Both cars I drive have the backup camera screen in the rear view mirror. I prefer that to having it on a separate screen. The disadvantages are of course that the camera display area is much smaller than the separate screens are and it does take away about a third of the mirror area when backing up. Advantages are it…

I’d be okay with hucking every screen into the ocean, personally. (Just kidding—I know the fish don’t want to deal with them, either.)

We all have screens in our pockets that are arguably more powerful and more intuitive than anything built into the dash of any car. I wish the car manufacturers would collectively just admit that their tech is inferior and stop trying to compete with mobile devices. That’s what this is all about, anyway.

Voice control is even better. Another reason automakers should just give up on their infotainment systems and let Apple CarPlay / Android Auto take over all those functions.

Prior to getting a keyboard-less smart phone, I used to not understand the concern with texting and driving. As soon as I switched to one with a touch-screen-based keyboard, I understood.

i hear not breathing also stops window fogging issues. i haven’t had the chance to try it ye

Yup. Live this shit every day with my 2018 Outback. Slow, glitchy, freezes up every now and then; honestly its only saving grace is that there are two physical knobs on top that I can literally punch if it fucking pisses me off.

Know what I remember liking? Buttons. Dials too. They are always in the same place. After a few hours in the seat, you don’t need to look for them. The feedback from a button press or a dial click is immediate and positive. I don’t mind having a screen to display relevant information, but I don’t want menus to be a…

Are you honestly looking forward to a future where entire parking lots full of electric cars go up in smoke because one battery pack suffered thermal runaway?  I’m never happy to see vehicles destroyed (especially racers), but I’m glad this happened in a race paddock and not in a public parking lot full of daily…

Is the Series sponsored by Samsung?

That’s why they put cards the wheel spokes.

How loud are these bikes? I feel that a E-bike race would be almost hilariously quiet.

I’m waiting for the special edition model, the Engelberg Humperdinck

Such a shame - from the crapboxes that is GM compacts from the 80s~2000s, the Cruze was a great little car. I drove a 2011 LT 1.4T, later a 2015 2.0TD as well as a 2018 LTZ 1.4T and found them to be very nice to drive.

I honestly think driving manual makes you more attentive, not less, as this seems to argue, but, sure, whatever, just trying to get through a class here.

“we learned that Amazon is weak”

For once I have to disagree with a McParland column.

As an owner of a 2012 Ford Focus I say yes, avoid that first year at all costs. Also as the owner of a 2012 Ford Focus I say dont buy a car new...or a Focus.

Haha. I’m kinda interested in Honda’s new hybrid system which uses the motor to drive a generator except when highway cruising when it engages a clutch to let the motor direct drive the wheels. It’s works the same effectively as the volt. The electric motor is used mostly to get to highways speed and get started.…

How about hybrids/plug-in hybrids?