From what I read he drowned falling out of a window and down some stairs into an empty elevator shaft onto 47 bullets. The ME said it is the worst case of death by natural causes he has ever seen.

If it’s suicide, I feel sorry he internalized so much of this stress in his attempt to do the right thing. I suspect he’s died a hero (if he isn’t one already). Sounds like he spent his career pushing back against Boeing’s bullshit.

This seems like a very legitimate, 100% certainty, without a shadow of a doubt suicide.

not badly made at all.

That’s false equivalency. Only Republicans nominate the most extreme candidates. Joe Biden and Kamala Harris are very centrist. You didn’t see my candidate, Bernie Sanders, or Elizabeth Warren get the nomination, now did you.

you mean the 1.9 million preorders with 5 years wait list?

G00d. I hope most tesla stans lose money on this. Douchebags throughout that segment of the population.

EV fanboys be like:

You reminded me of the time I was driving a ‘12 GTI and a friend offered to let me try his old, first gen, non-turbo Boxter with Tiptronic shifting. Two days later I was still thinking about that Porsche.

I too love the actual act of driving. As long as the CAR drives properly. I find no joy in driving some malaise-era float-barge, for example, or a joyless hairshirt autotragic econobox. But anything with a modicum of fun baked into it and I will drive the hell out of it.

I love driving. The act of driving. But I feel like the car I drive directly affects how I feel about driving. Like, I wouldn’t enjoy driving a 15 pax van or pickup truck, you know?

so, the opposite of jerry jones?

You used the 2021 and 2022 numbers compared to 2023 in the global numbers. I wonder* why you had to compare to 2019 numbers all of sudden when it comes to luxury cars.

Yes, outside of the little fish that never had a chance to survive, no established company is going to really go belly up. There might be some musical chairs of car brands and many won’t find a seat (like how is Lotus still a thing?) but the big boys will be bailed out by governments if worse comes to worse.

The front end of that car looks like Mitsuoka grafted a shrunken ‘69 Charger nose onto a modern Camry, or something.

Good for you. Now your car is fully depreciated. I hope you owe nothing on it. I like buying cars that hold their value. Which is why I bought a Porsche sportscar. I also buy cars to drive. Buying cars that hold value and to drive can and do co-exist. Most cars aren’t investments, but they do hold a certain monetary…

Will it continue to weigh as much as the sun? 

God that front end is ugly. Looks like a person with eyes too close together.

I agree with everything you just said. If I were to take the word ‘bankruptcy’ literally for this QOTD, then my answer would be none. No conglomerate will go bankrupt, but smaller independent EV companies likely will. A lot of sub brands, I feel, are in trouble today. The market is so competitive with samesy-like…

That’s what I meant. Nearly every car company is owned by a larger conglomerate. We can get pedantic about this, but for the sake of this QOTD, a specific brand closing down = bankrupt. Yes, I know that’s not bankruptcy it means. No, I don’t care.