This is certainly worthy of news coverage somewhere. Jalopnik ain’t it. This is not even close to “car culture”...except, wheels are involved?

So I guess with David and Torch leaving, we’re just going to completely give up on stories focusing on vehicles other than “well a bus is kinda involved” then goes full on a political rant. Mercedes, you may want to leave while you can because this isn’t a car site anymore. 

Hold on, liberals hate Musk? Did I miss something?

No. Like the comment below:
He’s a criminal.
A shallow, draft dodging coward, who thinks the luck he’s had equals wisdom.

He’s committing fraud by manipulating the stock market. Dude’s a criminal.

It’s all part of El Plan.

Personally, I’m rooting for Vettel. But I don’t like the Strolls...

Latifi new champion!  You read it here!

Comparing it to the Telluride, which just looks right, is especially jarring. It’s like how the new landrovers that just keep going up and keep tapering to the top look mis-proportioned.

the last gen GM full-sizers are surprisingly attractive vehicles on the outside. The current-gen look...funny.

2nd Gear: . . . how in the world are you going to be willing to force consumers into electric vehicles or more fuel-efficient cars?” 

LOL. who do you think stopped campaign finance reform? Your republican buddies and Citizens United.

This.  I’m as liberal as it gets and Obama was a disaster as far as I’m concerned.  So many wasted opportunities. 

We put the officials in place. We get what we deserve.

“Dems had all three branches under Obama and did fuck all about stuff like this.”

This is the fault of voters.

As a reservation holder I would argue it does not exist.

but why would any engineer or bean counter use plastic coolant lines on high compression V8 knowing that it will fail under 70k? For a few pennies more you can use rubber and it will last forever.  When you’re making cars to last 50k since they’re all leased then you get to the answer.

It’s my budget bucket theory. Picture a colossus holding two (or more) buckets of budgets each jealously guarded by minions. They will lie, cheat and steal to keep the money in their bucket, including stealing money from the other bucket. Until a minion can reach the head of the colossus and whisper in his ear that…

No. Purchasing’s bonus is generally tied to BOM cost, not warranty due to their decisions. New parts for different variants increases overall price, and then the buyer won’t be able to take a sweet vacation to Cabo.