I suppose a picture that shows the entire marker light and what appears to still be an installed wheel would be making this too easy eh?

Yes, there are risks to life and I’m willing to accept some of them in exchange for having better interaction with my children. having zombies in the back seat vs having a discussion about the world is worth something.

Honestly i can see it happening. after months of sleep depravation it’s really easy to just go on autopilot and one day you’ve got the kids instead of your spouse and then get in the car and just start doing your normal routine and your brain blanks on the kid in the back seat. Some kids are very quiet when in the…

I can get behind this!

I spent 10 years writing infotainment software in the industry. this kind of information we’re talking about is broadcast data and does not require any acknowledgment on the CAN bus, it’s just sent as a fire-and-forget style message.

i wish i wasn’t in the grays for this... maybe some day. Anyways, the infotainment does need access to the main CAN bus for several reasons but it only ever needs read access and this is trivial to add security for. the CAN tranceiver is always a separate chip on the circuit board and it has a TX and RX pin. if they…

People constantly underestimate the Cayenne. It’s really a beast of an SUV with real capabilities including a very nice towing capacity of 7700lbs and the used ones are available with a manual transmission. there was even a few years where you could get a 405HP V8 with a manual transmission.

The cheap mid engine layout is fantastic, i’ve made a business of these cars but with today’s traction control requirements i just don’t see it happening. a cheap light mid engine car with the power levels expected in today’s cheap cars is just a great way to back into a tree. i can see the giant warning in the dash…

I approve, driving something with no doors is fun:

I own a Cayenne V8 GTS with a 3rd pedal and i absolutely love it. I had to travel 1200 miles to pick it up but the drive back was very pleasant. I occasionally tow a race car (about 7000lb with all the tools and the trailer) and the transmission really shines there but i admit that the gearing is a bit wonky for daily…

The plate says “Ohio”, the only part that makes it not legal is that he’s taken out the seat so he cannot use the seat belt. he’d get a $25 seatbelt ticket if he gets pulled over but i’d put money on the fact that he would not even get pulled over as long as his plate is visible. many other states are also like this,…

Depends on which state you live in. in most states you absolutely can register something exactly like that and drive it on the road. Getting liability insurance is also pretty easy and cheap as long as your driving record is clean. getting full coverage on something like that is a bit harder since it has no published…

How fast was the cop car traveling? did it have a legitimate reason to be traveling that fast? the picture shows the truck in a way that makes it look like it is going from the right to the left lane. Probably just a driver not being attentive.

I actually tossed a Toyota 3.5L V6 (2GR-FE) into a 2nd gen MR2. the thing has a CdA(effective drag area) of 5.8 sq.ft gets 0-60 in about 4 seconds and gets 39mpg on the highway. when i beat the snot out of it on the street it gets 26mpg. and even on the race track i can’t get it to drop below about 14mpg. and this…