Today on Teslopnik, dude who never hits deadlines makes another prediction he won't hit.

“Just before” the launch of the Model 3? My, aren’t you the little optimist!

This is an awesome story. The people in the tower were controlling the targets that were supposed to be taken out; the pilots decided it would be more efficient to take out the people and preserve the targets for commandeering and later use in the war on Belarus or some other Tier 2 Hockey Power.

That’s some Kobayashi…

Are you kidding me with this woman? Fuck people like this. That is absolutely unacceptable not only as a parent, but as a decent human being. I hope she stands near a mustang at the next cars and coffee.

It is important to notice that our friends in the air tried to shoot up the same tower in 2009. Luckily I spent my time in our Air Force inside a concrete bunker inside a mountain.

They needed a donor heart.

OH GOD GROSS GET IT AWAY

Michael Ballaban’s Guided Tour of New Jersey:

Since Cobo is next to the Detroit River, you were LIVING IN A VAN DOWN BY THE RIVER!

This is exactly it. Even $200k is literally nothing to Ford. If they wanted to start testing as soon as possible, for what could be 1,000 different reasons, dropping $200k is nothing. This is pretty common practice... not sure why it’s making such a splash. This same type of article is plastered all over Facebook.

All manufacturers benchmark cars from their competitors. This isn’t something unique to Ford. They would be remiss if they didn’t carefully examine Teslas.

Because $50,000 is pocket change for Ford.

I’d be really surprised if Ford was the only manufacturer who bought a Model X.

Aside from the safety issues of the doors they are just super gimmicky. Lincoln throws gull wings on a concept they get trashed. Tesla puts some on a production car and they have quality issues and they still are hailed as the best thing ever.

Tesla doesn’t sell to typical consumers, it sells to evangelists. That’s why they get away with selling a sub-par vehicle for six figures. These cars are about virtue-signaling, not function.

““I am totally willing to overlook the issues if Tesla fixes it.” She went on to say that that if she had similar issues with her Cadillac Escalade, she “would be furious.””

Of course the owners (and the fanboys on this site) brush these things off like nothing. But if this were any other automaker, the Internet wild be alit with complaints. Shows you how blindly these people follow Tesla. While the other problems aren't that serious, the windshield and AutoPilot are scary. And the doors…

I like the idea of using the long tube. don’t have to worry about pumping and then sucking air back in.

More from the article, which makes the write up seem far less effective:

This is surprising, considering the last Mustang we sent them was received with decidedly less enthusiasm.