Not surprised about first gear. Between rent, student loans, rising taxes, and the cost of every thing else, who can afford a $25k-$30k brand new car? Even a nice used car is stretching it in my experience. Read more

Yea Jalop.  Fuck you for covering the biggest story in the automotive world right now.  How could you!! Read more

Neutral: EVs will eventually disrupt EVERYTHING. Yeah, that came across like some sort of Bay-Area Tesla Fanboi rant, but that’s not what I mean. Read more

It is in fact a diesel, manual, 4x4 Van with a rear locking differential. Read more

. . . . the 19-year-olds in Brooklyn who ironically wear t-shirts featuring bands that were popular when I was 19.
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I firmly disagree with your choice of the two vehicles but I appreciated you taking the time to explain your subjective preferences which led to your choice.
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That’s fair. Read more

“...if I hammered the throttle, there was a tiny bit of hesitation before the electric thrusters shot the Taycan down the street.” Read more

If you die from increased air pollution, then you didn’t live long enough to die in a car accident! See??? Safer!!!1!!!!! Read more

“That’s the norm” is the stupidest argument that exists in the entire human catalog of assertions. If “That’s the norm” was a compelling argument, we’d all be living in caves, shitting on the ground, and wiping our ass with our hands. Read more

Please, do tell us how the president is correct here, then. I want to hear how rolling back emissions standards makes the cars safer. Read more

“Stick to DRIVING cars” is my favorite extremely specific stay-in-your-lane comment to date Read more

Perhaps if this country didn’t have a completely and utterly messed up healthcare system that costs *significantly* more than any other developed nation…then employers would be far more open and willing to hire actual workers and not these ridiculous ‘temps’. Read more

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As a power train engineer, I made it through half of his speech before I could feel brain cells disappearing. FFS I’m going to my cabin in the woods, I’ll be back around Janurary 2021.  Read more

Astro, Michelin, Nikola
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That $640,000 is before rebates. It’s more like $400,000, right? Read more

I’ve never understood why huge corporations don’t support Medicare for all. If GM is paying $2,000/month in healthcare premiums for its workers, 20% of that is just profit and overhead for the insurance companies. They could save tens of millions of dollars if the commie librul gubmint taxed them 80% of what they were… Read more

Someone at GM knew how to design, I like the Nomad as well.

I just picked up a nice WD21 this weekend for $1700, or 3.8% of the current 4WD model’s MSRP. The 2020 model isn’t 26 times better, in fact my wheels are 26 times better than the entire 2020 model. Change my mind