you can learn real skills that can give you a solid foundation and maybe allow you to take care of yourself and your own

Embrace some variety and kindly go step in front of a train. Report back with the tales of your exhilarating experience!

I know what they were going for, and I agree with what all you said. I think they were on the right track with the idea, they just stopped wayyy short of the finish line

All three of the examples you gave are twice as creative and colorful as the Nissan, and that’s my point.

I’ve said it elsewhere, but that ‘design’ is so incoherent it makes harlequinn Golfs look like the Mona Lisa..

I looked at the article long enough to decide I’d be willing to chip in some of my own money if the dude needed financial help. Why that bothers you for some reason, I can’t understand

(I’m going to preface everything else to say that this entire convo is based on your displeasure of me supporting the idea of a GFM, with my own money, that doesn’t even exist. Kinda weird, but you do you)

I understand all that, but Toyota’s decision impacts the key fobs itself. It takes a button that’s already on the key, that should work off short range signals built in, and just disables it if you don’t pay up. That’s a very different issue

If you have to track down a guy’s LinkedIn just to decide if he’s deserving of your sympathy/monetary donations or not, you might suck as a person.

Starlink is just for the app connectivity though, correct? On my reading of the Toyota decision, apparently the key fob’s remote feature itself will be locked behind a subscription..

They don’t put remote starter buttons on fobs anymore? Really? Then their game plan absolutely is to charge for mobile services down the road, because they can and because short term profit dominates all

1. A car that was just totaled, without full coverage

1. Lawyer, lawyer, lawyer

This stupid subscription nonsense has me strongly reconsidering the 86 I was hoping to get next fall. I was torn between it and the ND2, but now I’m thinking I’d rather give Mazda my money.

As someone who’s driven both a Miata Spitfire and a Slingshot*, the Slingshot is absolutely joyless with a terrible manual driving experience (clutch and shifter feeling) and yet comes with all the drawbacks, no advantages, and a similar pricetag to a brand new Miata.

I’ve driven one! A 1926 Touring. (admittedly, technically in line to inherit one. Grandfather restored it from a bucket of bolts in the 60's)

Why not just get a legitimate old roadster then? They still exist and for similar money. You could probably even locate ones that already have modern powertrains and some amenities. Maybe not quite as all-season ready as the Prowler, but you weren’t driving that thing in January anyway

My understanding was that drifting will still take place. With the naturally less gripy surface that gravel provides, less speed and power are necessary to get similar sideways action. Less speed and power ostensibly means a safer enviroment

I remember this movie exclusively for its cool truck

I think all of the anger and frustration regarding 2042 is well warranted as it’s abundantly clear the development was riddled with issues and poor design decisions. They’re paying customers, they have a right to be angered and frustrated.