Some private owners don’t like them because they can leak. I’ve seen some Fords with stained headliners. Some commercial owners don’t need them because their upfitter will yank the bed and put an aftermarket body on it. Depending on whether it’s a mason dump, a box, or a covered service body, it will have it’s own…

my first car was a 69 Mustang Mach 1 fastback, which had the same (ok, worse) rear visibility and that was decades before anyone even thought to use the words “backup” and “camera” in the same sentence. Stop crying like a toddler and get over it. Come to me with a real complaint after you put the rear window louvers…

10 years ago, this kind of car was vaporware. 5 years ago, the Tesla S changed that. 2 years from now, we’ll be able to cross shop across several brands. crazy.

Get the S4. Forget the performance differences against the STI (the S4 is better car, anyway). The reason you want it is because it’s invisible. Cops don’t see it. If they do see it, they avoid it. No cop wants to give a ticket to a rich jerk who’s just going to show up in traffic court with a high-cost lawyer. Not…

I want nothing. seriously.

and Ford is coming out with a 7.3L-ish gasser motor next year that will probably have cylinder deactivation and run like it’s a 3.8-ish 4 banger most of the time. They’ll sell tons of them while these 4 banger trucks rot on the lots.

that bridge has an orthotropic steel deck (kind of like a fancy waffle made of welded steel) instead of a conventional concrete one. Orthotropic decks are a wetdream for academia and researchers, since it promises to cut the weight of the bridges, making the cheaper, they are a pain in rear end for the engineers who…

Seeing an applicant who bounces around from job to job is always a red flag for me. It takes at least a year to ‘know’ a new job, even if it’s the same level/role as the old company. I don’t want to risk investing time and resources bringing someone into the team if they’re going to bolt and leave the rest of the team…

your anecdote lends a lot of credence to what Elon Musk has always said about not selling his ‘specialty’ cars in common dealerships.

in my 19 year old F-250, there are three sounds that disturb:

you missed the blue ribbon committee to study the issue

An EV market that everyone stuck their noses up at until customers started trading in A6's, E-Classes, 5 series and even Priuses(?) for Teslas.

what’s the average cost of a car right now? what’s the Model 3 start at? what can you lease a Volt, Leaf, or BMW i3 for? How else do you rate affordability when Ford, GM and Dodge can’t make 400 HP v8 monster trucks that get 15 mpg fast enough to meet demand?

No, I’m saying they don’t have to stand a chance, and I don’t care if they do. The point is that the Taycan would not exist but for the Model S. Neither would that Audi abomination thing. Others WILL follow. I remind you that the history of automotive development is littered with innovations that came from failed…

homework:

I don’t care about Tesla per se, but they have proven by hook and by crook that electric cars can be affordable, practical, desirable and most of all, profitable.

it’s always like that.

I drove this yesterday on my way home and saw all those cars. I used to live a few blocks from there. That section of Newark hasn’t really done anything except decay since the the 1967 riots, so it’s a perfect fit for 80's grunge look ala the original Robocop movie. 

Most people do not need or want a highly appointed vehicle. They want a ‘cool’ vehicle. Something they would be happy to show to their friends or be seen driving. The way that most OEM’s configure their line up, if you want ‘cool’, you have to shell out for the highly appointed vehicle. This isn’t necessary for anyone…

Can you please point me to your article about all the Deadpool toys from last year’s movie?