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"Now you be careful, motorcycles are dangerous." she says, while the person who asked is driving a full size SUV, one hand holding the phone and the other a big gulp, steering with their knees. Read more

That's a shitload of cabbies. Maybe with that many people they can band together with the auto dealers and cry me an actual river. Read more

It's probably not a discussion of actual geographic location; there are personalities associated with areas and people cling to those identities and defend them. People say stuff like "Bakersfield is not really California" which is false for obvious reasons but true in the sense that when I say "I'm from California"… Read more

"I have an idea, what if the vehicle didn't actually use the road, but floated slightly above the road? Then we wouldn't have to meet all these emissions and safety requirements for road going vehicles!" Read more

This guy, though, he's taken this idea all the way. And, as a by-product, he's made his dually pretty much un-stealable. Read more

I like it better the other direction.

I don't mean anything by "imagine" since I didn't use that word, but if I did, I would mean something like "Not an April fools joke." Read more

Man, how awesome would it be to see a Google sponsored self driving stock car flying around Talladega with 42 other cars. Read more

So a great toddler vehicle would be a bright yellow drop-top Bentley wagon with stripes and easily accessible USB chargers? Read more

Dude, this comment made my morning. Read more

Torrance has excellent schools, and lower crime than Plano. Read more

I imagine "...or you'll fall out of the goddamn sky" is to aviation safety what "...in bed" is to fortune cookies. Read more

As an engineer, if someone came up to me and said "This is an unbelievable engineering screwup, and a lawsuit waiting to happen." that would help me solve the problem in no way. Of course, I wouldn't dismiss it, I would ask "can you be more specific?" and find the root cause of their frustration. This presentation… Read more

I hate you for even mentioning that. Read more

If you like never ending customization, Aston Martin is hard to beat. I found it mind numbing; Do you want your upper IP a different color from the lower? What about different stitching on each? What color would you like your pinstripe welt? Do you know what a pinstripe welt is? Which of the 14 shades of silver… Read more

That's just what superhero Elon Musk wants you to think. Read more

I would prefer it to be driven and crashed than to be put in a museum and never driven again. Read more

That's not because the i8 is outrageously expensive or outrageously rare. But it's a first attempt at defining what the future will be, and like all first attempts (Laser Disc, Apple Newton, Virginity) it's a mix of exciting and the not-yet-well-thought-out. Also, it is kind of expensive. Read more