They don’t care. I believe their federal funding continues to exceed what they pay into it, so they’re essentially using other states money to go onto state welfare.

Do I live in the future? I was having a video call with my wife on my phone while a robot vacuumed my floor. During the call my house turned the lights on for me because the sun had set.

I’m old and this thing is working like Viagra.

Well done, sir. I’ll go crawl back under my rock.

I believe that you meant “old fashioned”. It’s a shame one of us colonists had to correct you in what I presume is your native tongue.

We live a long way from any relatives, so we put the cards on our credenza in the dining room, then chuck them after the holidays when we put the tree away and stash the decorations.

You’re right. It doesn’t know what to do on ice because it has no idea the wheels are locked at all. The drivers, however, could have solved the issue by taking their foot off the brake and steering to a better spot to try and brake. This may have also restarted the ABS so if the driver could get at least one track…

See comments I’ve left elsewhere about how ABS compares wheel speed to engage. Get them all locked and ABS just thinks you’re stopped and stays out of it.

Because none of those idiots took their foot off the brake. Locked wheel = no steer. Unlocked wheel - even on ice - will steer.

Yep. They were sliding downhill with their wheels locked. If they took their foot off the brakes, they’d get steering back. That’s exactly what ABS was developed to do - not so much to get you stopped, but to allow you to steer because it prevents the wheels from lock and removing your ability to steer. People get…

Every single one of them with the wheels completely locked and cocked sideways. Hey all, wheels only steer you when they’re turning.

Tesla has been introducing PowerPacks that are capable of supporting large scale industrial electrical needs, so building one of these and including a storage system isn’t going to be much of a challenge. This kind of large scale storage is already in production.

And store the wheels in nice bags all summer/winter when they’re not on the vehicle.

AWD is a huge factor for people that live in snow country. Not so much here in NorCal, but when I lived in New England, anytime someone came home with a Saab, Volvo or Subaru it was because they were “good in snow”.

A car with “bugger” in the name. There’s something we can all get behind.

I have a 335d and wouldn’t want to own it out of warranty. But I’ll take a more analog BMW out of warranty with an issue. An E36 may not be everyone’s cup of tea, which is fine. It means that they’re cheap and as the cheap cars get destroyed by bottom feeding buyers, the remaining nice ones will increase in price.

Why do all these conservative commentators dye their hair horrible shades of blonde and wear fake eyelashes? Usually, you have to go to a strip club to find this kind of look.

Hatchbacks were designed for the agriculture industry as a way to properly hatch poultry. The big glass window keeps it nice and warm in there so the eggs are nice and comfy.

You seem to laboring under the impression that people still accept facts. Facts are out of style, man.

Sheesh. How long until New England Ford dealers develop their regional special? Fiesta Hornpout Edition.