Yeah, I’m calling shenanigans on that one. Soldered joints aren’t prone to failure due to vibrations. Every module in the car has hundreds or even thousands of them. *Unsecured* joints are prone to failure due to vibration, particularly badly created joints. Soldering isn’t that hard, but there is some skill and a bit…

I don’t consider RV manufacturers to be OEMs. As for the Colorado lights, I’m wondering if there’s some brightness limit they’re staying under to keep them road legal?

That’s what I’ve always done. 

As much as I hate the Cybertruck, this is completely normal for a lightbar. It’s why no OEMs sell them or install them. And as for soldering.. uhh.. I do it all the time and I’ve never had one fail. I use quick connects for lightbars and other accessories usually, but I’ve spliced wires with solder so many times over…

I’m all for shitting on Tesla any day of the week, but this is a non-issue. Light bars ARE illegal for on-road use. No OEM even offers them. Off-road focused vehicles do come with the auxiliary switches for them, but the purchase and installation is up to the owner. 

I was gonna say, aren’t crimp/butt connectors more prone to failing than a good soldering?

Can’t say I’ve ever had one of my own solder joints in an automotive application fail. Maybe people just don’t do it right?

“the Business Plot would have seen wealthy businessmen overthrow president Franklin D. Roosevelt and install a Nazi-friendly military dictatorship”

Well that headline isn’t misleading at all... /S

Who hugs somebody for more than 30 seconds at most? Will Aerosmith’s ‘Don’t wanna miss a thing’ be playing in the background, while your loved one will be sent to blow up an asteroid?

on a NOTAM the warning lights on the tower were non-operational

I sell all my cars to CarMax. It’s super easy and my life is never in danger. Do I get less than if I sold privately? Yes, but it’s super easy and my life is never in danger which makes it completely worth it.

Time for a Jalopnik survey / test / review of the best Dashcams. 

I’ve heard something like that too.  But I guess it’s legal if nobody goes after him.

The EV market isn’t cratering. It just isn’t growing as fast as predicted. U.S. EV market share reached a new high of 8.9% in Q3 2024

But but a Tesla lost and that’s all Jalopnik cares about since Tesla lives rent free in all jalopnik’s heads. Why else would they specifically link in their last paragraph all their other articles where a Tesla lost a race while never listing all the other news stories of Tesla winning like how a Model Y beat out all…

Maybe your state requires it, but in TX that canopy would be a unicorn (the store owner must really really want one). Main shutoff button for all pumps is standard here — they could be a federal mandate. 

Rivian is 54" with tailgate closed, Gladiator is 60" with tailgate closed. Cybertruck actually has a 72" bed, but only at the floor. The back wall of the “cab” is overhung, so at the top of the bed the length is only 66".
The Cybertruck bed is also relatively narrow at 51", same as the Rivian. That being said, the Gladi…

the numbers become more plausible if buyers believed that they could get one for $40k, which is less than the current average new car price. but at 2 1/2 times that, most people obviously ran for the hills

Most of this sounds more like “sports car as a cruiser” problems than “EV as a cruiser” problems.