My favorite line from Tim W. Jackson, president, Colorado Automobile Dealers Association on what would happen if Tesla went belly up: "If that were to happen, and consumers were left high and dry without a place to have their Tesla cars serviced, he said, it would do great damage to the good reputation of all auto dealers."

I suspect a large proportion of the people that have ever purchased a new car might take exception to the idea that car dealers have a good reputation. 

Unfortunately car dealers have a disproportionate voice in state politics and I think it's foolish for politicians to legislate against new business models before we get a chance to see if there is some good that come out of them. 

Did you know that both the Detroit River Railroad Tunnel and the Ambassador Bridge are owned by one man? Matty Maroun has become a billionaire in part by having a monopoly on the cross border traffic in Detroit. That fact alone is shocking. Now Maroun is waging a very expensive campaign of disinformation to try to convince Michigan voters not to accept a second bridge over the Detroit River that is to be paid for entirely by the Canadian government so that he can maintain his monopoly on this critical traffic.

I suggest we all tell Maroun to go jump off a bridge! 

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People like Ann Coulter piss me off to a whole new level.

People like John Franklin Stephens remind me that there are more good people in the world than the idiots who drive us nuts.

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When did the GOP decide that being pro-rape was a winning strategy? Is it part of their overall "war on human dignity?"

Now the explosion of media outlets means that automakers have an insatiable appetite for coverage on every corner of the web, TV and print and the desire to one-up each other. With the enormous cost of developing new vehicles, no one can really afford a big miss anymore.  But is the continuous tease over the course of many months, the best way to make consumers aware that you have something new coming?

Look at Apple. They issue no press releases, teaser videos or anything else until they are ready to show the whole world. They don't even send out invitations to the announcements until 7 days before the event. The speculation and coverage reaches a fever pitch that every automaker would envy. 

As always the Peter De Lorenzo (aka the AutoExtremist) has some strong opinions as GM begins the big tease for the C7 Corvette. What do you think?