Honestly that’s probably the most clear, succinct argument for moderate nationalism I’ve heard in a good while. It gets an extremely bad rap, but nations do exist for a reason and just allowing a strong nation to break itself apart is a good way to destroy your collective bargaining power on a global scale. Even John…

Here’s my guess as to what actually happened. She set a short trip and accepted the surge pricing (which holy shit, x7.8? Why would you even accept that?) then added 93 miles to the trip either unaware or intentionally ignorant of the fact that the extra 93 miles would also be subject to the surge pricing. I’m just…

Hopefully this will take the form of the return of the “California” trim line in the spirit of the California Corvette. Manufacturers take a regular car, stick a dinky-ass engine in it to appease the CARB, and the rest of us continue on with our normal lives.

Theoretically you may have a point, but in reality (where the overwhelming majority of rides are going to be rated 5 stars) Uber discards the imperfect drivers and moves on to the next man up. All this shit you’re talking about interpreting their data wrong and making poor decisions is the EXTREMELY long game and…

700 cars and no Toyota street cars (at least not according to the lists I’ve found)? Fuck that. I have 4 cars and only 1 of them is playable in this game.

What you mean to say is that there is NO way to make the people who should take a fall take a fall because as we’ve established several times this doesn’t affect Uber in any appreciable way. It only hurts the drivers and Uber could give a fuck what happens to them. They don’t even consider them actual employees for…

In case you were looking for an answer and not a joke my understanding is that it’s pronounced “Ecks ecks ecks ten-tă-sē-ŏn”.

In your mind what is the necessary ratio of women or PoC to white men for them to no longer be considered token? It’s kind of hard to be over or under represented when we’re taking about 4 people unless they’re like, for example all white or all male or both. Geez, where’s the token Latino in this cast of 4? Talk…

I agree, but your problem is with Uber not the drivers so why punish the drivers? It does nothing but punish them for needing to work within a flawed system. It’s like tipping your waitress shitty because the food wasn’t good. He/she didn’t cook the shit they just served it to you.

Agreed, but the drivers don’t control the system and shouldn’t be the ones taking the fall for its flaws.

The world is slowly becoming Black Mirror Season 3 Episode 1. It’s real. It’s happening right before our goddamn eyes and we’re doing nothing about it.

Again, that’s fine except it’s not me dancing or making the decision to dance or not dance when I’m rating someone else. As a passenger if I’m out there fucking up drivers’ ratings just to make a point I’m inhibiting their ability to decide if they want to dance. I don’t feel comfortable making that decision for…

That’s all well and good except if you’re not a 5 star driver you get fewer fares. Or at least that’s how it used to work. It’s like eBay. People are SIGNIFICANTLY less likely to buy if you have anything less than a perfect record. So a few people come along with your philosophy, my ratings drop even though I haven’t…

Same thing happened to me in Vegas, but because Uber is completely fucked in Vegas I was using a regular cab. I was staying on the goddamn strip and just wanted to go further down the strip (like 2 miles) and we ended up on the fucking interstate. Guy said he was avoiding the strip to “save time”. Took 25 minutes and…

That last guy was the truth. He said what every thinking fan of every shitty team feels like saying. These fuckin guys.

All I ever really see are the V8s. I have been SO tempted because they are bargain bin cheap now. Like $10k. The potential maintenance terrifies me though. And I’m sure it’s one of those deals where there’s like 1 dude in the whole state certified to work on it and he lives on the end opposite end from where I live…

Absolutely. Been saying it for a while. A used CC is awesome value for money. Big and comfortable with luxury accents and styling and VW’s ubiquitous 2.0T? Sign me up. Cheapest, best way to break into the sportback sedan game.

I had no idea. I am in love. Pricing? Considerably more than the CC?

Ew. Hell no. Just put V12's back in. What the hell is the point of the rest of us driving E-PlugIn Hybrid BlueSkyActivLectricBoost twin turbo 100hp shitboxes if there’s absolutely no appropriate application for big, loud, wasteful ICE engines? We’re talking about a drop in the fucking ocean here.

My understanding is that the Arteon is meant to replace the CC in VW’s range. If that’s the case then I think it could be a smashing success if it looks anything like the concept.