A 265-pound wheel fell off a United Airlines Boeing 777 after taking off from San Francisco International Airport on Thursday, smashing through a fence and into several cars in a nearby parking lot.

Yes, that’s kind of how I view EVs. With phones, the financial risk of your phone being “obsolete” in 2-3 years is small.  The risk profile for a passenger car is much higher.

Americans who have made the shift to electric vehicles so far tend to be richer, younger and more likely to live in urban areas than the average person, research shows. Many reported being motivated by environmental concerns, and some by interest in the latest, cutting-edge technology.

oval = double round!

Customers can reserve an R2 starting today, with the base price set at an estimated $45,000. Deliveries start in the first half of 2026

Pretty sure they are Mini headlights

It’s quite a bit more than just a body kit.  You have the entire internet at your disposal.  Go look it up.

Rumor is, “citroen” was an expletive used by the CEO after reviewing the first drawings with his Engineering team.

As was pointed out in the used Taycan article last week, in addition to the total depreciation, the rate of depreciation per mile is eye-popping. Before subtracting any discounts or rebates, these Jaguars have lost anywhere from $1.62-$2.54 per mile.  Imagine taking a road trip and your car is suddenly worth $1,000…

I think anti-vax hits several areas of the political spectrum. For example, the “crunchy, all-natural” crowd that thinks vaccines are “poison”, and the rugged individual with a heavy distrust of authority and knows better than the global medical community.

Do you lay down in the middle of the street to protest cars? Do you attack industries for making things? Do you stand on the street picketing against vaccines while trying to engage directly with children as they walk by with their parents? That’s what I think of when I hear Far Left.

The pivot away from V8 power to EV and inline-6 has got to be a huge challenge for the brand synonymous with HEMI.

Even after activating the chirp, it only made the single Lock chirp about 75% of the time. The double Unlock chirp seemed to always work correctly.

I suspect the “chirp” was tied to the presence of an alarm. My 2004 BMW had standard remote lock/unlock, and did not chirp. Only after I installed the factory ultrasonic alarm and coded the car, did it chirp on lock/unlock. Your Land Rover was probably subject to the same BMW design criteria of the day.

2017 Mazda6

From a business perspective, I can’t imagine delivery services would be happy with drivers declining jobs based on their beliefs. That could be a very slippery slope and could cause lots of uneven service.

Working for this guy must be extremely exhausting.

Too bad that one persists. That one is easily disproved with a set of calipers.

I recently acquired a W204 (6MT!) with that steering wheel. Yeah, it’s not a looker but it does feel pretty good in your hands. The buttons have that typical German solid feeling to them.

Lots of pre-facelift W204 parts bin raiding here: steering wheel (mostly), climate controls, light switch, radio with numeric keypad (lol), monochrome gauge cluster display, brake and gas pedals, and possibly the glove box. None of it is particularly bad, it’s just funny to see in an exclusive, 6-figure sports car.