What is it with this trend towards putty as a car color? I’m seeing so many cars and trucks painted in some sort of muddy, greyed out color lately. Even silver is better than those colors. I understand that many buyers don’t have a lot of choice when they’re forced by circumstance to replace a vehicle, but why do the…

I kept waiting to read what they were giving her in exchange but...

I’ve wondered about a cottage industry type of business de-identifying Teslas for people that would like one of their cars but hate being associated with Musk. Something like removing all the Tesla logos at the very least, and even replacing some body parts to subtly change the look, sort of like people did with VW…

I lost multiple pocket knives with 1.25" blades before I finally got it firmly into my head to NOT slip them into my pocket when travelling. It’s worse now that my wife and I are committed to not checking bags when we fly, so now I can’t have one with me at all.

If they try that crap here in Illinois, they’ll have Mercedes Streeter to answer to.

This was so true that Stephen Miller insisted that he got to speak to Trump after any meeting before Trump made any public statements.

As long as they perceive that it’s worse for those people...

It’s not what you know, it’s who you know.

This would be true of anyone with less money, but Musk has the cash and is willing to spend it. 

Too late.

I tried using capsaicin powder mixed into bird seed to deter the squirrels, who had chewed around the feed holes on wooden feeders to better access the seed. The first time I observed a squirrel going at the feeder after I loaded the amended seed, I saw it stick its head in and it quickly jumped back about 3 feet. I…

How do you not know your own kid well enough to know that he was not going to be responsible enough for a hot car or motorcycle?

A primary obstacle to building more housing is zoning. Allowing multi-family in more residential areas is necessary, but NIMBYs won’t stand for it.

I would be willing to hold your beer if you go for it.

Did these still have front bench seats, and wouldn’t a manual mess with that arrangement?

Heated and cooled seats are a necessity not just for hedonistic reasons. It’s to use as little battery energy as possible to make the cabin tolerable. I’ve just started driving an EV, and the heated seats and steering wheel go a long way to make up for the lack of available engine heat. And people in the market for a…

The argument seems more like it turns non-car people into hobbyists that like the hobby community, rather than making them into car people. Car people are invested in automotive tech across all brands, not just a single one. It’s like the Prius community back in the day when the Prius was still a novelty, being the…

I think that the confusion stems from a lack of clarity about what makes someone a ‘car person’ vs. what makes someone a ‘non-car person’. Non-car-people simply view cars as a means to an end, while car people see cars as an end in itself. So a non-car person will like a brand for the fact that it reliably get them…

unheated seats

Doesn’t Oshgosh make both the ICE and EV versions of the new model? No skin off their nose as long as they keep getting the business.