Not a China apologist and have a very real understanding of the harm they have created domestically and the harm they are exporting in the form of Belt & Road Initiatives. Creating debtor nations while also stripping resources for China’s domestic needs is creating a very different form of Colonialism. China has no…

This discussion has nothing to do with the referenced legislation...

A fool and his money are soon parted!!!

The EV policies put out by the current administration have created so many artificial barriers to adoption that it’s hurting consumers. At a time of high inflation and raising interest rates (2022), someone thought it was a good idea to go Nationalist for an industry that was also screwing customers with high margin…

It’s not the cost or my stunning lack of knowledge about wrenching on German cars... I’m well over 6' tall and staring directly into the windscreen top is not fun!

I really need a Colleen Rafferty Alien Abduction story...

The manufacturers have always had the ability to allocate supply based on their own measure with dealerships having little control over their access beyond previous volume. This is the weak point for tipping EV direct sales.

Disney needs product for streaming and the quality with continue to suffer across their entire entertainment. Frozen 3/4? Rey, 15 years older? Young Avengers or much older Avengers?

Iron Man has been a longer run than any of the Batmen(?) and they may only be able to go younger for the foreseeable future with that character. We give such little new material to Bruce Wayne that anyone could put on the mask at this point. 

Exactly, RDJ must be up to $50M ask per picture based on his previous contracts. Given the low returns from The Marvels, DSMM and Antman, why trust that they are going to get the same level of enthusiasm like Endgame and wager for back-end points?

Is this a primer on Blue Ivy? I’m not one to care about the Nepo baby conversation, but this child has been thrust on people like Don Jr. Maybe if she achieves a level of success predicated on individual performance people might care...

Ford’s “Premier Luxury Group” really screwed Jaguar funding and development. There was no compatible chassis for an XK or XJ, so people ended up with X-type/S-type BS.

Are you confusing a 1948-55 XK120 with a 1996-2012 XK? Unlikely to see those at a strip joint on the regular...

Disney+ charging ever increasing amounts is what is driving their overall disappointing Box Office returns. Even if a family of four were to see any of their movies, it would be a better use of money to pay for streaming services and re-watch an infinite number of times.

Ever since re-doing the wiring loom, mine has been bulletproof. Basic maintenance and prayers!!

Somehow we’re overlooking Jaguar?

You’re correct, the bumper cover design is different. The distance between the rear hatch and the ground is too low for a 60 or 90.

The greatest and most baffling issue is Musk’s insistence on changing the processes already in place at Tesla.

I can only imagine what the cost of a defined pension plan would have added. Never understood why they used that as a negotiating point given the ability to zero-out should any manufacturer undergo another re-organization.

Since I read the source article, these two quotes are the ones that should interest people...