It’s different because the OEM is defined as the company that built the original chassis (Mercedes, Ford etc) not who is selling the finished product. So while Winnebago can get away with it, I doubt Mercedes could ship the Sprinter to them with the light bar already installed. Beyond that these are also all examples…

Many people really don’t know how to solder properly, and a sad number of them get paid to do this.

In my professional experience both are prone to failure because both can be done improperly. I’ve seen countless examples of poorly executed examples of both. It all depends on who is doing the job and whether or not they know what they are doing.

“Alexa, open windows”

I am truly happy for this. It’s literally the only thing keeping automakers fromburing window controls 3 menus deep on the damned touchscreen.

Excellent point. I was just thinking how significant a nearly half second delay is when traveling at speed is.

Add in the 273ms average human reaction speed and I imagine it would cause a problem on occasion.

Even the sweetest shifting manual on earth sucks in bumper to bumper traffic.

Fun fact, you can option the cladding to be painted, and from my understanding, regular the springs and bumpstops are the only changes made to the A4 Allroad suspension. So import some OEM springs from Europe and you can have your very own widebody A4 Avant.

If the regular Panamera wasn’t already a 5dr fastback, maybe the wagon would have sold better.

I’m going to the track. A sunny day, a beautiful twisty mountain road and stunning vistas is hard to top on paper, but other drivers, legal restrictions,sometimes questionable road conditions, and a general regard for safety can, at times, make it hard to really get the most out of the drive.

Most of them. The vast majority of people modify their cars with “performance parts” for aesthetic reasons. Oversized wheels are heavier, body kits are less aerodynamic (and probably don’t add real downforce), lift kits are rarely used off road, cold air intakes usually suck in hot air from the engine bay. Even most…

The trick with big feet is to not actually use the heel for the brake, but the ball of your foot. The outer edge of your foot then is responsible for the accelerator. You end up just rolling your foot over instead. 

Not losing my mind watching other drivers on the road. I definitely lack that skill.

They’ve trademarked the an E version of all their familiar model designations so you are probably right.

Totally. I just bought a ‘23 V60 Polestar and it feels very EV-like with PHEV setup, but what I really want is the Polestar 2 drivetrain in it.

I absolutely agree it’s sad to the amount of resource focus this is getting when thousands are drowning in the sea every year fleeing their homeland. On the other hand, the US and Canadian Coast Guards aren’t really the ones to deal with the migrant problems in the Mediterranean so it’s not an entirely fair complaint…

I have to assume the window would have been a known factor since windows have been used many times in deep sea submersibles subs, unlike carbon fiber. The problem is that there is so much about the sub beyond from the window that wasn’t rated for that depth, or actually rated in any official sense at all.

“I think I can do this just as safely by breaking the rules.”

I don’t think so but if it did, that’s almost worse. Without the ability (or at least effort) to do proper inspection of the pressure vessel there’s no way to ascertain the effects and extent of fatigue on the materials, and each dive only raises the chance of increased fatigue. The thing could be falling apart…