[aspasia]

I smell a rat, and it’s not the car.

[Grampa Dave]

“I smell a rat, and it’s not the car.”

It does reek doesn’t it?

[simpson96]

Author is a total left-winger who was in the tank for Hillary in 2016.

If he told me water was wet, I’d look into it before I believed him.

[CopperTop]

One thing I saw that made me a bit queasy when the whole Hurricane Harvey thing was going on was Tesla, or some other electric car mfg, talking about them increasing the range of the vehicle remotely so customers could go further before filling up or some such.

Hmmmm.. So I buy a car and the mfg still has control over it's function? (What is this, an Apple product?)
Like Mr Horse sez, "Nossir, don't like it."

So now yer car can be cut off remotely for whatever reason the PTB, or some of their pimple faced beta minions determine? Or in the case of these self-drive deals, it takes you where the PTB want you? Didn't pay your taxes fast enough? Yer goin "downtown" instead of to Walmart? Vehicle ownership will be treated as a "privilege" that can be yanked for any kindof trivial "infraction". Etc., etc.

Fugg that crap. d;^)

[Waverunner]

One of my friends bought his wife a Tesla when she retired.
I had the chance to drive it about a month ago.
I’m sold on the ability to turn on self driving.
It was great in stop and go traffic, the car took care of itself. I also like to drive it, acceleration was great and the cues of where other cars, motorcycles, and people helped out , especially as we went through the old downtown area. When a small dog ran across the road in front of us,a small animal figure showed up. It was like the Jetsons. I grew up in the area around cape canaveral, so I’m predisposed to future tech. If I could afford one, I would have one.