Schadenfreude herrscht !

Schadenfreude is always a winner.
I like “verschlimmbessern” a lot, because I happen to be in the situation a lot.

Can’t agree more.

• What’s the most expensive piece of equipment in your kitchen? Has it made your life better? My set of knives, between the Victorinox, the Wusthof and the Kai Wasabi. Otherwise, the fridge and the Anova sous-vide circulator, my life-saver: this thing should be mandatory in every kitchen.

Not quite NP, nor CP either: CHF 16'800.- for this original 528i version (https://goo.gl/5uN5rf).

Don’t think so. Excluding nuclear power (which has a finite potential on Earth), it’s more like 15% for USA, and 32% for Germany.

(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.