This is why level three autonomous systems are dangerous. It is basically impossible for an untrained driver to stay alert at all times while not actually driving.

How would that work with dynamic directions? Doesn’t Waze pronounce street names and such?

“Toter Winkel” does not connote death in German. “Tot” in this case is used in its secondary meaning as inaccessible/disused/non-functional. The correct translation for “Toter Winkel”, including all gravitas it carries, would be “blind spot”.

It may very well be a case of lost in translation. “I have other problems” is a German idiom that does not seem to carry over well.

But they aren’t being self-deprecating. Just realistic.

I still don’t get it. How is acknowledging you have problems an insult?

But they aren’t making themselves look bad - they actually do have more important stuff to worry about.

How is this a self-own? They do have more important problems than a possible merger with FCA - the entire diesel scandal would come to mind.

I don’t like them not because of what they are, but because of the culture associated with them around here. I live in the city and only see them being driven up and down the boulevard at 30 km/h, driven by exactly the kind poseurs I dislike. I wouldn’t want to be seen driving such a car because I don’t want to be…

Phrasing!

Phrasing!

I think the car makes this picture and makes it come alive. Without, you might as well be photographing an open-air museum.

You will find quite a lot of US cars in Europe . Ford, Opel and Chevrolet sell reasonably well. It may not be the same models as in the US, but Ford and GM do have a presence on the continent.

I thought body-on-frame vs. unibody was the line? If not, where is the line?

Smart cars are actually surprisingly crash-worthy.

I am amazed at the constant air of fear and terror Americans seem to live in. Everything and everyone is out to get you.

Well, since the machine is driving, their slogan fits perfectly as-is.

Having a valid criticism - and, indeed, exposing flaws in someone else’s work - does not require you to be better at it.

There’s no need to speculate what would happen if dealer laws were abolished. Most countries don’t have them, and the car market works just fine.

European coaches (as in, the long distance omnibus) have had door hinges like that for years. It’s a bus door.

It’s pronounced neither bock nor back. The ch sound is a fricative not unlike the spanish J or cyrillic X.