Well there was a recall on it. Since it sounds like the recall might have had something to do with these things exploding, that could be the cause there. I don’t know how French consumer laws work, but typically if there’s a recall the company is not liable if you willfully ignore it. If she never got a notice or…

Use your damn turn signal.

My grandfather swore til the day he died he hated using the cruse control because he didn’t like how hard it made the car work to get back up to speed / maintain speed on hills. I love CC myself, but could do without all the other nannies. They might be “safer” but I find all the dings and alerts to be very…

It’s a really good (if weird) game. A bit glitchy on the PC though, so be sure to save often. Haven’t played recently though, so some of it may have cleared up.

Except they’re not. The assholes usually just shoot down the shoulder for a bit, then force their way in farther down. This makes everyone else who’s already been waiting, wait longer.

Depends when and where, but the reason is incase the emergency vehicle needs to come over to your side of the road, say to get through a blocked intersection or road. On a non-divided road these things can happen. On a divded highway, they’ll just hop into the median if necessary.

Well yeah. I’ve lived here my entire life so I’m pretty used to it. Anyone who’s lived out here a while will tell you to drink lots of water. There’s plenty of warrning signs in a dry climate too, people just ignore them because many of them are used to wetter climates. Just some general rules of thumb

FWIW, we hate your drivers too. They either drive 5 under or 20 over, but never the speed limit and never consistent.

Apparently. At least it seems to be for everyone who doesn’t live here. Those of us that do just kinda shrug it off. It’s really not that terrible as long as you’re not standing directly in the sun. FWIW, it’s currently 112 according do my phone.

Pretty much. I mean, it’s better than most places still, but the people complaining about it are the same idiots that brought all the things with them that give them allergies because they want grass and trees. That said, most places have started pushing for Xeriscaping and more native / desert plants, so it’s…

Try coming in late July / August when it rains. 115 + humidity is much worse than 120 and dry.... wuss =P

You poor SoB. You were literally here during the worst of it. You were here when it rains. The heat now isn’t that bad really, since it’s not humid.

No it doesn’t. We’re just buried in traffic then. It’ll take the 120 over the snowbirds any time.

Pretty sure the first game I bought was Pokemon Yellow. I didn’t even have a Gameboy, but I really wanted to play. Convinced my parents to get me Stadium for the 64, and I saved my allowance to buy Yellow. First game I owned was Super Mario World. First played was probably Super Mario Bros at the daycare I was at as a…

I have an older Sony (couple years old now) that does 4k, but only at 30 FPS (it was an early TV). Really our old TV ate it and we got a screaming deal on a very nice TV at the time, and jumped on it. For the most part it just does 1080p content anyway. Only thing connected to it that can do 4k is the media PC, and we…

Have you sat in the grand touring model? It’s pretty nice. And a better driving experience than a civic.

The car does at MSRP. Sleazy dealers though, don’t have to abide by that of course. All things considered, I don’t think prices will stay there, as no one but the most desperate and vain will buy it at that price. You’re talking fully loaded Camaro / Mustang, or a decent BMW range there. That’s a hard sell for just a…

I don’t get why everyone is harping on the age thing. Personally I had no issues with that particular change and it made sense. I also had no issues with them censoring her model either. I did take issue with the removal of the slider though. I just don’t like customization being removed because “someone” might not…

The reality of it (as with most things) is that it’s both. Really if you have poor credit and low income, you shouldn’t be looking at or buying new cars. (nothing really nice anyway). Conversely, lenders should not be giving out loans to such people since they are “high risk”. It’s a failing on both sides, and it’s…

A good game shouldn’t need achievements to make you want to keep playing it. Yes, there should be rewards for doing something challenging (there usually is in Nintendo games), but the reward shouldn’t be “Hey, you gathered all these maguffins, so here’s an achievement!” as many games do. I think I loathe the…