If you only know one rule then that rule should be "DON'T DRIVE."

I'm not sure these vehicles are really directed at (Western) Europeans. I'm thinking various points further east...

Many thanks to the Jalop & Giz crews for an entertaining evening (held, in proper Texas fashion, in a dirt lot next to a trailer with plenty of Lone Star).

Epic weather fail, but I'll try to make it out there. Took my car in for an 18 month service this morning, so it's already a mess...

There's a term we use in the software industry that encompasses the issues you describe. They're called "corner cases." In other words, unless you're a motojournalist or rich enough to be constantly handing your car over to a valet (oddly, most people aren't either of these things), these issues tend to crop up rather…

Not really. I have a Volvo with that system, and frankly it tends to defeat the purpose of having a proximity key (other than the fact that the key in this case is a featureless hunk of plastic that doesn't tend to tear holes in your pockets).

Point taken.

Am I the only one who was amused that the Mustang's live axle chassis was already being described as "dated" nearly 30 years ago?

I'm not sure this really constitutes a visibility improvement. They need to paint it safety-cone orange.

Even older in my case: 42 :). And yes, I have to admit to causing quite a few screams, although honestly a few laps at the track is more effective for freaking people out than the launch control, which is merely surprising the first time.

Well, I have a GT-R. I'm not particularly young, and I don't dress or drive like a gangsta wannabe (nor do most of the other GT-R owners in Central Texas), but, driver stereotypes aside, I have to admit that the GT-R is pretty much a pure bro' magnet. Women I've met, generally speaking, have no idea what it is or what…

Shooting your mouth off doesn't make you a "no nonsense guy" if what comes out of your mouth is nonsense.

Sigh. Yet *another* beautiful-looking task manager with absolutely pathetic recurrence options.

Still waiting on that 2FA implementation, Twitter....

If the Burger King & Jeep hacks were the result of poor password practices or a phishing attack, which is likely the case, it hardly constitutes a successful hack of Twitter itself (that happened last month, when 250K encrypted passwords were compromised).

I'm not sure I'm exactly supporting the President on this one, but I should point out that it's pretty typical for politicians (of both parties) to speak about future accomplishments related to legislation as if they've already born fruit as soon as the legislation in question has passed. Seems to be a world view that…

I've driven a Z06 at the track and I have very few complaints - great car.

The only think that irked me was the crack about the Mustang's (and Viper's and American Cars' in general) level of engineering, which was completely unfair. The Mustang was engineered to meet a price point, sure, but that doesn't mean there was any less thought put into it, engineering-wise, than much more expensive…

The rise in douchiness here in Austin is well correlated with migration of rich assholes from out of state (especially California), so I'm not convinced it's truly a home grown phenomenon. Make of it what you will.

I drive a more expensive car than an M3, but I would never park it like this. If you can't stand the thought of someone scratching your baby, leave it in the garage and take the damn bus (or buy a cheap grocery getter to drive around in - if you can't afford that then you can't afford a scratch-free M3 either).…