Yet another TDI emissions-related scandal . . . .

Oof if you think search and rescue missions are expensive wait until you literally read any line item out of the DoD budget.

you don’t need to outright ban guns. proper laws and regulations help quite alot.

They announced just under $40k and are now just under $80k? Uhhhhh....that is a bit of a difference, no?

Why were the democrats so against this bill? It makes no sense.

At least this subject has to do with transportation and vehicles.  If you want to air this particular grievance, check out the main article about two billionaires trying to arrange a cage match.

One thing not discussed is that the US Navy has cold war era acoustic listening posts networked across the Atlantic to detect Orc submarines. They would have detected the implosion when it happened.

All he knows is that if he doesn’t get the stock price up he’ll end up living in an Econoline down by the river.

Yea, but if what the other guy said about “trying to drop ballast” is true, there were a few moments where they knew something was amiss. It ended quickly, but their last few moments were probably not great.

If there’s one silver lining, it’s that an implosion would have been a quick death and they wouldn’t have suffered like they would if they suffocated. 

Alright, I’m going to say it ... Aliens

Why not you know Run the Plates and see it belongs to and ask them?

If it’s such a concern, NHTSA should ban remote updates. What makes dealer service departments so hacker-proof?

It’s already just as illegal as you suggest, but it turns out that criminals are notorious for ignoring such laws. (See also: they should make it illegal for criminals to own guns.)

...isn’t highly regulated.

Call my cynical, but it seems like an angle grinder with a flap wheel would take care of any etching in all of about 10 seconds.

A few moments in Microsoft Paint to remove the grab handle

I’m a huge fan of this system for a couple reasons:

I mean, burnt Furai has to be close to the top of the list, right?

I don’t know about China, but this headline is pretty disingenuous when it comes to Korea.