they tried integrating large screens in the dash for so long and that did not work either. 

VW has desperately needed a halo status symbol for a long time. They tried so many things that never worked. This has a good chance to be a success.   Also since when were VW owners ever “ordinary people” .... yeah you know the type! 

This sounds good in theory but how is this going to be enforced. who gets punished?? both parties?? imagine missing your flight because you got kicked off for consensual hugs. Who is even going to be a bastard enough to actually enforce this ... actually we have all probably met someone who dreams of having the power…

i mean .. there’s goodbye for now ... and then there’s goodbye forever ... i’m not judging anybody’s hugs I have no idea anything about their life!

yeah somehow my edit did not go through on the prius vs prime price. The fuel economy on the Prime has two numbers the xse and xse premium has 19 inch wheels give you a penalty of 4 mpg on gas and 5 miles of electric range less compared to the 33k SE trim has 52mpg on gas and 45 miles on EV.

The prius prime starts at 33k the regular prius starts at 33k its not exactly appes to apples because the prime has more power, and a few more standard features.

Phevs are just “premium” hybrids. You get more power, more battery capacity, more efficiency. The trade off is the up front cost. If you think of then as an alternative to an ev thats when things go sideways. If you never take the longer 250+miles drives then i can understand the FOMO from not buying an ev instead.

If losing 20k value in 2-3 years is a pretty good reason not to buy used one its going to depreciate even further! Also if you had 35k to spend and wanted german luxury why would’t you just get a 3 series or c class? 

I’m guessing this has manual non assisted steering? 

Also water is wet, sky is blue. I get the theory as to why studies like these need to be done even when the conclusion is “no shit.”  Just not sure why they make it to the news cycle?? 

i’m sorry i just don’t except “oh jeez there’s no safe way to take these annoying small drones out of the sky.”

that’s exactly what i was thinking! 

why aren’t there battle drones? also couldn’t something less than lethal to humans be good ordinance against drones? Sand?  bean bags? a net?  fireworks? 

my only complaint with this gen is it had low ground clearance car tires it would have been a little better with 2.5 inches more ride height and a bit more sidewall.  the one in this post looks like it has a lift kit. 

this is fucking RAD! 

if one group of people could control the weather and the other couldn’t i think i know which one i would vote for....   The R’s have given up logic and reason their only hope is to get enough knuckle dragging idiots that normally would stay home to be mad enough to get off the couch and vote... 

ram stopped production so soon because they have over a year supply of all of stelantis vehicles sitting on dealer lots.  Stelantis will be shutting down production of a lot more stuff unless sales picks up ( not likely) 

this truck is going to be bricked somehow during police duty. spend months in a tesla service center and then the warranty will be voided because it’s a police vehicle.  That or it will be wrecked in the first couple months. 

this is just what you get when a bankrupt company designs a car. if you look on the roads today all you see is a “modern” version of the caliber that doesn’t suck (as much) from every other automaker.