I figure that the residual on a Cybertruck is basically $0.45 and a previously enjoyed stick of Fruit Stripe gum, so you’re basically financing the whole cost of the thing anyway.

I’m struggling to understand how a guy who spent $44B to buy a company that is worth less than half that now is even in the same county as the running for the leader of an “efficiency” department.

You must be new here.

Yeah, I’m calling shenanigans on that one. Soldered joints aren’t prone to failure due to vibrations. Every module in the car has hundreds or even thousands of them. *Unsecured* joints are prone to failure due to vibration, particularly badly created joints. Soldering isn’t that hard, but there is some skill and a bit…

I’ve owned two German cars now. Both have been a hot mess in regards to almost anything that has wires. My BMW has been terrible and my Audi was completely awful. This has *extra* wires.

Lolz. I’ve got a newer Subaru Legacy 3.6R Limited with fewer miles, new tires, isn’t rusting like a shipwreck, and has functioning TPMS, in the same area, and I wouldn’t get nearly that much for it.

Spur’s local to me. I’m only a little surprised to see their name attached to this and that’s just because Rochester’s not a town that ends up in the news except for police brutality, being in the top three every year for having the first murder in the state, and stupid decisions involving ferries connecting to…

I’m not willing to hitch functioning society to Uber. A low income person would be completely fucked by that. Hell, a middle income person who doesn’t live nearby to work would similarly be fucked.

I want to agree with you, but society is designed like driving is a right. We don’t have public transport designed in a way to support it. Like, the nearest bus pickup is several miles from here.

Is this not how it works if you don’t want to plead guilty? I’ve gotten two speeding tickets. They both had instructions on them that said “if you want to plead guilty, sign here and mail in the ticket. We’ll tell you the fine and you can pay it.” The other option was “contact us for a court date.” It’s literally “go…

I had a 1991 Mercury Tracer wagon. This is giving me serious flashbacks. I kicked that poor little thing’s butt. I remember having to fix it more than I’d have liked, but the parts were almost free.

I freely admit that I’m only an armchair racecar driver, but I absolutely don’t believe you won’t notice an extra 1400lbs.

We should discourage them. They’re insane.

I’ve had dogs almost continuously for my whole life. I have three right now. They stay home unless we’re going someplace they’re going too. I don’t bring them along for the ride because being kept in the car is dangerous and they’ll wreck the interior. Your dog is not a fashion accessory that you need to display.…

Huh. I would have thought I’d have lost this game by now. I see Rivians probably once a week around here and Ford Lightnings once or twice a month. I see Teslas of other flavors every trip. But not a single Cybertruck.

I haven’t driven one of those, but I suspect it’s probably similar.

I suspect it’s because it was a Dodge Avenger. Gawd, is that thing a hateful shitbox or what?

Really. Most of my cars would keep the headlights on even when the ignition was off right up through the early aughts. You’d get some kind of warning chime or beep when you opened the door. The only exception was my Subarus, and I noted those as an exception at the time. The irony with the earlier Subarus was that…

My dad’s got one of these. It’s awful.

Right. All those other zero-emissions vehicle technologies we have or would have ready in the next decade.