Not every state sends auto-related crimes to juvy court. There’s a few where if you’re doing adult things like driving a car, you do the adult time. Although that being said, nine months isn’t a slap on the wrist for manslaughter. It’s definitely low-end of the scale most places. Seems more like reckless conduct to me…

I’ve never felt this excited about a new automobile.

Nope. First they hide all their assets while the criminal case drags on. Then there’s a few years of civil litigation. Then after the judgment is entered (see my comment above about negligence per se) they just file chapter 11/13 bankruptcy, keep all the 401Ks, throw the umbrella limits to the sharks, and get on with…

The kid’s attorneys are between a rock and a hard place. I assume the insurance has provided a civil attorney. However, if the criminal defense team insists on the cell phone defense that makes it almost impossible for the civil side to prevail. It is illegal for the kid to use a cell phone in the truck. That makes…

That seems pretty generous for an appointed-for-life Federal judge to say oh... no problem you’re busy? We’ll work around that. Usually you have to work around the judge’s schedule. Only thing I can think is that he wants to avoid R. Kelly making some kind of appellate or post-conviction claim that he was denied his…

Red Bull (tm) sugar free. It’s just the Red Bull talking. 

Dude. It’s a joke. The Lightning will crush Tesla even if they manage to produce a Cybertruck. I live smack in the middle of Antivaxxistan, not one of those ubiquitous F-150 owners are going to buy a Cybertruck. 

Lauf Carbonara? They can be had for $990. Still not cheap.

As soon as the Cybertruck comes out and every single Ford F-150 owner in the entire northern hemisphere trades in their outdated dinomobiles Tesla will have so much money they’ll be handing out gullwing doors as party favors. The Roadster will return prompting all future Jalopniks to comment that the Roadster is…

They can pig-lipstick crossover the Leaf all they want, but until they do something better than passive battery cooling, it’s DOA.

How long will it power a flat screen TV, a Roku and a router/modem? Power is out, binge watching time. I have a Jackery smaller battery, but it will power the router for at least 8 hours. I’ve tested it. Long as the laptops are charged I’m good for a work day. 

Scalia is dead, but if he were not I’m sure he’d figure out a way to incorporate his mental gymnastics from Heller v. DC into a new decision so we can all have our own robotic shooting dog. Well regulated militias from the 1700s had dogs, what’s the problem? 

Elon is just trying to figure out how to match the F-150s awesome taillight weight gauges and then charge you a subscription fee for the weight you carry in your Cyberdozer. 

Came here to say that. My shop tightens my lug nuts to their perfect specs. 1 Nm past the point where there is any hope of me getting the wheel off if I need to. Which means after every wheel rotation I have to get out a giant breaker bar, bust them loose and re-tighten the lug nuts to MY specs. 

That is what they’re up to. Exactly. Everything in our dystopian future is leading to subscriptions and cars that spy on us just like our phones. This taillight feature can have no other purpose. I’ve roamed the American west and PNW from Houston to Fairbanks for decades and I can count on one hand the number of…

Curious to know what GPS/tracking system they are using. 

True about “reading”, but Mercedes Streeter is occasionally worth slide-showing. I hate it that she gets me to follow the clickbait, but sometimes I’m powerless. 

Unless the timing belt, water pump and head gaskets have been changed out, this is a financial sinkhole just waiting to swallow you. ND. Unless you’re in Seattle where entire generations of mechanics’ children have been put through college on failed Subaru head gaskets. It’s a pretty routine fix there at least. And…

And if I’m the DA the message to the defendant’s attorney is pretty simple. Plead to something serious and do some jail or the feds* are coming down here and hauling his ass up to the courthouse in Austin where the jurors** don’t know his daddy from a hole in the ground and the majority of them probably have $6K…

I saw pix of the carnage. The wheels alone on some of those bikes were worth thousands.