2nd Gear: Looks like the UK will never have self driving cars. What company with even a single lawyer on retainer would make a self driving car and carry the liability for its actions. That’s a horrible idea.

Why waste capacity and effort building something that barely breaks even when you can do the same and make $10k per unit?

I used to do work like this. we had a guy at the docks that would call when a container ship full of TV/VCR combos would come in, he would tell me what truck and what highway it was on

I still can’t believe this is how it looks from the factory.  It looks like aftermarket flares were added to a regular Bronco.  I would’ve thought Ford could come up with something that looks more integrated.   

I had a short run at an ad agency. The classic Lucky Strike campaign was required learning. Basically, an ad agency guy asked a Lucky Strike exec how the cigarettes were made. He listed the ingredients and described the tobacco as being “toasted” during the process. The ad exec latched onto the word “toasted” and…

I don’t think quality is measured the right way.

first we need to define what is a “luxury brand”? according to google:

LEDs “should” last the lifetime of the vehicle. In reality, you will probably be replacing them because the lenses are too fogged from UV exposure.

Over $1000?? You just spurned me on to look into this. Looks like a ‘22 Audi S8 has a “Matrix LED w/ Laser beam” that’s about $566 OEM per. That’s crazy, though I’d doubt you’d see any significant wear difference between it being off vs on.
Admittedly, my newest vehicle is a 2009, which still uses halogens.

Haven’t we known for a long time that a 2wd pickup truck is terrible in the snow regardless of lift or tire?  

The car is trying to act as human as possible to blend in with other drivers. Being predictable is safer than following the rules.

If often absolutely is, especially in Philly, NYC, Chicago, LA, etc.

What does a chip shortage have to do with running a website? I love the trio but nothing in that message seems to point to a real reason they had to shut down. The ongoing financial losses seem the more likely factor

the problem is that most accident avoidance maneuvers ARE ILLEGAL by the letter of the law. if a collision happens in front of my car on a highway and I stop, flip on my emergencies, and rush out to help the people involved in the crash technically I have broken the law because I stopped in a no stopping zone.…

Exactly, the problem with this Socialist way of thinking is usually everyone ends up with the lowest common denominator, inhibits competition, and eventually leads to the collapse of innovation.

Just think, Musk would still be producing EV’s with borrowed Lotus chassis and off the shelf components instead of creating…

I don’t know how much it helps. It saves on the development costs but it also puts a major risk on the industry - imagine some fundamental design problem that instead of being in 100k cars is in 1000k cars and requires a mass recall. That’s what dependence on Takata created.

Now that I know this person’s license plate number, I’m going to steal their identity. Which is what I presume everyone who puts their thumb over a plate in a Craigslist ad thinks is going to happen. 

Eh, this sounds like Delta asked the question that should be asked, which is: “Does what we know now, and the situation we’re in now, warrant continuing with a policy that’s from a year prior (give or take) and when we didn’t have the protections we have in place now?”

Riveting, Pulitzer caliber writing from Jalopnik these days. Articles about counterweights like they are magical wizardry, bloggers copying other bloggers so they can take a trip to “Click City.”  This is what Jalopnik has become. Its funny how you can tell a good Jalopnik blogger..they dont work for Jalopnik anymore…