I think we’ve probably got a deal, here.

David, I’m at the Nurburgring 20-25th. If you find yourself in the neighbourhood, I will pay for laps to see evidence of this fine piece of Americana dirtying up the ‘ring.  

And in before

In my personal experience, BMWs of ~20 years ago had a fantastic rain sensing wiper system. I haven’t driven any BMWs newer than 2006, so I can’t say how they’ve changed since then.

I once owned a perfectly good car from the Tesla plant. A 2003 Saturn wagon.

Or that Hawaiian shirt.

I’m confused and I know little about how Telsa’s work... or don’t. So when driving down the interstate with traffic at 85 mph, on a 100 degree day, and suddenly a popup thunderstorm just dumps a deluge of water, and people start panic braking, I literally will be blind for several seconds because I hit the wiper stalk…

It’s mentioned in the article that the voice commands are not reliable.

Several daily flights between the U.S. and the EU at the moment. Borders are closed on both ends for general traffic, but there are plenty of exceptions that permit travel.

Imagine making the case for removing physical controls for basic driving aids such as windshield wipers and the whole room approving it, bunch of geniuses. 

They are automatic, they just suck. Like most things on a Tesla, you paid a significant amount of money to beta test it for them.

The science isn’t with you there. Airplane cabins are probably one of the safest (public) places to be at the moment. Cabin air is entirely replaced every few minutes, and it’s filtered through the heavy-duty stuff.

Touch screens are dumb and dangerous for any functions of a car that are actively controlled while driving. Sure, bury settings in touch menus. But stereo volume, hvac (esp defrost), wipers, cruise, trasmission, blinker, lights, etc all need to be physical buttons that can be manipulated without looking.

Gordon Murray also thinks that touch screens in fast cars are dangerous, and one does not argue with that mustache.

A German passport and citizenship that will never allow the extradition of its citizens even for the heinous crime of storing too many junk cars on their property. So now we know the real reason for the trip. 

Shhhh.... Josi’s parents don’t know he will be staying at their place for 14 days wrenching....

He’s an international man of misery.

I’m a dual citizen. My mom is from Munich; she and my dad live near Nuremberg (my dad is a retired army soldier working on a base over there). The primary purpose of this trip, and any trip I take to Germany, is to spend time with them (though of course, I’m excited about this van trip, too).

Your addiction to old, broken cars has gone international.  

Y’all think this is nuts?