Yeah, my sympathies are with the people who paid (a lot—they’re not cheap) for epi pens to save their lives and didn’t get them, not with the vandals and thieves that _really_ need a hit of meth and trashed the life-saving pens. They’re not stealing food and blankets to care for their families, they’re just stealing…

I should’ve stopped reading the first time Erin offered excuses for criminal behavior. But I kept reading and found more of it.

You are so wrong. Producing wagons, just like all other vehicle manufacturers, is pretty much all Benz does. You split hairs by calling those wagons “CUVs” or “SUVs” when they are CSWs in my book—chunky station wagons.

A buddy of mine just bought an E-class wagon. He told me he really wanted to get an SUV, but the wagon was easier for his aging dog to climb into.

FIFY

I’ve said this before and I’ll say it again, they need to implement auto headlights like were on my 2008 Malibu and other cars at the time. Auto is the default, the selector is either auto or on, so when you turn the car on they’re always activated. If for some reason you want to turn them off you can select off but…

Now if only their lights could be activated automatically with the wipers, as well. The number of cars I run up on through heavy rain/mist/fog/snow without their taillights on is staggering. If we can’t agree to have rear foglights and use them correctly, we should at least get headlights/taillights on.

Porsche does not want self-driving features? I find this to be a wise stance. If you want to get driven to work while snuggled in a blanket, nursing a hangover in the back seat, you probably won’t do it in a Porsche.

I didn’t mean manual vs. auto, just old car vs. new. But you’re right, I was being hyperbolic and I’m sure under the right (wrong?) circumstances it could happen. But driving the Renault is a noisy, bumpy experience that naturally keeps me alert, as opposed to the insulated body, super light steering and smoother…

It’s also not a plug-in hybrid, or a plug-in car of any sort. The hydrogen Mirai is a bizarre choice to illustrate this story with.

That’s not driving. That’s manually starting and running and engine. Two totally different things. Driving is steering, braking, accelerating, and shifting gears. The suggestion that if you like the driving experience of doing *all* of things somehow equates to you wanting to perform every ancillary function of an…

EVs may be faster but man after the acceleration novelty runs out, they aren’t exactly something I would save for just the weekend. The most exciting thing to me is going 0 - 40mph in a moderate pace with a super car, and downshifting a V12.

“He also knew that learning in a manual causes you to actually learn about governing speed and it keeps you more engaged.”

Yeah dual clutch is just another auto to me. My buddy got a new GTI and after I drove it I told him he should have gotten the manual model ahaha. To me driving is now a pleasure activity. If I want ludicrous speed I would just get a performance EV. 

If you have ever driven in the vast middle of the US, you would know that driving here is generally trivial and boring to start with. I have literally gotten on a highway out west, put the car in 5th gear, and not had to shift until I had to stop for gas 400 miles later. With barely a turn of note along the way. The…

I normally drive a 1994 Peugeot 205, with only electric windows as a ‘feature’, and maybe its rear wiper... No auto assists of any kind, only a 4-cylinder and a 5-speed mt.
Why is this relevant?
Because I practically fall asleep driving my parents’ Volvo with cruise control, a sat nav, and power steering. That is how…

That is quite interesting. My dad told me you have to learn in the manual cause that is actually learning how to drive. He also knew that learning in a manual causes you to actually learn about governing speed and it keeps you more engaged. Americans these days are more concerned with convenience so they can play…

It was one of those things where I saw it on the screen and I was expecting the crowd to be like, ‘Holy shit, she did not, in a wizarding world, just throw Jews in there to run the fucking underground bank.’ And everybody was just like, ‘Wizards.’

We barely made it above 45 mph on most roads, which seemed very low for wide open pathways in the middle of nowhere. Then, when we did hit the highway we were stuck at 65 mph. That’s still below the 70 mph that’s acceptable back home.

NY doesn’t use those raised reflectors because a snow plow would wipe them out in the first winter.