No way man. The blue book value of this car at this mileage in “Very Good” condition is only about $4200. $7500 is insane.

At least he cleaned up the interior! Actually vacuumed the carpet and matts! Attaboy!

This is a weird article. First off, why “must” this happen? The basis of the discussion, commercial aircraft have autopilot so private autos must as well, is odd logic. Shouldn’t it be commercial aircraft have autopilot so must mass transit and commercial trucks? Autopilot is not a requirement nor a standard on…

If the solution is better driving training...then there is no solution.  That ship sailed long ago and ain’t never coming back.

This is one of the first very, very clearly stated “manifestos” of these types of people. They want to end private automotive ownership. They do NOT want people to have the freedom to move from place to place. They want you to be a resource for and under their control. The automobile is one of the most significant…

That was my take too. There are still major differences between systems in planes and cars the article glossed over which are critical.

The bottom line is that partial self-driving cars should not be legal. Either the car should be able to drive itself, completely, with no human intervention beyond “I want to go here,” or it should not have “autopilot” features beyond cruise control.

“adequately trained and properly followed procedure”
Which is great. Except that both the training, and the procedures, were inadequate.

The MAX 737 conversion course was an hour or two on a tablet, no simulator time requirement for pilots of non-MAX versions, and didn’t mention MCAS.
Similarly, the flight manual…

Manufacturers, especially Tesla (MUSK) need to stop misleading consumers on what their products are capable of. For as much as GM gets overlooked their supercruise is probably the cleanest implementation of this technology. And that is mostly due to the fact that they didn’t take the technology too far and didn’t…

Also planes aren’t typically flying inches from eachother. 

Wait, you mean cars need automated safety systems like the ones on planes that just killed a bunch of innocent people because of lacking training (among other factors)? They were professionals too, you expect regular people on the street to handle the automation of their cars? They can’t even handle the systems we…

Wow, that’s a long article. I admit I didn’t read the whole thing, sorry... but when you add safety/complexity to a device operated by people with no training to begin with, it can only get better.

Apparently it’s never been made clear to you that American Automakers don’t count as actual functioning companies on this website.  Rather, we should all buy a truck from a company that has little history of making trucks, and is still clawing it’s way back from one of the greatest corporate cover ups of all time. …

Electric cars have been “inevitable” for a long time now and are still a minuscule fraction of the market. I’m pretty confident I’ll be able to buy brand new internal combustion engine cars for the rest of my life (I’m 34).

Lots of variables here. Hell, the mortgage interest rates have dropped back to 4% down from almost 5% - maybe people are buying homes rather than super-priced new cars. When a Suburban (my vehicle of choice) now costs invoice $62,000 + TTL, you, as a manufacturer, might make some great bucks up front, but slowly…

Blaming Trump really isn’t the answer. Shit got too high, and wages haven’t kept up.

“Gosh, have I heard lots of complaints about this year’s tax returns.”

That’s why I come here less and less often. Too much editorializing, not enough fact based information presented.  Some of the writers are much better about this than others.

Yeah.. and you have to go to a body shop to get the metal framed glass welded to your vehicle...

Imagine a future where a cracked windshield costs $4000 to replace!