On the flip side of things, once the gas tractor reached EOL, high density electrics mowers are so expensive it makes more sense to buy a $3k robomower with GPS and resume functions. Then it’s quiet, you don’t have to mow the lawn, and it’s almost always at the correct height if you deal with HOA’s.

I don’t mind the look of it too much, beyond the remark it looks a lot like Kia’s current design language in the header image. The white car in the video looks a quite bit more unique. But CUV’s gonna CUV.

Cars as investments is the biggest one for me. I still have this horrible memory of watching the episode of Top Gear USA where one of the hosts (I think it was Adam Ferrara but I can’t find the clip) talks about how much he was devaluing the Ken Miles LeMans winning GT40 by driving it.

I’ve always like the one where they try to build a Caterham faster than the Stig can drive to the track from London.

It amuses me that your math is correct.

Ackshually you can buy the Wae Technologies and Fontescue (the conglomerate that owns Williams) mining truck weighing in at 240 tons (metric at that). Powered by a 1.4 megawatt battery, with a regenerative braking system capable of fully recharging the battery on the way down the strip mine slope, this behemoth offers…

Yeah... that’s a hard no to their products, then. I already don’t like how modern infotainment systems are integrated into cars, and bad implementations are a complete exercise in frustration, as I’m sure we’ve all experienced for a decade plus. Android Auto and Carplay are just now making dealing with them bearable,…

VW’s unpimp ze auto ads.

What is the interesting fastback in the background?

Thomas Midgley, Jr. invented leaded gasoline for GM and Standard Oil and then chlorofluorocarbons (CFC’s) also for GM. Easily two of the most destructive inventions of all time.

Neutral: Lincoln also makes the Aviator, which is larger but can be had as a PHEV and uses the same design language. They’re both fantastic looking with excellent interiors.

The way I’ve heard it describes isn’t like strip mining, it’s using vacuum like hoses to suck up the nodules laying on the surface. Then there’s a cyclonic filter to prevent other heavy metal sediment from being discharged back into the ocean water.

I have yet to see the face of God. When I do, that’s the point where the car has enough.

We had an Island Teal 96 Grand Caravan SE whose transmission ate itself twice within 60k miles, plus it had a fist full of other issues. It remains the only car my family ever owned for less than ten years because it was such a hassle.

3rd gen Grand Caravan.

I’m split on this. The Vibe GT and Matrix XRS are generally great cars that toe the SUV line but are probably hatches at the end of the day. They had great visibility outward, got great gas mileage, and were generally pretty great utility vehicles to live with on a daily basis.

Did the poor VC guys get a chance to cash out first? Don’t want to hurt the job creators ability to.... Something.

I had a CARES harness for my kids when they were really little for cross-country airplane trips to see their grandparents. It worked reasonably well but man, people would get pissy when you asked them to put their tray table down for a second so you can loop it over the seat. It’s not like it even interfered with…

If you’re going to treat the tax credit as a discount, like many manufacturers presented or still present it, the AGI of the tax filer needs to be above about $55k otherwise they’ll lose some of the credit.

Okay I see where I went wrong above explaining my thought process after I wrote out the examples. I rolled in the consideration for cash flow for taking on the financing liability. I’ll try to explain without seeming like I’m moving the goal posts. Thank you for the clarification, I’ll just have to live with being…