Well, to be clear, what you’re talking about is “dumb” ad real-estate algorithms, not really “dumb” data collection.

I have a 2016 Ram 2500 Diesel. This year the Turbo Actuator failed. The stealership charged me $200 to tell me what I already knew, I read the codes. Then quoted $2800 to replace the part. The part was about $1000, so they wanted $1800 in labor for a job that took me approximately two hours to do myself.

Dealership wants how much for a battery?

Family mechanics.

I’ve lost track of how many of the good local shops have went south after the original owners retired or sold out for whatever reason. Something similar happened to one shop I used, the owner had to see the shop due to his health. At first, it seemed like the new owner was fine, but quality of service went downhill.…

“Wine gets better with age, right? Well, yes, so long as it’s properly stored.”

Audi dealer tried to deny a strut warranty claim from my CPO TTRS. I told them about the issue before CPO coverage was up, they said they couldn’t replicate it. After the warranty expired, they believed me. They “talked to Audi of America” over a period of weeks and finally said they’d pay half the repair - - but it…

Don’t bother with magus-21; ne’s a self-important contrarian.

As the saying goes, it’s not paranoia if they really are out to get you. Ask members of any Muslim community following 9-11, or parents of transgender children in Texas, or women in Texas and other anti-choice states. Law enforcement had its own Big Data operations going before Google et al got cozy with them, they’re…

I had an IS300, needed a front wheel bearing. I replaced the bearing with an Autozone one and 3 months later it was bad again. What I learned time and again was that it was just worth it to get genuine Toyota/Lexus parts for that car, aftermarket never held up. So anyway, I take the knuckles off, bring them in to the…

In the winter of 2004 I mis-navigated a corner in a residential neighbourhood. I slid through a T-intersection and hit the opposing curb with my right front tire. I was able to drive away but something was wrong.

I’ll give you a twofor but the same vehicle and two different scenarios. The car was my 81 Audi Coupe. It’s 1987 ish and this car was a car I used ALOT. Did like 80K miles in less than 3yrs of commuting to school, work and ski trips.

Just an attempted ripoff. Took one of my Volvo 740s to Sears for a state inspection. The tech failed it for “bad tie rod ends” - except they were about a month old, and genuine Volvo parts, installed by me. Quoted me $600 - which would have been a total ripoff if I had paid it. A buddy of mine is a state cop - in…

I’d like to install microphones in your home & record everything you say. No, you don’t want me to do that? So why are you okay with one of the world’s biggest companies doing it then?

How lazy are you?

It won’t matter.  They either won’t show up (because it’s not their court), or they just won’t pay.

This is just proof that some Canucks are as gullible as our own American Red Hat Moron Brigade.

Bullitt is a fantastic crime drama where every scene is shot on location in San Francisco, that HAPPENS to have a famous car chase in it. Don’t blame the film because you allowed yourself to think it’s a “car movie.”

The worst kind of criminal is a smart one.  DeSantis is much more dangerous than Trump. 

I knew as soon as I read the headline that the “information” would be wrong. No offense to the writer or the Arizona Dept. of Trans. Because the real reason is not so obvious. The real reason green is used for navigation signage is because of the way human vision works. When we see something that appears to be white,…