A lot of policing is done by “gut feel.” Cops rely on their instincts, just like people in every other profession. (Does it always go well? Ho boy, not trying to open that can of worms in a comment thread about cars!)

This is like saying putting the bac limit at 0.08 is annoying because if you are at or slightly above 0.07, you might probably pop the red light, have your car towed and spend a few hours at the police station for further testing.

Don’t give up that easily, there’s plenty of Vipers out there for $35K, and if you’re moving on to something else in 3 years, it’s unlikely you’ll lose anything in depreciation either.

Yup, Westbrook has the right answer.

I was about to suggest the Lotus Elise but you guys already did, so good job :)

Sure I do - I used to race RX-7s in SCCA Street classes but I also get a kick out of sheer power. The two are not mutually exclusive and, again, this “too much power” thing is a rationalization and insulting to fellow enthusiasts that get their kicks in a slightly different way.

The nannies are the point. This is Ferrari, all they do is boast about how great and intelligent their Manettino is. The driving experience for Ferraris from the 430 onwards, has been designed around the nannies being on, because the nannies have been designed to make 80% of drivers faster (as opposed to the nannies…

Ability to safely deliver in to the road and provide great experience to the owner/driver.

Sure you can use this much power and more, but everything has to work together to make it manageable. 700 HP in a RWD car with a forward weight bias and a manual transmission? Yes, that car would be almost useless but put that engine in the appropriate chassis with sequential transmission and you can push that car…

Yeah, plus I imagine launching a 700 HP AWD Ferrari would be fucking AWESOME.

I haven’t driven a Pista but i have driven a 458 and there are many levels of nanny interference before “off.”  And at those settings, the car is still plenty lively and willing to kick out the rear and do all the fun things you would want to.  It’s not as simple as “all on” or “all off.”

I know this is blasphemy, but it could also try spinning 4 wheels instead of 2. AWD might not have the same character (I’d argue it’s just different, not necessarily worse), but at these power levels it’s pointless to try to put it down through 2 wheels on road-legal tires.

So don’t turn the nannies off then.  That was a pretty easy problem to solve.

I have the exact opposite take. The Uber incident was all sorts of messed up, but Google and Tesla have been really cautious. Too cautious.

If you are guilty of a crime. And your phone has evidence. And the police have a warrant, they should be allowed to access said device. No crime, no access. Crime, access. It’s a simple concept

“If you are guilty of a crime.”

The fifth amendment has been specifically upheld for use in refusing to provide passwords on numerous occasions. Google it... both the EFF and ABA have good and current articles on this.

Device-level encryption does very little to prevent law-enforcement with a warrant from obtaining data. Because they can compel third-parties to release data from their servers and nearly all useful information is stored in the cloud now. However, they would actually have to do some work and reliable information…

I have a basic understanding of rights.

If your phone won’t charge unless you unlock it, that’s a bug (see: chargegate).