(All pictures not mine)

Except for the Jetta and the wrenching, I am with you on this one: back in mid-90's, my driving teacher’s car used to take quite a beating with beginners, yet he was changing the car after 2 years of abuse (and mostly for the mileage). We’re talking about roughly 3 hours of embarrassment, then if persisting, you…

They will probably do that too.

The automotive companies all have access to their own private and totally safe tracks. Their drivers know each mm2 of these tracks and can assess how much better the car is vs. their other cars. Since the metrics are not shared between the brands, the Ring is all about showing off, a marketing stunt. If it were to…

Boxy race cars jumping around the corners while flashing beer brands. What’s not to love ?

And it trains you for the next Tetris contest !!
(I wish I had some pictures from the C30 ready for the ski week, this was quite a feat!)

For big roundabouts, where no one sees through the obstacle, flash the signal when you’re past the last exit you’re not taking. Also, make your way to the outer track at this time only.

“It FEELS Italian”, said no one in Italy about a Chrysler, ever.

Reminds me some good old coupé, especially the rear window shape:

I can’t really remember erratic issues like yours, but on our XC60 we had issues reading some mp3 files from a USB thumb drive: the forums are full of “vbr vs. cbr” topics about this. Very rarely, the rear cam does not start when engaging in reverse. I also had 1 total system crash-reboot while driving (strange…

I prefer reading my Volvo manual app on my phone (because search function and videos). Totally worth it just to get how Sensus Connect works :)

Volvo co-develops (in the driving seat?) the seats, then lets the tier1 supplier industrialize them: https://www.media.volvocars.com/uk/en-gb/media/pressreleases/5316

This is where I get lost too: I can this how this benefits the people in power short-term (keeping the crowd in the dark, pass more laws to deregulate, suck the incentives to their own profit), but...
These people are not going to live forever: Donald Trump is 70 years old, DeVos is 59... How are they not seeing that…

Absolutely glorious.

COTD.

Everything with a Volvo looks that good. Even parking.

Initially meant for rainy or really wet track, to see the car through the water, it has been extended to conditions where the car is notably slower: pit lane entry and exit, and through corners when harvesting energy for ERS.

For real distance creation, use this instead of the noodle:

Hi David, very nice piece you wrote here. Any word on the electronics and software side ? I saw some time ago a similar company (not in automotive) grind down the chips and eproms layer by layer to expose their internal organization, and the managing software is also probably very difficult to unlock...

Wrenchers know that exposing whatever to brake fluid is not ending well for the whatever. Save the money of the iPhone 7 for better tools, and use a very simple protection: