I love that he’s doing a rebuild on a $200,000 Aston Martin V12, and in the bay right next to him there’s a POS Town Car getting an oil change and a Hyundai econobox.

They’ll continue to do the videos, but La Cucaracha will be playing in the background, and Ballaban will have to wear a Mariachi hat.

Glad to see you guys brought out the 2004-era Flipcam again to maintain the production values we’ve all come to expect from these remotes. Well done.

I’m figuring that the department has some kind of comprehensive insurance policy that takes care of this kind of thing.

Wait, they really make these? Like, an actual Cinco Boy?

I mean, what’s the window going to cost, sixty bucks?

50 is a lot.

There are also SO many genuine Herbies around that I’m sure Disney owns at least ten of them. This car isn’t really THAT unique as far as movie cars go.

Seriously, he needs to sell that piece of shit already.

Yeah me neither. This is a British thing.

Hahaha I didn’t even realize it until I read your comment, now I can’t stop thinking about it and it annoys the hell out of me.

Yeah but you can’t separate the car from the time. The ‘84 Ferrari 308 had 230hp. The Lotus Esprit had 210. The 911 Carrera had 200, the 944 had 150, and the 928S had 234.

That review sucked in general, but comparing a Z32 to a C4 is pretty absurd.

Not by much. They just covered everything in leather instead of using plastic. Which again, at more than double the price, is the least you’d expect.

I knew someone was going to post this, but you’re wrong. The C4 deserved that ad; it was a fantastic car for the time. Everything the announcer said about it was accurate.

I don’t know if that’s over the top or just a really horrible ad.

Where do they insure their drivers? My dad drives for Uber a few days a week and the NYC TLC insurance is his single biggest expense.

The only thing I can think of would be to actually have independent contractors purchase and operate the autonomous cars in the same way that drivers do now. This way Uber still gets to divest itself of the expense and responsibility, but also have autonomous cars in its fleet. The business model remains intact.

Yeah, I’ve got to think that this is at least partially driven by political concerns that at some point regulators are going to crack down on their business model, i.e., drivers as contractors, so they figure that this is a viable alternative to develop, while at the same time building buzz as an innovator.

I still don’t see how this works for them financially. Paying for the acquisition and maintenance on a massive fleet of autonomous cars plus assuming total liability for their operation cannot be more affordable than simply giving contracted drivers a cut of the fare and relinquishing themselves of any responsibility…