WE HEARD THAT!
—Toyota

In my Tacoma all I had to do was pull the fuse for the Data Collector Module, fortunately. It didn’t have anything other than that. That also killed my bluetooth microphone, which justified my decision immediately. Toyota doesn’t need access to my mic. Fuck ‘em.

Probably because you can read a license plate from a dashcam video or even from across a street or a few cars back. Quickly and easily reading the stamped VIN on the dashboard while the car is in motion... Not so much.

That being said, the local high school had a stadium that a small college would be proud of that they had just built. Wonder where they got the money for it....

I don’t understand why the majority of consumers still think always-on connectivity is a great feature to have in cars. I won’t buy a new vehicle unless I’ve already figured out how to physically disable that connection the day I buy it. I have a cyber-security background, and I know most, if not all, manufacturers do…

I literally picked up a Polestar 2 in 2021 explicitly because I couldn’t stand Elon Musk and I wanted an EV. Ever since, he’s only further dug Tesla’s grave.

What’s the penalty for chopping up journalists?

Getting a citation from a cop in a Citation has a certain apprpritate irony to it, though.

For unmarked, probably the Chevy Malibu especially now that its 4 cyl/CVT only now. Not unmarked, but there’s a department here in the St. Louis area using Nissan Altimas as marked patrol cars. Talk about BAE. I want to know how often the CVT eats itself under those conditions.

A ticket for 2mph over?  Did you make fun of the cops kids or something?

Maybe the FIA shouldn’t air driver radio then? They basically created the problem by trying to open up the sport for more ratings, not to mention they want driver personalities (e.g. Verstappen) to come out in media to build attention to the sport.

InIn the early 90s, The Connecticut State police bought a fleet of 30 Mazda MX-6s. They were upgraded to cop spec and were incredibly hard to spot.

I say ND because of the owner. “Millenial anti-theft device”? And instead of actually replacing the headliner - with the kit HE ALREADY HAS - he just sticks a piece of wood - sorry, “milled ash” - up there.

I was able to get an incredible deal back in September - with only a few thousand down, I am paying the same Monthly lease payment as one would pay for a well-equipped Highlander hybrid.  Another option is to buy a CPO iX - a 2022 with 30K miles will land at just south of $40K.

I drove a lot in Rural CA an AZ and if there was a issue I would never go up to a house for assistance; there is a reason these people live in the boonies and it usually involves paranoia.  

See, the problem here is that everyone assumes that they’re the good guy with a gun. And unfortunately, all those good guys are tryhards who really REALLY want to show just how good a guy they are and so the second something happens, out comes the gun and... this.

Hmm, conspicuous silence from the biggest Tesla stan here.

Exactly. To him, it’s not about money anymore. It’s about power, influence, and shaping civilization into his idea of a perfect model. And his speech was clearly paying homage to the “14 Words” - the most popular white supremacist slogan in the world. Nazis and white supremacists the world over are creaming their…

The dude has used Twitter MANY times over to dog whistle 14/88.

Yup. Right here in this picture we’ve got a grandson of nazis and son of apartheidists, who has openly endorsed the AFD (German neo-nazis), courted the alt-right and hate groups, gifted Twitter to them as an open platform, and is talking about “securing the future of human civilization” right as he’s doing the…