Nice thought but you assume that drivers have been properly trained in the first place. I would suggest A) real driver training (until the robots take over) and B) regular retesting.

Ah, code name for this campaign was “Blame the victim.”

The DNC list is worthless now. I cannot recommend using the nomorobo service for his phone service if it’s possible. One of the few really good things that Time Warner Cable did for us is allow for opting in for nomorobo. We live in a swing state (NC) and election years for us means constant phone calls from polls,…

The offending drink that did in my wife’s radio had a lid but it was one of those flimsy McD/Wendy’s/BK types. If you have a real travel cup it has a real honest-to-Pete lid that either screws on or needs a shop press to secure then you’re good.

Ha, check out the (alleged) cupholder on a mid-90's Integra. Our (former) GSR had these and similar to yours they were A) small and B) right in front of the center stack. I never used ‘em but my wife did and a hard stop put the contents of a “small fountain drink” into the radio’s innards. After a weekend of drying…

Has anyone thought this may be a secret POW distress signal? Like the time those pilots tricked the North Vietnamese that a display of the middle finger in a picture was an American “good luck sign.”

Thanks! Just so happens I’m en route to LA today...:-)

No ATS-V’s? What? My dealer has several sitting on the lot with hefty discounts on them.

I’ve been hunting (lazily) for a new car for a year or so now and although it sounds nit-picky I really expect a decent (if not top-notch) entertainment system in a car that’s going go for over $70K. I’ve looked at several Cadillacs (including a 2014 CTS-V Wagon that I sincerely regret not buying) and I’m not a Cue…

And I thought I was the only one...was replacing the fuel filter in a 1986 Taurus station wagon and didn’t depressurize the fuel rail beforehand (see @Chan’s wise suggestion!). The (primary) fuel filter on this car is located such that you have to remove one of the rear wheels and get inside the fender liner to get to…

How the heck did you get the Dinan badge off? My //M5 logo fell off like it was held on with grade school paste but that Dinan logo has some weird form of subatomic bond that won’t let go and I don’t feel like having yet another body panel resprayed.

I should have said “mechanically inclined” really. He is an engineer but I honestly didn’t want to sidetrack things with what kind of engineer. They are touchy folk.

As the former owner of a 1974 Jaguar XJ12 I can promise you that Tesla is nowhere near the depths of the big cat’s build quality. You cannot imagine a car this bad. It would break from just taking up space in our garage. It would emit fluids just because it felt like it. My son (an engineer) identified many parts…

Nah, I’m voting AC/DC..

You forget about the “every other year” rule where North and South Carolina trade places as the Most Embarrassing Place in the South.

Not a problem. There’s always South Carolina.

NC resident here and no it’s not pointless. Our esteemed governor (Pat McCrory) ran on a business-friendly platform all up about North Carolina’s “brand.” Anything — repeat anything — that sends a message that his shit is bad for business needs to happen. We do some filming here (depending on government grants) but we…

Haha, the NCHP are like Beetlejuice. Post three times and they appear!

Winston-Salem here...and I regularly commute to either RTP or downtown Raleigh via I-40 (AKA “the Burlington International Speedway” where the fastest vehicles are usually local cops taking prisoners to Raleigh). I like my M5 for this trip but company policy dictates rental cars and the last car I got was a Chevy…

Get the vin and Google it.