Yeah, it is much more likely an individual within Boeing or affiliated companies that has something on the line is responsible than the Boeing itself.

Hearing David Hobbs makes me miss his F1 coverage with Steve Matchett, and a Bob Varsha on Speed.

A point which he makes regularly, if you watch.

Boeing is headquartered in Arlington, VA, not Washington state, which is arguably part of the problem. At least that is what Netflix and John Oliver argued when they moved their HQ to Chicago previously.

Not sure about Stellantis in general, but stock options at many companies have replaced with Restricted Stock Awards which don’t have to vest usually. At least they have for top execs. As a shareholder, I always vote against executive pay packages that include RSAs since it incentivizes them to run the company in such…

Yeah, I wasn’t sure if he was sorry for the misspelling or the pun.

If only they could do for Indycar what they’ve done for F1 in terms of audience interest.  Then people would get to see the arguably better racing series.

The first time I paid a “Documentation Fee” it was $30.  The last time I paid it, they tried to get me to pay $500.  I asked them what service I got for $500, and they couldn’t tell me anything besides “paperwork” and car registration.  As they had just told me they were a paperless business, at least on the sales…

Yeah, I am on my 6th Subaru.  Finally had one with an oil leak recently.  It was the valve cover gasket.  Not saying they are perfect, but I’ve had fewer problems with my Subarus than an Ford, Jeep, or Toyota I’ve owned.  The only car I ever owned which was more reliable was my 1987 Suzuki Samurai which I put 150k…

I look forward to car prices and loan interest rates coming down as a result of the slow sales/glut of inventory. Also, a return to simple buttons and dials for major functions on dashboards. 

If they don’t want people to share items, then they should reduce the portion sizes. I ate out a fair amount while traveling over Christmas, and there were several times where I just could not finish my entree despite being quite hungry beforehand. As I was traveling, I couldn’t take leftovers home with me, so it was…

So, Tesla is behaving like a real car company.  The only difference is the guy making the bad decisions is a twitchy genius/idiot instead of a Biz School bro.

It seems like GM is trying to blame Apple and Android for GM’s infotainment systems sucking. The solution is obviously to make people only use the GM technology product which will certainly be as up to date and secure as the latest Apple and Google products over the life of the car, and make people pay for the…

I’m dropping GM because they’re stupid.

The issue as I understood it was about the sales growth declines as much as it was the growing inventories. Car companies are building more EVs, and the sales increases weren’t what they thought they should be, so everyone panicked. Lots filling up with unsold EVs looks bad both on paper and on the actual lots. When…

Yeah, my wife’s old 1993 LX hatch just couldn’t be killed. Probably still on the road. We moved so many times with it. For instance, you can fit a 5 foot bookshelf in the back, no problem.  Can’t say the same about the 2000s Jetta that replaced it.

Also not a thing anymore: me buying a new car. I haven’t paid any interest on the last 6 cars I bought. I can wait until 0% returns to get another new car.

My wife almost bought one of these, but they stopped selling them temporarily due to the transmissions causing a fire if you left them in 1st gear in manual mode and drove long distances at highway speeds.  She ended up getting a Forester instead.  I always wondered whether the 5 would have turned out to be a good car…

This was the reason I expected.

It isn’t that demand is down. It is growth of sales is showing signs of softening. The upshot of this is Tesla dropping prices and dealer lots full of unsold EVs that will likely be sold at a loss. They overestimated demand based on the historical growth you referenced and built too many vehicles, especially the…