I’m guessing it’s not only that he’s saving on rent. After all, you have to pay some if not all utilities in an apartment and you have to pay for all your own food. If he’s living at home, I highly doubt he’s contributing significantly to the grocery or any other bills.

I think the next tech breakthrough will be in hub motors in the main gear. It would allow the plane to taxi around without engines running, allow for spin up prior to touch down and braking after landing.

Those of us alive when these were new understand why it’s so low mileage - you wouldn’t drive it unless you had no other choice.

Back in high school, my buddy drove a Mk 2 Scirocco and I drove a 4th gen Celica. I’d love for us to be able to revive the rivalry... Shame the VW likely won’t come Stateside (assuming the Celica ever actually happens).

I had the same thought - but at least they swerved a little after everything had happened!

I’m really impressed with how the whole thing separated - I would’ve assumed it’d either bend backwards, or at most drag the truck to a stop with the cab in the air. This thing came apart like it’d been prepped for an action-sequence in a movie.

100% this. I’m holding out hope for a used 2021 in a couple more years myself as they got various small updates - and the beautiful Nori Green.

Exactly my thought. GotG by way of League of Extraordinary Gentlemen in which the actors signed up not because they understood it, but b/c they were worried they missed out on something else previously.

Sweet - now to set up my own Hydrogen creating/compressing/storage facility at home.

I don’t think most people that care forget/ignore it. It’s usually part of nearly every discussion I’ve seen online about Toyota’s alternative fuel plans.

NP- under $50k with even fewer miles (despite being a three owner) is definitely a rarity for these.

The pandemic bubble also hit these pretty hard. I was looking at first gen LC500s pre-pandemic and you could find one-owner/sub-25k mileage examples just hitting the $60k mark. Pandemic hit and everything jumped $10k-$15k and are only just now starting to settle back down, but they’re minimum two-owner/40k+ mile…

True - a single seat isn’t enough, but it’s a step in the right direction.

IIrc, the Smart car’s saving grace was it was so light it actually “bounced” away - so energy was still being dissipated just in a different direction.

Sure, someone would be appointed to replace him if he resigned

This is a fun gimmick and would be pretty hilarious while sitting at a stoplight.

Hittin’ switches on them low-lows!

For those of us too lazy to Gergle - what’s the difference between this system and the automatic high-beams currently on some US vehicles? My mom’s Highlander actually seems to do a pretty decent job and definitely errs on the conservative side as to when to turn them off.

Just from watching the Tesla-provided crash-test, you can see there appears to be almost no crumple-zone. As the truck jerks to a halt, nearly all that energy is being passed right along to the occupants.

While I’m with you on the seething rage at not being able to buy the Alpine over here - it’s not really low-volume or exotic. I assume there’s also some loophole for US manufacturers pinky-swearing to meet minimum crash-worthiness for stuff built to be sold here. The Alpine was never built to be sold Stateside and…