Nah instead of not having a $1000/mo car payment I have a $1000/mo grocery bill.

From a sales/marketing perspective, Toyota absolutely needs a GR-branded crossover.

So sayeth ChatGPT.

and will not allow Western automakers to avoid restructuring to meet the challenge from lower cost Chinese manufacturers.

I just don’t understand why people take their seatbelts off if they are sitting there. If you happen to be walking to the bathroom and this happens, my condolences, that’s just crappy timing. But if you are in your seat, there’s just no reason not to have the belt on. These incidents happen frequently enough that…

These are great looking little crossovers -- I still do a double take when one passes, it’s got some Lambo Urus vibes going on from some angles. As an appliance, seems like a great deal.

So wait until they’re under $10k?

No matter what you think of the truck or anyone who buys them, yelling profanities at him, giving the guy the finger and spitting on/scratching his property makes you as bad if not worse of a person.

He genuinely doesn’t seem like a bad person or anything - it just sounds like he thought it looked neat so he bought one. I disagree with him, but I feel for him a little bit. Having people fuck with your car is always gross and awful.

Nope having agencies fine people beyond their legal remit is specifically a form of corruption that we diplomatically have held other countries to account for.

You know why its 50lbs? Has nothing to do with the weight of the plane.

That’s a widespread myth, but exists neither in the California DMV Handbook nor in the actual law (even though even some police officers believe this myth). The only “3 second” rule that exists in the Handbook is the following distance.

I would gladly pay an extra fee to fly on an airline that banned carry-on bags. The plane would load and push back quicker and de-plane easier and faster. The whole experience would be faster and more trouble free.

Check your bags.  You’re going to be fine, and not having to give a damn about the overhead bins is more than enough to make up for the extra (non)hassle of waiting around a few additional minutes at the baggage claim.  Plus you don’t have to lug it around the airport. 

I will often check a bag on the way home because I will not need anything at home if it is delayed. I will do everything I can to carry-on. Airlines should charge for carry on and not checked if they want more people to check for space. Also “what the heck” to the douchebag hipster that carries on a full sized guitar…

More roundabouts. We need more roundabouts.

I do not disagree with you in the slightest (also own an EV...2 actually). However, we absolutely must be cognizant that a very large population in the US currently rents, so being able to install or have access to a home L2 charger is not feasible. Until we see both higher saturation of public fast charging and…

Without a massive influx of new building, changes to the laws allowing a lot more multi-family homes, or changes to the laws allowing corporations to own portfolios of single-family homes (we’ve done it before), that “bubble” isn’t bursting any time soon.

Until you’ve beared witness to certain levels of wealth, the expression, “If you have to ask, you can’t afford it” doesn’t ever really sink in. This is not for regular people. $2,600/mo is nothing to these folks. Add those other items you mentioned and bring it to $5,000/mo? Still nothing. Buying it outright for…

There are still plenty of non-Tesla EV chargers out in the wild. And you can always charge from home, which I consider a necessity if you choose to own and EV because that is where you will do 99% of your charging anyway.