Blame game:

I think mechanical systems are truly artistic in their nature, even if that means more maintenance and a some extra math. Of course, I think steam locomotives are the epitome of the industrial genius of humans. I mean, we built these things without electricity and they ran on fire and water!

https://www.aclu-il.org/en/news/when-else-can-government-regulate-time-place-and-manner-protest

I shouldn’t be laughing this hard XD

Florida.

Monica Bang

I’m sure Torch could.

Yaris: Grounded my ass!

Florida man carries briefcase! Thieves perplexed as to what year it is.

“ergo damping”

Agreed, although I think that quality for car first and foremost, for the vast majority of people, comes down to reliability. A car is a significant purchase for most households, and serves foremost as a means of transportation for 95% of people. By those numbers, auto makers should have relativity/longevity as the…

Holy CP batman! I’m thinking you could get an old FJ40/60, strip it, put in battery packs and motors, and STILL come out with 20 grand leftover. Although this is more of what I’d love to see (back to basics offroader) this seems to be way over what any person would pay for something so bare bones.

Maybe has to do with stock prices and a weekend buffer for fallout/praise?

Looks like they really...

They do. Plenty of people think they are ugly as sin and are overpriced (they kind of are). I’ll be the first to say that if you think car brand followers are rabid, you haven’t met the .45 ACP/1911 crowd.

Glock owner here. You take that back!

Sales tactic. I recall an anecdote about a department store (JC Penny maybe) who tried the “honest” pricing method years ago to undercut their competitors. The prices were lower than other stores, but people saw the XX% discount tags and the “You save!” prices and shopped at those places instead. So the first store…