This is not just a problem for car people. Once it’s established that you like something, anything, it can become the go-to gift for the rest of your life. I like to go to estate sales, and time after time I see a collection of some item, repeated over and over again in literally dozens of sizes and styles. I always…

Probably even better than blades or wipers would be a bottle of GoJo and a box of paper rags.

It would be hideously ironic if those two astronauts on an “extended stay” were actually killed as a result of this.

It’s the very embodiment of the typical owner: Divorced wife that’s been replaced by a newer model, got a good alimony deal but is working real estate to stay in social circles with the hopes of meeting an older widower with a good portfolio, two bottles of chardonnay and a pack and a half of Virginia Slims a day…

It’s especially significant since dealers can take the $4K themselves as part of the deal to close a sale with a buyer that might lack enough down payment, or not have enough income to capture the entire rebate amount. But we’ve heard so many stories about how car salesmen aren’t interested in learning how to sell EVs.

I just shopped and bought a Bolt EUV. I was surprised at the number of dealers unaware of the $4K rebate, but most of the models did happen to be just below $25K. I did have to twist the arm of the dealer that I did business with, though, to get there. It is complicated by the fact that the used vehicle must be at…

There’s also the trust question: Are you confident that traffic is not, in fact, capable of slamming into you when you turn without a pause to scope out the road?

Really, they should have had a sub-compact CUV off of the Fiat 500L platform to compete with Buick and Chevy years ago. Lift the suspension an inch, square up the body to make it more butch, and you’re there. Add some leather and driving aids to appeal to Boomers and you’ve got the Chrysler version.

My favorite callback is how towns had a small cannon set up in the square with a lens that would focus the sunlight at high noon on the fuse, triggering a small report from the cannon. Everyone could use that report to adjust their clocks to noon.

Vance is an acolyte of Peter Thiel. He’s firmly in the Ayn Randian camp that believes all forms of government regulation exist merely to yoke the great creators and innovators to the lazy masses. Vance will absolutely continue on the path to take down the “administrative state”.

The deal will mostly be sweetened with pardons from Vance for all Federal misdeeds.

A key part of the current EV subsidy is the requirement that the battery tech is domestic. Once that is gone, what it to prevent domestic mfrs from simply sourcing the tech from off-shore?

Similarly, it’s not bringing back a model but bringing back a model name on a new product. Chrysler missed the boat by not offering a sub-compact CUV back when the Encore and Trax demonstrated the interest in that niche. They should take the Fiat 500L platform, square up the styling for American tastes, and provide…

Growing older is mandatory. Growing up is optional.

You can sleep? Lucky you.

Military brass would toss trillions into a furnace if the emissions turned Kevlar into adamantium

the most fun you can have with your clothes on

All it will take is for Musk to start being higher profile than Trump. Trump will then push him aside, just as he has done with Bannon and others. Musk will have a hard time resisting an elevated profile. Vivek, on the other hand, is probably smart enough to keep his head down.

if I had that much fucking money I wouldn’t be wasting my time in politics. If it were me I’d be on my island in the Caribbean

Musk’s companies stand to lose more than most from Trump’s policy choices