Not to mention that a lot of EV trucks and SUVs have adaptative suspensions that can raise and lower ride height to improve highway efficiencies. Which cause them to camber out and/or toe out as they lower and eat up tires.

The EQS weighs like 2,500 lbs more than the model 3. Plus, it probably has 22" wheels on it ultra-low profile tires. Just really bad configuration. 

I just checked the wear bars on my Model 3 yesterday. I am about due... after 51000 miles.

A fleet of cars is an asset but one that depreciates at a predictable rate with normal wear & tear. When you own a fleet of 100,000 or more cars it’s all a numbers game for the bean counters.

Avis/Budget sure as hell isn’t.  I’ve had rentals from them regularly pushing 50k.

As an E39 owner, as well, you should probably mainly be concerned about window regulators and the cooling system.

The other problem is finding repair shops that will repair to sub-micron tolerances.

Is VW no longer competitive because of costs or because they have a completely uninviting lineup of cars?

Your next new car will be more expensive, that’s almost a given, but it won’t only be because of labor

I dunno, the Model 3 effectively replaced the Prius as the self-righteous doofus-mobile in the 2000's. They’re bad drivers, but a different type of bad driver than the Altima freaks.

It is already sold by Nissan

Backup cameras are awesome.

TPMS is an expensive pain in the ass.

CURES CANCER™ offers a small amount of pain relief to mild headaches. It might also totally fuck you up. CURES CANCER™ is not intended to treat cancer. Consult your doctor if you have cancer. CURES CANCER™ has no effect whatsoever on cancer. Why would you be stupid enough to think that? It’s your fault.

The idea that FSD is possible with no infrastructure updates is an insane pipe dream 

Of course it’s a Level 2 system - and of course, all the language in the owner’s manual and on the warning screens and even in the disclaimers of their marketing copy very firmly state the driver’s ultimate responsibility on that. The problem is one of the wink-nudge overpromising - FULL SELF DRIVING is the name of…

ItS cAnT pOsSiBlY bE fSd, tHe DrIvEr ObViOuSlY iS aT fAuLt!!!!!!

That intersection, where the perpendicular traffic’s green lights are in clear view from your approach to a red light, is a TEXTBOOK example of why some basic level of Vehicle-to-Infrastructure communication is a fundamental requirement for Level 4 and Level 5 autonomy. 

There will always be troglodytes.

He won by 4/10ths of a percent running against a *black guy*. It was not an overwhelming victory by any means. And no, I didn’t vote for the asshole.

No, asshole. Many of us didn’t. Millions of us, in fact.