Good on you for being alert. Venmo has added some protection features, but they are not automatic, and people get tripped up all the time. It’s a great, frictionless way to lose a lot of money, and the gig economy loves frictionless-anything. I myself prefer, actually demand, some level of friction in my financial life…

I’d say it’s not definitively scammy, it’s just that in the quest to be cheap, none of the risk is included in the price. There is a reason hotels and real car rentals cost more, the business model accounts for the cost of risk. In the gig economy, 100% of that risk is on the user, it’s a buyer-beware free for all,…

This, you get what you pay for. I think the vast majority of people have no concept of the financial risks and peril the run on a daily basis. From the oddball stuff like this, to Venmo, which is free because you have no protection against accidently paying the wrong person and getting your money back, or…

That interior is 100% Mercedes.

2016. The reviews I’ve read about the MK8 user-interface make me shudder. And now VW is pulling the manual. I’m a Fanboy, but I really feel like this is the last VW I’ll ever own :-(

Interesting point. We are currently finishing a kitchen remodel. We are going with Wolf appliances (which are very high end)...because they having fucking knobs!!! Seriously, all other cooktops, ovens, etc. have gone to touchscreen and capacitive touch, and Wolfe has these trademark chunky red knobs that look great…

They totally are!!! :-D

I’m 48 and an engineer. I will never get used to controls in a screen that require me to take my eyes off the road for tasks that should be done by no-look tactile knobs or buttons. My wife has a Mercedes, and while the HVAC controls are technically physical controls - they are tiny aircraft-style toggles - they are…

You left out the most important quote from Psillakis:

That’s a GTA-V level rundown right there.

Wyoming: Let’s ban vehicles powered by electricity!

My good friend has a Bolt, it’s as quick as my GTI (in a straight line) and with real tires would be real fun. But it’s fugly as hell, inside and out. If it looked like my GTI with seats to match, I’d have a conversation maybe with Chevy. As it stands, hell no.

I can get behind this list too!  Although I do need room for the 599, that thing just rips.

I used modern from about 1980 on, but I do love the Daytona! Crocket drove one (fake) in Miami Vice and man I loved it. The California is basically the Ferrari for those with money - however temporary - who would not know a clutch pedal from a steering wheel but wanted something red with a horse on the hood. Thus its…

I had one of our younger engineers in our office this summer, he is from Modena, moved here in his teens. I put this on his board to see how what kind of kid he really is:

Stay out of the left lane if you are not passing.  All other answers are Junior Varsity.

I’m going to agree that driving in GB has always felt very stress free. Some of that is me driving extremely cautiously due to right hand drive. But yes, much of it is due to the cameras, I will begrudgingly admit.  But I also view that a bit different as a tourist than I would as someone living under it all the time.

But they won’t really need to, because Skynet Roadnet is going to automate the process, kicking back $25 of every violation to buy more surplus MRAPs to deal with suburban crime.

That’s why I always order a Tan & Black in bars.

I think something missing here is a design issue with American traffic lights - they are generally mounted on the far side of the intersection. So, drivers can pull way up close, often over crosswalks, and still see the signal. Contrast with most every European signals which are mostly on the near-side, so you have to…