This is cool, and I love the idea of carrying fewer things but... this needs to be available with your phone locked. As others have said, I’m not handing a cop my unlocked phone.

Yeah, I know. My point was just to address the idea that Scout is the second time that VW has bought a defunct brand and created a new product, and that the dealers are making the wrong principled argument.

Really? The comforting embrace of his union didn’t just make this go away. I’m not even joking. This feels like the kind of thing that a cartoonishly evil cop union boss could make disappear. 

Ok, I know the markets are exceedingly different but... Bugatti. Bugattis are sold in Canada exclusively by Grand Touring Automobiles in Toronto. There is no VW dealer presence involved. In California there are three Bugatti dealerships that are the exclusive dealers for these cars. There is no VW-branded dealership.

You’re reading too much into my question. I’m not suggesting they should or should not. It’s a legitimate question. If these dealers don’t have access to other VAG products (and I don’t know if they do/do not), why are they insisting access to Scout?

I guess the question I’d ask is “Can a VW dealership sell an Audi; can it sell a Porsche; can it sell a Lamborghini” All those are independent brands, owned by VAG. If a VW dealer has no right to those brands, why would they have a right to Scout?

2022 Crosstrek. Not enough storage space in the console. Modern cell phones are big. There’s barely enough room in the bottom of the centre stack to fit a phone. That’s it. I love this car and everything about it. 

Never underestimate a good tailor. I’m 5' 7", super narrow waist, broad shoulders. I have to have all my collared shirts tailored or I look like I’m wearing a box.

“Tradition is other people’s baggage” - Doug Stanhope

Nobody on the planet delivers See You Next Tuesday, like an Aussie. 

I saw this on the CTV website earlier this week. Apparently the homeowner had just come in from walking his dog. If he’d been a few minutes later, he figures he would’ve been hit. 

A mass of drones crashing into each other and into structures/vehicles at the inauguration... Ah. Maze. Ing.

I am legitimately amazed I’ve not seen one here in extremely pro-Trump Central Alberta. 

Meh, speak for yourself. Bats are awesome, largely because they’re so damn quiet. They’ve got amazing sonar that operates outside of audible human hearing ranges; their wings are evolved to create little drag, making them incredibly quiet; and they hunt in the dark.

Imagine the Owl Spark (or something similar) as the next Batmobile. There’s lots of bulges in the rear to hide weapons/defensive measures. In matte black with matte black wheels it would be damn-near invisible at night.

Let Teddy drive.

Extremely close. 

*shakes hand

Nice. How about a ‘59 Cadillac convertible.

Yeah, I was expecting something a lot more problematic. It’s detecting something passing in front of it. That’s something I suppose. If only Elon had agreed to include a device that actually saw objects. I wonder what magic technology would’ve done that...