My father’s best friend is a neurologist. Nice guy, more money than God. He’s sworn never to own an out of warranty BMW after an X5 and M5 with massive electrical issues right out of warranty a few years ago.

Replace the Lada with a Volvo XC60 or XC90 and you have my seal of approval.

The most important part of this comment:

Mid to late 2000s Volvo XC90 AWD. Done.

Guy was selling a 2001 Audi TT 225 with the 6 speed manual and the baseball glove leather interior in good cosmetic shape with some minor mechanical issues I could’ve taken care of for a fair price. I wanted it so bad. Emailed him twice, he finally comes back with “oh, sorry, forgot to take that down, it sold a week…

I’ve only owned one ex-rental and it was far and away the worst car I ever had.

While I might have been stupid enough to go look at this when I was car-shopping with a very limited budget a couple weeks ago, I would have gone with great trepidation. Buying a 2005 Mercedes in /great/ condition is something of a crap-shoot, buying one that’s been flooded with a salvage title is basically taking…

Nicest / lowest mileage Volvo S60R you can find, or an S40 AWD if there aren't S60Rs in good shape locally. Maybe a V70R if you want more space.

For years and years I asked for whatever console was current at the time for Christmas - never got one. Eventually got my mother to admit she would never buy me a “game machine” of any kind because she was convinced I would play it too much. I wasn’t even allowed to buy one with my saved up grass cutting / holiday…

What the actual hell.

But is he your guy, pal?

Got mine today. 200 Mbps down, 30 Mbps up service, wired Chromecast ultra.

No Mustang II has ever been worth more than $2000 at any point in history, including when they were brand new.

Have my hardware, have no code, have been told it could be “up to 5 business days” before I get one.

Not OLED, no. Samsung’s QLED, but it’s edge lit (no dimming zones) so... kinda garbage. Certainly not worth the price if a ‘normal’ TV frame will work for you. Something like TCL’s 6 series is a far better display for less money, just not as pretty framed.

Not OLED, no. Samsung’s QLED, but it’s edge lit (no dimming zones) so... kinda garbage. Certainly not worth the…

If there are loading times with current games on a PC with NVME SSDs and masses of RAM, there will be loading times on consoles with weaker CPUs, less RAM, less VRAM, and smaller / slower SSDs.

I bought the pre-order bundle because I’m effectively getting a Chromecast Ultra and what will hopefully be a good quality controller. I currently swap an Astro CR40-TR between my PC and PS4 Pro, so I may be spoiled by that. We’ll see.

It’s not going to work well at all in most hotels. Even five star hotels (granted my experience is limited to the US -- may be much better in Europe / Asia) regularly have terrible internet connectivity.

Why is the video quality hot garbage? Tops out at 406P (wut)?

This... wasn’t Tim’s review. Unless you’re referring exclusively to the video.