Maybe a lot of the reason the scene died is that the economy crashed. Disposable income went away. That, and as mentioned in the article, generic cars today outperform the sports cars from 20 years ago without having to do anything to mod them. The mod scene came from a need to improve the cars performance, and then…
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If we are talking BMW brakes and hubs, we are talking BMW lug BOLTS. CP at any price (coming from a lifelong Supra fanboi and previous owner.) No amount of performance or luxury is worth the fuckery that is lug bolts in general.
Aren’t they still just a drop in the bucket for pollution?
Emissions are measured in parts per million.
Want to close down loopholes? Instead of trucks, go after cruise ships and container vessels which register in countries who don’t give a crap about emissions. Ever wonder why all those cruise ships are registered in the Bahamas?
Ever hear of a kit car? Factory Five?
Often ignored by this type of argument is the environmental cost of manufacturing a new thing vs. repairing an old thing.
Elon Musk has earned the right to get a mulligan on this.
He’s been the villain for a long time. I don’t think it’s a matter of “living long enough” so to speak as it is the “villain” behavior actually kicking it up like 18 notches.
This. All of this.
There is a reason they kicked his ass out in short order.
“Also, keep in mind that, when it comes to actually helping those kids escape from that flooded cave, Elon Musk provided exactly as much help as I did.”
We used to get a lot of road racers coming over to drag race with us on Friday and Saturday nights. Most of them couldn’t launch worth a shit and would get downright mad about getting smoked in the 1/4, but a few learned a trick or two from the old timers drag racing and applied it the next morning.
Fundamental issue with self driving cars is based on two facts:
Counterpoint: Nothing in the back gets to be better than the front because I’m always the one driving. My wife wanted me to get the option package that had a built in cooler in the rear seat...but nothing in front. Nope. I spend more time in there than anyone, I paid for it, and I’m always in the driver’s seat. Any…
Can’t beat a rearbench seat in vinyl that you can just hose clean. I only carry my sisters’ kids on it, hosing it out would be the easiest option.
Yeah, that’ll work...
Coolest vaporware vehicle I’ve seen this week.
I was hoping to say “In before the fanboys” but Elon has them well trained. They were on it immediately.
What a publicity hound. I guess he’s trying to distract from Tesla’s bad news.