Surely this was a common expression 20 years ago. Not so much today. Since B77 adopted FBW totally and B787 survived teething pains the ancient Boeing hand-flying mantra is gone anyway unless one sticks with older 737 variants, B767 and older B747 plus the obsolete others. Not many of the old technology planes survive. For me, I'll avoid the old refurbished ones like B737NG and MAX, B747-8 when I can. I love the B777 and, now, the B787. Those last two withstand numerous versions because they were designed to from the outset. With Tesla almost no discussion (outside of Teslaphiles) includes the incredible merits of 'system' software and modular design. Just as with airplanes that lets mistakes to be quickly fixed and new features to be regularly added. [I keep thinking about making a thread comparing Tesla/BMW and Airbus/Embraer with Boeing/Canadair. Weird to see them combining with contrasting design philosophies)
Agreed, but mostly we are forgetting that the Model S and X revisions eliminated the lowest margin vehicles that had accounted for high volumes (I haven't resuscitated the version mix for S and X historically. Thus the reduced volumes are associated with major margin increases despite the price reductions.
I don't understand why a couple of days worth of delay is equivalent to 1.5 billion dollars in valuation. Maybe I'm just bad at math.
We have seen this before with Amazon. For more than a decades they "worried" about Amazon's pathetic margin and simply ignore its expansion, until big retailers begin to fall like dominoes.
I’ll wager I’ve more experience in driving on poor roads than most. As an example, rental car companies forbid their vehicles on our road.
I’ll back BNSF’s Rose on this one, without denying your claim. How? Because coking coal is used in blast furnaces, and the trend in the US is for our production to be reduced to electric-arc furnaces. So coke will still be used, and mightily so, but only overseas.US RR coal carload traffic is down 6.6% in the first 12 months of 2019 vs. 1.5% decline for all RR traffic including coal. Coal is 15.2% of the total. Progress. Not long ago BNSF CEO Matthew Rose was quoted as saying in 20 years coal traffic on US RR's will be "extinct". Unlike optimism I read in this forum, I suspect coal will still be used to make coke to make steel.
I've had that happen on airplane, helicopter and cars. My favorite detailer TMC Florida sponsor @First Impression , now has a windshield wrap that promises to reduce that problem. He might know somebody in remote SW who can install it. I'm on order for it, but it is not yet installed.
Those two points are crucial, as is increasing reports of NA softness. The FUD will totally ignore any positive factors, and will call any of them 'fanboy spin' if they acknowledge them at all. Considering that I will not be surprised were Tesla decide to take even one time charge, expense recognition and income deferral then can find to help Q2 to become a blow-out. I hope that is not necessary.
Are you new here? Morning drops of Tesla is a daily occurrence and has already replaced my need for coffee every morning since the small bits of rage does wonders to wake me up.
