It's really only an American problem. Car manufacturers sell directly to consumers in most countries.
I have a hunch that dealer franchise laws generally make it tough for manufacturers to really make it competitive to be a car dealer. Generally the States mandate that car manufacturers have some good faith shown towards the dealers and dealers seem to play ball with the manufacturers - I'm pretty sure Nissan and Jeep dealers semi-routinely structure their vehicle purchases to help the manufacturer hit goals/benchmarks.
It's not unheard of at all - astute car buyers know how to read VINs to find better/worse cars. Ask VW fans if they know how to tell if a car was built in Germany or Mexico - it's in the first character of the vin. Car build quality is a complicated subject but it's generally understood that some manufacturers do better than others.
We'd be surprised if someone found missing bolts on the vehicles at a Lexus dealer, but if you heard of someone's new Range Rover having problems, it would par for the course. The consensus opinion of automotive build quality rankings is generally that Tesla is below average but it's not the worst. Elon Musk is on the record benchmarking Toyota so at least he knows where to put the bullseye.
Not true, I found an online doctor who offered California medical marijuana recommendations at $39/pop 'or your money back' - and I got one while passing through San Francisco for a conference. At the time I was a resident of another State and the doctor even shipped my official medical recommendation to my home state.
>Barring lawyers from referring to their legal backgrounds would violate their First Amendment rights
Only if it were the State who was barring them. If their credentialing body said - please don't reference your credentials in public, it wouldn't be any different than anyone else who's asked to keep things private.
Unless you're suggesting that there's a first amendment violation when your company asks you to keep mum about projects you're working on.
>but peak efficient power is at low rpm (generally between 1000 and 2000 rpm).
I've yet to find a car engine that has an efficiency peak between 1k and 2k rpm. The Skyactiv Mazda engine gets closest [0]. But most engines seem to have peak BSFC efficiency below their torque peak. [1]
The dilemma is that progressives insist that you can increase diversity (e.g more queers/colored people/self-proclaimed victims) without making compromises on competency.
To blame the CEO's incompetency could give rational people some evidence with which to question the merit of diversity hires.
Tossing this out - lost the comment this was a reply to:
I'm not sure about that - my N=1
I went to a State school and got an economics degree, I started my career as a SQL-lackey for a B.I department in declining midwestern retailer, but I treated my career like graduate school insofar that I worked hard at it.
About 4 years after my first day of professional work, I started as a data scientist at a FANG. My team of 9 had 3 Ph.Ds (all science Ph. Ds). As I understood it, the Ph.Ds do receive higher compensation but it's not that much more (~18% higher base) and if I really kick butt, I can out earn them with bonuses.
But I think my path was much easier and lucrative. I was able to save ~$100k, I had a standard of living above that of a regular graduate student and I had flexibility that they would dream of. I made 4 years worth of contacts of my profession, I
I'm sure some Ph.Ds are worth it as investments, but if you're interested in renumeration, get working.
I went to a State school and got an economics degree, I started my career as a SQL-lackey for a B.I department in declining midwestern retailer, but I treated my career like graduate school insofar that I worked hard at it.
About 4 years after my first day of professional work, I started as a data scientist at a FANG. My team of 9 had 3 Ph.Ds (all science Ph. Ds). As I understood it, the Ph.Ds do receive higher compensation but it's not that much more (~18% higher base) and if I really kick butt, I can out earn them with bonuses.
But I think my path was much easier and lucrative. I was able to save ~$100k, I had a standard of living above that of a regular graduate student and I had flexibility that they would dream of. I made 4 years worth of contacts of my profession, I
I'm sure some Ph.Ds are worth it as investments, but if you're interested in renumeration, get working.
But trucks aren't that much 'bigger' on the inside than sedans. Go sit in a Toyota Avalon and a Tahoe and tell me where you have more room.
The Avalon probably has 80% as much noise on the freeway and if you set the cruise control to 80, the sedan is going to get 2x-3x better MPG and the Avalon costs half as much as the Tahoe.
In America, we accepted that when we decided 'disparate impact' was sufficient basis for establishing civil rights violations.
If employers can't use IQ tests because some racial minorities 'underperform' then why not force those same employers to tolerate every view that's legal to own.
Let me try to steel man the parent comment and maybe you can respond:
These people are fleeing the very predictable consequences of progressive governance, they should make an attempt to understand what made their origin so bad they wanted to leave and what made their destination so good that they decided to move there. If they vote for the policies that led them to flee, they might start the cycle over again.
Yeah but most people modify their cars in a way that demands more attention while driving and reap the rewards of modification when they're paying attention to the car.
There are some people who modify their cars so driving demands less attention, but hereunto that was never technology that gave software the authority to control how a car cooperates with other cars. The broomstick on the throttle "cruise control" isn't meaningfully comparable to hacked autopilot at the helm.
Sure, if the driver is paying attention there's nothing to worry about. But this system is dangerous because it may lull a driver into a dangerous complacency.
I have a hunch that dealer franchise laws generally make it tough for manufacturers to really make it competitive to be a car dealer. Generally the States mandate that car manufacturers have some good faith shown towards the dealers and dealers seem to play ball with the manufacturers - I'm pretty sure Nissan and Jeep dealers semi-routinely structure their vehicle purchases to help the manufacturer hit goals/benchmarks.