian proposal actually looking really sexy,…

Not exact, they’re more of a cousin to the Mustang than a sibling. The Thunderbird has IRS and double wishbones in the front, the Mustang got a solid axle out back and cheaper MacPherson struts for the front. They were supposed to share directly, but Ford decided that was too costly for the Mustang’s price level. The…

The trouble was that with the contracting coupe market, Ford felt that they couldn’t justify a 4 seat Thunderbird and a Mustang anymore. The higher end trims of the Mustang with leather seats and extra convenience features and whatnot were supposed to be enough to fill the role of a 4 seat personal luxury coupe, and…

Hell, my realtor in Delaware drove one. Still does, I see it in front of their office. Black with a red interior. 

I remember a TV special that aired in 2001 or 2002 on A&E or TLC or one of those channels that showed the history of the Thunderbird from the ‘50s-’90s, and also dealt with the development of the 11th gen.

Mainly rental fleets and for folks in flat, warm weather areas like Florida that wanted an open vehicle but didn’t necessarily need 4WD. 2WD Jeeps had been a thing in the old days, too,  like the DJ Postal Service Jeeps. The 2WD JK didn’t sell very well and was dropped after a few years. 

I’ve always kind of liked these, but they were a flawed product. Overpriced for what you got, the interiors were too cheap for the money.

Eh, Philly has more in common with Richmond, San Bernardino, or Chicago these days. Chester or Braddock would be the better counterparts to Gary.