For the sake of argument, we can explore one and/or the other. I suppose profitability is more nuanced because it has more to do with “playing your cards right” (designing the right product, marketing it well, etc.). Whereas the manufacturing is more of a base cost, regardless if the product takes off or not.

As others said, most car have front “daytime running lights” (active even when the light switch is off, and just barely bright enough to look like headlights from an oblivious driver’s point of view). So, that is why people drive around with their lights off. They think they are on and/or oblivious and/or drunk and/or high and/or just forgetful.

I personally don’t like to f*ck with manual mode on older, torque converter auto transmissions. The downshifts are especially cringey (not rev-matched). I just like to leave it in drive.

Play their game.

“Okay, I can have a COD invoice issued”

These guerilla movements typically have localized fab shops for this kind of stuff

What are these intermediate “prep” businesses called at the port?

Cumb spotted

Maybe we can collaborate, I own a sperm bank. I can send you loads of business

He’s a writer for a living, they get paid per word.

I got carpal tunnel reading this

A two stroke engine

Touché

I like how they have timing chain and cable clutch. Very simple and robust.

Fancy way of saying Toyota Matrix

I remember they had the Russian, UAZ-based “Bremach 4x4” at the 2019 or 2020 show.

$20k down payment on $75k house. Section 8. Slow but steady money. Rinse and repeat.

I also read that same blanket post, the one where he bought it with crypto right? Im pretty sure it was a trollpost, but a funny one nonetheless.

Generally its for construction waste & old furniture/landscaping stuff. Worst case, even if you have to sift through it, it’s still a huge profit margin. Or sacrifice some profit and pay some laborer to do it.

Suzuki. Jimny, Swift, Grand Vitara, Maruti, etc

Or Mk1/Mk2 for 996 models