And yet, the government who had no reason not to hammer Ford, said the car was no more likely to roll after a tread separation than any other SUV:

UHaul calling someone else out for being a poorly maintained road safety concern - talk about ironic.

Sure, sure. This is almost as overblown as the ‘look at a Pinto cross-eyed and it will explode’ bullshit.

I take issue with your assessment. You’re probably just being hyperbolic but these were pretty reliable and once the tires we switched to a different brand the problem went away.

Your first link doesn’t say that traditional contractors would cost 1.3-3.5B more. Rather, it says that the savings came from taking a hands-off approach vs. having NASA heavily involved with the development process.

Only German manufacturers seem to be clever enough to realize that recreating old parts to keep those classics on the road is a very good business that’s also beneficial for their brand image.

Ah, well here’s your problem... First you’re approaching normally from the stern, then next thing we see you’re really approaching from the bow. You’ll never grab a three-wire that way son...

Appreciate the sentiment- but as a veteran, this holiday isn’t about me or any other living vet. It’s about the ones who didn’t make it home. We’ve got our own day; let the fallen have theirs.

5th gear: this comparison is way off base. Stock price is only relevant to the firm itself. You can’t compare nominal stock prices of different firms. Ford is much larger in market cap.

5th gear: Stock price means nothing with a different number of shares outstanding. Ford $61 billion market cap laughs at FCA’s $20 billion.

Actually, science is quite settled on it. There are simply those who don’t want to believe it. What I find interesting is that the same general group of people is now debating whether we should have gone into Iraq had we known what we no now. They seem to forget that we did know what we know now back then. But they…

If you go to truedelta, Teslas are some of the least reliable cars on the market today. They have the highest repair frequency of any car available on the market. How can people say they are reliable?

August in STL is as bad as anywhere. You're sticky a minute after you leave air conditioning.

I know a mechanic who won’t work on my car because of this- he says if I gave up it is too damn hard or too damaged-and he isn’t lying-

The sixth known death happened in January, Takata and Honda have been intentionally covering it up since 2004. They continued to put airbags they knew could injure or kill people in millions of vehicles. Thirty-one million and counting. I feel like Takata is more of a bad guy than GM here. At least changes were made…

Redundant as it may be I’m glad to see it. Coal rollers are the scum of the earth. I saw my first one in person yesterday. It took me a minute to process what I was seeing. As soon as I figured it out my only wish was that my hands were bigger so I could flip him off more vigorously.

Spent a whole cup of coffee doing my web research on EC this AM. Not an easily decipherable guy, and he’s certainly had his share of substance issues. Glad he’s still with us, in any case. And ya, I have most of his albums.

That doesn’t hold a candle to the degenerate freaks who think it’s cool to “roll coal” in their diesel trucks.

My map says Detroit.

But the fabricated wealth of the stock options depends on shaky accounting! Don’t pop this bubble yet, the ride is still too good.