So I’m one of those folks that think that cars needs to be more inherently dangerous, with fewer creature comforts, and no driving aids so that we drive them with care, but even I think airbags are a good thing.

Have you seen the prices on a 307/Glide Chevelle recently? They’d tell you that your theory doesn’t stack up

Generally I’ve found the term “slide deck” only used by self absorbed yuppie douchelords. Usually said by folks at a middle management position at GM.

I miss interiors that are this simple and utilitarian. As far as I am concerned this is the perfect automotive interior.

All of the current battery electric vehicles.

This is simply a way to ruin good food.

nope, because fossil fuels are the best suited energy transport medium for the job until hydrogen fuel cell tech and infrastructure is ready. CNG is also a great middle of the road.

There’s plenty of ways to combat global warming that don’t involve forcing electric cars down our throat.

The Taycan would be 1000x better with the 4.6L V8 out of the 918 and shedding the 1389lbs worth of batteries. 599hp NA, 9150 rpm redline, and a PDK...

Is anyone else a little frustrated that they neutered the graphics? I’d love have a small formfactor system with that uses GDDR6 memory with a decent integrated graphics chip for a home theatre/SFF gaming pc.

None of them.

How do you use a picture of an Aerocoupe in the lead, and none of you recommended it.

Can we move the start menu back where it belongs?

You’re discounting the fact that many “good cars” cost just as much as “boring cars” and even if they aren’t, the difference isn’t much.

Folks who shop solely by price are the worst form of consumers. They created the race to the bottom.

I have a few friends who are not “car people” but they come to me with suggestions for what to buy. Every single one of them has chosen the “most engaging” vehicle to drive from the list of vehicles that I had them look at.

By the metrics and KPI’s cars today are better than they ever have been. There’s mountains of evidence to support this claim. A Toyota Camry is faster around a race circuit than a bedroom poster 80's Ferrari, and some bone stock pickup trucks are faster down the drag strip than the fastest Muscle Cars of the 70's.…

As a supplier to many of the big 3, I’ve come to realize that the auto industry actually produces bureaucracy, the cars are only a biproduct

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EV conversions are typically the worst. This is because it usually means ruining an awesome gasoline powered car. In this case however, taking a car like the Pony that was a turd filled rolling penalty box and converting it to electric propulsion is awesome.