It doesn’t have a wooden frame. The only wood in it is a little bit at the back (up high), the actual frame is a alu space frame, and before that, it was made with tubular, flexi steel

The only jobs paying an actual living wage in my former line of work were in or just outside of Chicago, but affordable apartments were far outside of Chicago.

If you car is off doing something without you, and causes an accident, who’s at fault?

Every car lover should be for public transit because y’know what happens when people have alternatives for transit? They don’t drive! That means less traffic and less road wear for you, the true petrol-head, to safely drive your fun car as an enthusiast! Get people who hate and/or suck at driving off the road so we…

We’ve had self driving vehicles for a long time. Planes, trains, ships, light rails even buses. What they all have in common is that they only operate in highly controlled environments. Cars don’t. Cars are operating in the figurative far west that are public roads. Until we can make public roads as highly controlled…

But but but Tesla! It’s so good, because, uh, reasons! Ignore the nearly unrepairable castings, bricking software, entire trim strips falling off, silent electric motor recalls, rusting “stainless” body panels and “totally gonna work eventually” full self driving.

Wait, you’re telling me that making expensive products for eco-minded people, and then making an abrupt Red Hat turn might... alienate the people who buy your products?  

That actually seems like a win…

I live in the suburbs of Nashville in Williamson County, TN — I was at a shopping center near me this weekend, and saw a big overflow lot (the parking lot of what was once a Toys R Us) being used by the Tesla location in Franklin. There are literally hundreds of Teslas sitting there, and I’d estimate at least two…

it’s an interesting idea - if the government stopped with the safety regulations and left it to the insurance companies to test how would that play out?

If this administration has its way, we will BE the lowest common denominator.

I would be fine not having HVAC physical buttons/knobs if automakers would just put in two temperature set-points like most home thermostats have now. I never have to adjust my home thermostat because it’s already programmed when it should run the AC, when it should run the heater, and when it should do neither.

I’m going to add some anecdotal validity to this point. I have a 2019 Subaru WRX, which has a good mix of touch and physical knobs, but my other vehicle is a basic 1994 Dakota pickup that I love because it’s got a radio and cassette player and very little else. The AC works, but it’s just a very in the moment…

Considering the sheer number of features modern cars come with, it’s unlikely that we’ll see any automaker completely abandon the touchscreen. Adding physical controls for everything would likely make the cabin look like the cockpit of a modern jet.

Neat, but is this a Miata? Seems more like an upmarket RX-7 to me. Gotta think it’s going to be $40K plus and generate limited sales, and our fun, simple little tossable MX-5 will be a thing of the past.

The Dorito lives! 

This is so obvious it hurts my brain to imagine why it took automakers even 5 minutes of thought to determine that buttons/switches are preferred. It’s not like we need them for everything...just the stuff you change on literally every drive. Here are the buttons I touched this morning on my 8 minute drive to the…

100% on the regulations being standardized. What a waste of time and money for manufacturers to meet regulations of multiple markets. That cost is only passed down to consumers. Cars in the U.S. are not any safer than European cars because we do not allow new smart headlights or we have more or less reflectors. We…

Worldwide homogenization would be great, as long as we aren’t caving to the *lowest* common denominator.

Probably safer than a T bucket, lots of questions. A worried NP  from me.