Yeah, when these hit the used market I see them as being preferable but probably on the same price plane as the standard M5. Buyers will still probably look at overall condition as opposed to M5 or Competition Edition. Not that BMW gives two fucks about the used market...

So... Will it only go up in price from here, or will this ridiculousness turn around in a year?

Yeah, that’s how they’ll sell more cars!

Could that mean the Ridgeline is built more robustly, and may end up the winner in durability down the line? Honda’s a smart company, and you’d think they had some fundamental reason for not trying harder in the fuel economy front.

Totally-it’s all very progressive and exciting, but it will be interesting to see when the public shifts focus and begins to worry about monopolization of energy and transportation. It’s intriguing, though, that this time, the behemoth company grows from an eco-friendly, for-the-people mindset. The point on lithium is…

I think anyone buying this car today is making a great buy in terms of resale value. Gas will go up, electric vehicles will prosper, and in ten years when the landscape has totally shifted, people will be clamoring to pick up used plug-ins so they don’t have to spend new-car prices on affordable transportation.

Are you saying Tesla will become the next Comcast or Time Warner (in a sense), creating useful, progressive pathways and then monopolizing and abusing them? That would suck—though I suspect competition will step in at some point, and maybe even the government...not that those things helped in the communication…

CP; I wouldn’t bite until the $15k range. Oh, and those DVD players would be first to go.

Could he, maybe, sell the space above his land? “You can build on my land but you have to build above my gas station,” perhaps. A first floor atrium of sorts, with a high-rise straddling its edges.

This reminds me of owning my Miata—I felt guilty every time I mentally or verbally complained about the cramped cabin, noise, and top-up visibility. Still, now I know that I won’t be satisfied ith a sports car unless it can also pull double-duty once in awhile, much like your thoughts on the Jag.

We’ll have to wait until autonomous driving technologies become cheaper or more accessible than services like Uber and Lyft.

But only in reporters and the generally uninformed public.

Yeah, the rationale behind his commute and vehicle choice seems much more interesting and mysterious than the energy feds installing a public charging station at his request.

But wouldn’t that just make this a less useful MINI?

Our family Trans-Am had t-tops, so I had to forgo the spacious trunk and fold into the back seats instead :[

“Eco-Mode” and “Asshole Eco-Mode”

In White Batman’s garage?

Are they asking for information on why Tesla chose to call a system “autopilot” when it still requires the driver to pay close attention? How could they not know most people would think it meant they could relinquish control, and not forsee accidents and controversy?It feels like they set themselves up for a lot of…

I see this as a precursor to car-sharing. With that InternetID, drivers can “log in” to the vehicle when they pick it up, and it could load all their saved and learned settings immediately. It’s like memory seats for the new millennium!

Congrats on the engagement! Also, this article convinced me you should write the grown-up version of the animated “Cars” movie.