The flat earthers may yet prove their worth, the way things are going by next year we’re going to need a sustainable and ethical source of Soylent Green...

The duel clutch: Not just a small, fashionable handbag for carrying your 18th century matched pistols any more!

For only $3,000 you can out-weird your coworker’s cybertruck.

Sticker headlights. Template body. Literally nothing shared with the production car. NASCAR being called “stock car” racing is beyond a joke.

Yeah I’m *thinking* the thing bolted to the middle axle is basically a fancy (janky?) carrier bearing holder. The reason I’m guessing it’s so massive and gearbox-looking is that they probably used the bearing holders, seals, and input shaft of a transfer case and maybe even filled it with oil like a transfer case…

The short answer is that, because of the center axle, there’s not enough weight over the drive axle (the rear axle).

You shouldn’t apologize, but that’s just how entitled lots of these readers are.

There were valid concerns about the way Tesla approached the ‘Ring record, and whatever that was at Laguna Seca. Along with the questionable ways Elon approaches, well, other things.

I think the initial stories about Elon’s poor planning and promotion of this (and the equally strange Laguna Seca laps that seemed like a last-second Plan B) were warranted.

Even with independent suspension, I would presume that the ground clearance, geometry, and modern traction control and diffs will easily let it get through any terrain the people who buy a new Disco are willing to take it through. Though I’d bet money that a bone stock 2006 Forester with an owner who doesn’t give a…

Nope this is not “paid their dues”. Its more like “haven’t done their homework”

Every manufacturer cheats it up a bit at the Nurburgring but the GT R lap was fully egregious. It was so bad that Porsche broke the unwritten rule and publicly called them out on it.

And investors unwilling to live with years of multi-billion dollar losses or tolerate unfunded warranty liabilities.

Was that not apparent from Tesla’s panel gaps? 

Shockingly, the fleets of Taycans have been regularly TESTING. out in the real world. TESTING.

So, basically, non-Tesla carmakers have standards?

While 300+mph is awesome, for 75% of the world the holy grain-type milestone is 500km/h. It’s hard to believe that they are “quitting” less then 10km/h away from that mark.

I can’t stand it! I know you planned it! 

Lapid: “Anything but green.”

Original WW2 era Dodge Power Wagon. Willys gets all the attention. Show some love for it’s bigger cousin.