Japanese DD freight trains still employ the same device for their windows. Extremely effective in the snow/wet regions of Hokkaido.

this is a poor take. I mean if youre living in a city and not going anywhere in the winter, sure, i guess? I go to the mountains regularly and on forest roads and whatnot and snows >> all seasons in a big way.

I ran the vredestein (sp?) Quatracs last winter. They are an all weather. They meet the requirements for the “three peak snowflake” symbol. This is very important for places that require you to run snow tires.

They do everything okay. They’re not as good as dedicated winter tires in the winter or dedicated summer tires in the summer. If you live in a place where it’s consistently below freezing for a few months (e.g. MN or ND) or it snows a lot (e.g. mountains or Western NY), then it’s generally worth it to get dedicated…

How about all-weather tires, such as Goodyear WeatherReady and Michelin Crossclimate+?

Semi-Pro racing, like your local short track, is fun too. Those guys know how to really push it, but they also make a number of mistakes a professional wouldn’t.

Yeah, well, clearly it’s 5% full self driving!

This is a point often missed. No truly pro level series uses a car that is remotely stock (even if you outright don’t count safety equipment like roll cages) anymore. Nobody’s ever going to actually go on a grand tour in a DTM or WEC touring car either, and their closest road car cousins, even if they technically have…

I’m at 15k miles in my Model 3 and i’d say at least 2/3 of that are in Autopilot. I use it everyday. There was one spot on my daily commute where the car got confused and the steering wheel would jerk back and forth quickly, but the car managed to stay in its lane. It was fixed in an update. The car can navigate…

You are exactly right. NO ONE is surprised by AP. It’s such a foreign feeling in a car that you don’t ever hop in and use it completely unaware. The first time you use it, your hands hover 1 inch from the steering wheel while you say OMG OMG OMG this is so cool. You learn from it. You see how it reacts when you drive…

I’m not Twonius, but in my experience it can have issues at any time. On a straight highway it would bite off on off-ramps (lane markings veering off) about 1 out of every 10-15 times if I was in the right lane. Also not good with sharper turns. Also not good with inclement weather or bad roadway markings. NOT…

GM has a looong history of leading technology which they then try their best to hide or at the very least delay until the competition has caught up.

This is a good take. Our Volvo has Pilot Assist and I generally only use it on multiple lane freeways with little to no traffic - it does help a LOT with very long drives, but it can get squirrelly when there’s a lot of traffic or sharp turns (I think the limit is 30 degrees of steering wheel rotation or something…

This is what boggles my mind. Cadillac has arguably a similar or superior system in SuperCruise, but they market it as a ADD-ON on their cars. People buying at that pricepoint expect it as standard, and it should be, because people aren’t going to choose a Caddy over a BMW, MB, or Audi based solely on looks or…

Can you define ‘curvy or hilly’? In your experience, does it have issues with typical curves/hills on an interstate system in the mountains? Or are you talking about curves and hills found on primary/secondary roads like switchbacks?

You want funky design, unusual body, quick, reliable, “auto” trans, ~$15k and you have a short commute?

I know right?  It’s B-A-N-A-N-A-S

It is actually all a very clever plan to make the Frontier their first fully autonomous vehicle. When it turns 16 it will be old enough to legally drive and they can skip pesky regulatory hurdles that those fresher much younger cars will face. Pure genius from Nissan.

Hey Nissan, how about you work on your truly ancient US lineup before Chrysler finally redesigns the Journey and Durango? I love the Frontier’s utilitarian honesty but Hollaback Girl was the 2nd biggest selling song and Revenge of the Sith was the top movie when it came out in 2005. Enough already.