Recent content by timbop

It probably got trained by the 67% of Americans who think New England is a state. (it must be a state - they have a football team)

The CR1 in 2021 did not come with a power rear liftgate. It must be an aftermarket add-on, as the 2 different Ford dealers stated. You need to figure out what make it is, and then you can find out who is qualified to repair/replace it.

There are a lot of variables in play, so it's hard to predict. While Tesla is taking it on the chin for now, that will probably subside as Tesla becomes more attractive in other demographics - and stays immune to tariffs. As other have said: the tariffs on the Mach-E will likely hurt as much as...

You don't need an app for that! ?

Unfortunately no good deed goes unpunished. Obviously Tesla constrained production as much as possible (probably intentionally), but naturally the masses here blamed you for not giving them something free in a timeline they judged to be acceptable. The fact that most of them never even expected...

Which is the hole in the OTA process, and may be why older cars are no longer getting updates. One could argue that a problem caused by an OTA should be a covered repair but the bean counters aren't going to let it happen. At some point if failed OTA's keep breaking out of warranty cars lawyers...

Build date 1/6/21 (yes, really) delivered Feb 16th 2021. Still on the same LVB, but will replace it soon

The cuts are not only for the NEVI money but for the purchase incentives as well. The purchase incentives were simply a way for the manufacturers to add $7500 to the cost of the car without the consumer having to pay it - but it gave consumers the CHOICE of the car they wanted and thus which...

Or more correctly: the Chinese AUTO industry is not holding back on their plans to overtake the U.S. AUTO industry. Ten years from now it will be clear that the shift in policy will have been detrimental to the US auto industry, leaving the US with one less bastion of economic leadership.

Musk showing what kind of a dirtbag he is ensured I did not by a Tesla - I was on the fence between the Mace-E and Model 3 but I couldn't stomach giving that asshat any more money. Now that he's got the X megaphone IMHO a lot more people are turned off by him revealing his true nature. Then...

Not dead, it just needed a new HVBJB! ?

What Ford heard you say: "Stop saying you're going to update older cars" What that means to Ford: "We can avoid a lot of negative feedback AND expense if we stop worrying about updating older cars"

Agreed. My wife really liked the Lincoln Nautilus - but when I saw that the car was designed and built completely in China I shut that idea right down.

Yes, that is all true. It's also an inappropriate analogy. They are making them in China with its low cost of living and exporting them to nations that have a high cost of living - which results in "more for less" in those markets. That's the crux of the globalization problem that has to be...

If you're referring to me, clearly I was referring to the big 3 LEGACY automakers whose portfolio is predominantly ICE cars. In 2009 the only thing that saved 2 of them was the US government. As for Tesla: for a decade the only thing keeping Tesla afloat was help from California and the sale of...