This is why I think Tracy is the last one worth really reading around here. When he writes in length, it’s either about technical details that he knows because he’s actually an engineer, or about personal experience that he actually... well... experienced.

Everyone else seems to be phoning it in more than usual with…

Given his mention/link of the Reuters’ recap, which as I scan it does not include any names, I’m guessing he did the same. He found a free highlight transcript, didn’t see any names, took some quotes to throw in without checking other sources and hit publish.

Hah, I’ll have to listen to it on the way home!

I’m guessing he didn’t listen to it. He probably had it on in another window while writing the article, picking up bits and pieces that fit his already half-typed narrative.

This reminds me faintly of two-manning equal length headers in my Z at a friends place an hour away. They weren’t designed to go in without pulling the engine, but we did it anyway. It took 11.5 hours of heck, multiple trips to O’Reily’s, a few broken head bolts, and by the end at 1am we were zombies.

But, that was on…

Agreed, dirt simple is hanging a picture on the wall. Building a PC isn’t “simple”. It’s straightforward provided you have instructions, but unless things have standardized in the last 5 years since I’ve built one,

I guess scary as in, it’s expensive and difficult to find/replace something relative to other consumer products. Any other appliance/electrical item in your house breaks, you send it back and get a replacement. But if you build your own PC, you likely have 10 different points of failure that are manufactured and…

Exactly. Or the issue could be intermittent and/or unable to be replicated. For example, I reused several parts from an old build on my current one. It ran fine for months, however, I noticed when playing a specific new game, the machine would crash and restart. I went back and forth with the developers to the point…

Because it’s more fun to blindly tell someone else they are wrong and you are right than to take a moment to think critically about how that someone may actually have legitimate reasons for doing what they do.

It’s a Jalop staple. 

It’s easy if it works, but “scary” if it doesn’t. I’ve built three now, but even after that if a component fails it’s still a PITA to troubleshoot, especially if you have no background in IT/engineering/hobby tinkering such that you know how to test a system one component at a time to find the broken link. 

It’s consistent with what consumers expect from electronics these days. Everyone buys smartphones, and most major phone brand iterates with numbers. iPhone, Galaxy, OnePlus, Pixel... it’s easy and it works to communicate what this widget is and how new it is compared to the older widgets.

Wii U was an attempt to ride the wave of the Wii’s success and popularity. Much like the new Mustang Mach-E. Is it a Mustang? Nope. But people know the name so it’s capitalizing on the brand equity.

So yes Wii U was an abomination strictly from a naming convention perspective (what does “U” even mean or signify?), but…

The Q50? I’ve known many G35/37s that have gone close to 200k without any major failure. Many parts are shared with the 350Z and even with things like the Altima/Maxima, so they aren’t anywhere near as expensive as German parts. I don’t recall hearing of electrical gremlins either. 

It’s sad too. Nissan had a hit with the VQ cars in the aughts. The Z/G platform was nimble and dead simple to work on, the VQ35DE/HR was bulletproof and well tuned from the factory providing great performance numbers (they’d walk the contemporary SS and run even with GTs), were affordable, and good looking to boot. I…

15 years ago, yeah.  The G35 was a bona fide sleeper.  A few years into the G37 and it started lagging behind.  Now... the Q50 is a complete joke.

They don’t have to be though. This isn’t a bad idea on the whole, it’s just that making it a touchscreen is silly.

Yeah, I like the idea but I think a more functional use of the tinting glass tech would be to just have a switch to “pull down” a tinted glass section like pulling down a window shade. Visors are perfectly functional because they do their job with minimal fussing. Having a window switch to make a virtual visor the…

As a whole, Jalopnik tends to poo poo the use of touchscreens. But you’re OK advocating making the entire windshield, which requires you to lean forward to reach, a touchscreen? And a touchscreen needs to be constantly tapped as the road makes even the slightest of bends no less?

0/10 would not grease up my windshield…

Side markers, popup headlights, sharp nose, low and flat ground effects, greenhouse shape... I think my mind is working OK making the association.

They’re much better looking than their luxurious counterparts from Germany, but they are nowhere near the level of refinement, performance, or tech.