If you think the term «front clip» means «the thing that holds the front bumper on»... you might
not be a car enthusiast.
That's why they both have «general» in the name... you might
not be a car enthusiast.
If you think Porsches used to come with a «sling axle» rear suspension... you might
not be a car enthusiast.
You make absolutely no point other than those two I've stated in arguing to
it not being the car we've been waiting for and they aren't really valid points are they?
The 2014 BMW M235i is technically an example of the latter, but take a turn behind the wheel and the hairsplitting between what is and isn't an M car quickly disappears.
Whether or
not you are a car person, make sure you are aware of trends or news that may affect your search, financing or how you purchase.
Not exact matches
Koum didn't elaborate on his reasons for leaving, other to say it
was time to «move on» so he could spend more time «collecting rare air - cooled Porsches, working on my
cars and playing ultimate frisbee.»
Couldn't buying a
car dealership have
been seen as a distraction?
This isn't especially far - fetched in a world where insurance companies
are already using sensors in
cars to monitor driving habits and adjust policies accordingly.
If you
are planning to exit a freeway but don't realize until too late that the clogged right lane consists of
cars queued for that exit, do
not try to cut into the line.
When it rains, everyone wants to drive and have their
car parked, but Zirx valets or «agents» don't want to
be running around in the rain to park them.
Don't worry whether you
're «qualified enough» — most of the ideas
are about building businesses in landscaping,
car detailing or graphics design -; all businesses designed to cashflow.
We
're not making
cars here.
Your
car horn
is there to keep you safe,
not to provide a vent for your frustration.
Tesla
was hurriedly building customer - service centers, and customers outside of Beijing and Shanghai
were told they wouldn't get their
cars until those centers
were finished.
To
be clear, CarPlay
is a second screen iOS interface,
not a separate in -
car operating system.
As a bonus, the belt even has a key hook built in for extra security — because finding yourself locked out of your home or
car after a long run
is not fun.
CEOs don't know what new inputs will suddenly get more expensive, or if they'll
be hit with heavy duties on
cars or refrigerators they sell abroad.
It faces a catch - 22: It won't sell
cars at lower prices that drive sales if it doesn't produce them locally, but local production won't
be economical until sales rise drastically.
If you
're not in the
car, or on the field, you can't perform — and that means someone else will take your place.
We don't want to
be loaded up on the truck while the
cars are still going around the track.
Tesla did
not disclose its «first pass yields» to CNBC.This number indicates what portion of a manufacturer's new
cars were created using standard processes,
not requiring the extra effort and expense of rework.
While Toyota introduced its first hybrid
car, the Prius, in 1997 in Japan, it wasn't until 2001 that the vehicle became available worldwide.
We didn't know what happened for almost two weeks, as the helicopters hauling
car - sized bags filled with (as we found out later) lead and sand
were flying over our house every 20 - 30 minutes.
He did it in his recent Tesla master plan, referring to the low chance of success he knew he had when starting Tesla by citing the fact that Ford
is the only U.S.
car company to have avoided bankruptcy — knowledge he didn't have when he launched Tesla in 2003, six years before GM and Chrysler filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
I smiled and waved and said I
was fine, that I
was just waiting for my wife to pick me up... the last thing I wanted
was to crawl into another person's
car because I wasn't feeling well.
The company didn't know exactly how much each
car would cost, and deliveries
were eight months away.
He claimed in his statement that Tesla didn't sterilize Musk's
car, «bring with it what may
be the largest load of earthly bacteria to ever enter space.»
And
car sales have
been up, so that could
be a problem at Geico,
not actually reflective of the economy.
The belief
is that most online businesses will never
be able to compete with the personalized service of a person at the counter waiting to help you, to ask you how your day
is going, to help carry your bags to your
car, to lend you a bathroom, and to sell you things you don't really need.
But, Jamieson notes, «the one thing a
car can't do
is plug itself in.»
This speaks to an internal quality issue that
is on a magnitude that
is not normal for most
car manufacturers.»
When customers walk into Dale Fox's
car rental business in Venice, California, they aren't greeted by a choice of compact, sedan or SUV; they
're greeted by art — both on the walls and on four wheels.
«When you pick a mechanic for your
car, you want one who'll
be able to repair and maintain your
car at a decent price, but that
's not all you look for.
At one point he can
be heard saying he would post the video on Instagram if a
car with his luggage didn't arrive in one minute.
Parking 100
cars and adding an extra 20 when it rains isn't as hard as parking 500
cars but then having a surge of an extra 100
cars, Behr explains.
If you
're sued and you don't have excess liability insurance, you'll
be responsible for any dollar amounts over what your home and
car policies will pay.
But chances
are it didn't give a fig about the little lab at West Virginia University testing diesel
cars on American roads.
The ruling did
not shut down Uber «
s self - driving
car lab entirely, which would likely have
been a major blow as the company
is betting its current ride services network will eventually rely on self - driving
cars.
Markey, a Democrat, said criticisms of lawmakers» lack of expertise
was tantamount to
not thinking the US needs seatbelt laws because he can
not fix a
car engine.
«Tech isn't even its own stand - alone sector, because it has tentacles into all the other industries,» says Koch, ticking off its impact in retail (e-commerce), automotive (self - driving
cars), banking (mobile payments), health care (big - data genomics), and more.
Lean manufacturing specialist Matt Girvan, founder of MAG Consulting, said: «Even during what
is considered «launch» mode, if a company
is selling its
cars to customers, it should
not be experiencing large amounts of rework.
YourMechanic, or its app,
is not going to tell a mechanic how to fix a
car; the mechanic
is going to figure it out when he or she arrives onsite.
Train tracks and tanker
cars weren't built to accommodate trains carrying loads of heavy crude oil, making the trains more likely to derail.
If you
're doing 40 or 45 in a 55 zone, and there aren't legal places to pass, and four or five
cars have lined up behind you... pretend you
're a tractor: Pull off and let everyone by.
The customer will select the
car... but TrueCar has to make sure it
's insured, so we solve that problem by making sure the customer
not only has insurance at their fingertips, but will also save a bunch of money.
And if that
's not enough, in 2010 C.J. founded CJ Wilson Racing, a sports
car race team that recently announced its move up to the IMSA GTD class, one of the premier sports
car classes in the world.
«Elon
is right that a network of vehicles
is critical, but the transition to an autonomous future will
not occur primarily through individually owned
cars,» he writes, explaining that Individual
car owners won't feel comfortable renting vehicles to strangers.
Programming self - driving
cars isn't just about teaching them to avoid obstacles and navigate intersections.
I don't want to replace my
car when mine
is working just fine.