notatoad
14 hours ago
he said basically the same thing in the episode - he was specifically talking about EVs but it applies to most cars, and his criticism wasn't that they're bad at anything, but that they're boring.
Clarkson's ideal car blows up sometimes, becuase that makes it more fun and interesting. his idea of a good car isn't a useful benchmark for a commuter.
dzhiurgis
14 hours ago
Good. We need more boring cars. No maintenance, same max speed, same acceleration, not allowed to put stupid mods.
Tesla learned this more than a decade ago, yet legacy auto marketers manage to fool you need to express individuality by spending tens of thousands of dollars.
clipsy
14 hours ago
We need all food to be replaced with a standard ration of homogeneous nutrient slop, that way all of the dietary-related conditions that kill far more people than cars do will no longer be an issue.
dzhiurgis
14 hours ago
What you eat doesn’t kill others
snapplebobapple
13 hours ago
Sure it does. The death rate for farm accidents is not zero and it is not equal across all fields so your dietary choices directly influence farm death rate. that something may kill someone is not a useful metric by itself and it is foolish to expect it to be the same.
user
6 hours ago
user
2 hours ago
dzhiurgis
12 hours ago
Addendum - limp mode once you are behind your yearly mechanical inspection.