But tuning it for the specific intent of making it pollute more is just egregious.  

So a Land Rover Discovery??? I thought Ford and Land Rover parted ways?

It is amazing to me that young people think it is OK to joke about killing people with whom they disagree.

I sincerely hope this was a joke. Even if so, not at all funny.

No don’t do it. I bought mine for $6k then had another $5k into it in parts. then after getting it back together the front AC pusher fan relay got stuck on and caught fire. insurance only gave me $4K.  

Oh my god, just go live in the woods and eat rabbit shit and moss and die if you hate people so much. I hardly think basic human interaction is a fucking strain on your daily life. Is it that effing hard to say “Hi” “How are you doing?” “Have a good night/weekend”? As if not having to say hi or make eye contact with…

You fundamentally misunderstand the motivations of corporate overlords. They don’t do things with the customer’s comfort in mind. They have two motivations: extract as much money from you as possible, at the lowest possible cost to them.

Have you never had the opposite experience, where the cashier asks a question that starts a pleasant, possibly even informative little conversation? On balance, I find these brief interactions to skew slightly positive.

He doesn’t care about your time, he cares only about your money.

My experience with self checkout is nearly the opposite of yours, apparently.

This may as well be a billion years ago, but when I left Seattle, it really was the most miserable place to coexist with people. Everyone stared at their shoes and nobody liked each other. It seems very on-brand for year 2000 Seattle, to be honest.

*struck dead by predictable joke gods*

I’m sure there is a many-page-long power point on some Merc engineer’s computer demonstrating that steering and suspension are two very different and in no way linked no way no how no ifs and or buts about it systems.

*rulebooking intensifies*

Back in the day, I had two of these beasts as company cars. (Yes, I worked for FCA back when it was just Chrysler, or DaimlerChrysler, or whatever the hell we were at the time.)

This truck was built for stupidity. People who bought this new are the same types who wear Oakley “Thin Blue Line Edition” sunglasses, and refer to sex in very aggressive terms. They don’t make love to a woman. They crush some pussy. They pound some poon. They slam some ham.

COBRAAAAAAA!

Does not fucking matter. It was configured with those features and they didn’t own the car when it was ‘flagged’. This is bullshit. 

I see Tesla is now doing with their cars what I used to do with my Bumble profiles. See, I’m not technically lying — you see, I used to be a chiseled, rippling mass of 6'4" muscle.

Shhhhh.... There’s a narrative. You can’t go against it. Submit, you climate denier.