The odd angle of the rear wheel is the first thing I noticed. Then the wheel period. Then...CP

Having read comments from some of our commenters who know far more about these cars than I do, I have to pull any hint of NP I originally mentioned.

Hell to the no. Tell you what, GIVE me this pig with lipstick and we’ll call it equal. That should at least cover the full engine and suspension swaps.

Honestly Raph, I hope you’re also eyeing the exits. Spanfeller just fucking kills everything he touches. I’m sure David and Jason had their own reasons to move on, but between Kinja, the fucking listicles, and overall decline in fun around here I’m done. I’ve removed the site from my daily bookmarks and frequent…

I enjoy the tone of these farewell posts, but holy shit is it depressing to see the list of talent that has moved on the greener pastures!

I smell good settlement for this guy tho.

It’s so simple:

The more I read about these stories, the more I wish Hertz didn’t survive bankruptcy.

I don’t get these complaints. He could have figured this out even before he bought the car.

Much of that stems from “eh I can get used to that” but then you find out after several thousand miles that no, you can’t actually get used to that.

Not only do Teslas fans find it necessary to unnecessarily defend the front-man of the company, it turns out they also find it necessary to tell other people that their complaints are unwarranted and they should've thought of all these things before they bought the car, or somehow retroactively already known about them

Brakes alone on a fucking AMG could buy you another car. I understand your Stellantis/FCA hate but lets not be stupid on purpose.

I know that, the post was mostly a joke - see "oily bit that sets dead dinosaurs on fire" - which references that EV fans will go on about how cheap they are supposed to run, until one isn't cheap to run, at which point it immediately pivots to "what do you expect it's a fancy luxury car for rich people."

“Sitting in a car for a test drive” is not the same as “Sitting in car for several hours on long trip.”

I hit a small chunk of shredded tire in my Model S on the highway once, maybe 6"x6". No big deal, that’s what bumpers are for, worse case scenario I just replace the bumper, right? ...right?

Careful, pointing stuff out like that either gets you nuked or a comment section all together nuked Deadspin style.

Where did he say that the cost of keeping it running factored into his decision to get rid of it?

The only Tesla I have been in is a friend’s Model 3. And he shows me how you have to open the glove box.

Not really. If you judge speed by engine volume, like many people do, no noise translates into overcooking it into corners, speeding tickets, listening to every squeak and rattle at full annoying volume, etc.

Because if the film didn’t get it into your head, a few of your high school buddies trapped in a rolled over early-’90s Ford Explorer burning to death would.