The designers were trying way too hard to be different. This thing is ugly, like a bad parody of the Q4. The interior looks decent at least.

Given my dad’s experience with VW and Audi, my 06 A3 proved a lot more reliable than I expected. I sold it at 150k miles and never had an issue that left the car undriveable. I did have to address a few issues, but I did have a better experience than later iterations of that drivetrain. Typical German nonsense.

Any way you slice it, this is stupid and should be prohibited for road use. However, the problems with some aspects of car culture extend way beyond this particular group.

Looks pretty good to me, as far as generic SUVs go. It’s got a little of Toyota and Lexus in there. It isn’t trying quite as hard nor is it blatantly trying to evoke an upscale brand like some of the competitors on the market. I see this aging better than the flavor-of-the-day Mach-e or Hyundai’s current weird-looking…

I honestly don’t understand what you’re expecting. This car is fundamentally no different than anything else in its class with the crucial distinction that it likely will be orders of magnitude more reliable. Yeah, it’s fairly bland, but it’s also not going to age as badly as a lot of other stuff on the market. That’s…

Christ, that’s cheesy as hell. That one “feature” completely eradicates this car’s cool factor. Like the car wasn’t enough, so they had to add this extra bit of ego stroking trash.

Must be nice being a celebrity.

I get that batteries are heavy, but if these are the kinds of weight increases we’re looking at then the auto industry is doing something wrong. Being electric doesn’t make these oversized monstrosities any less wasteful than ICE.

Comparing the M1 against an $800 AMD CPU doesn’t make a lot of sense when you consider that there at least a dozen processors that slot into the performance gap between those two. For all intents and purposes, this iMac’s performance is about on par with other all-in-ones in the same price range. However, those…

By the styling of that time, those cars were as generic and derivative as anything we see today. They certainly didn’t exude style back then any more than modern cars do now. It’s just that they’re relics of the past which convey a unique style by current standards. There’s also the bias that we only ever talk about…

Discussion forums are filled with individuals preaching the wonders of crypto like it’s a religion. They’re self-deluded, talking in high-minded ideals, when the reality is that they only care because it’s free money.

Highway development is a complicated beast because ostensibly one of the goals to boost development. However, by doing so population grows which leads to those traffic increases.

I don’t understand why automakers need to infuse everything with marketing bullshit. For decades, FX departments and audio engineers have been creating sound effects for fantasy vehicles of all kinds. It shouldn’t be this hard.

Solterra sounds like the word for “bachelor” in Portuguese. I think it’s even more similar in Spanish. The name is stupid enough in English, but the fact that it reminds me of something else makes it even worse.

Keep deluding yourself. There are probably more manuals per capita in high crime areas than anywhere else. If a model was offered with a manual and it’s relatively cheap, you’ll find most of them in these neighborhoods. So there’s no shortage of people who know how to drive manuals.

The fact is that China doesn’t have 3000+ years of contiguous civilization; that’s revisionist history. Their actual history is more like Europe’s where most nations have roots that go back to Roman times but you can’t call them one and the same. What China does would be like the equivalent of EU calling themselves…

It technically wasn’t mine, but it was the first car I drove regularly; a VW Quantum. As typical of German cars, it was a parade of annoying issues, some of which rendered the car undriveable. One of the more ridiculous incidents was the horn’s contact plate somehow lifting and getting tangled up with the steering…

Meh... Looks like most other SUVs on the market. Interior is pretty nice, except for the goofy red seats.

This is an example of how much car culture can suck. Doesn’t matter if it’s a Tesla with the driver in the backseat or a Civic with a fart can speeding up residential streets, stupid assholes ruin everything.

Taiwan has been doing this sort of thing for years. Snap a picture of an incident, it could be for things other than traffic violations, and submit it to the cops. If it’s deemed legitimate the cops will issue a fine. There’s a whole app-based system and you even get a small reward. My brother-in-law got a ticket v…