This, at this point the pilot is really there to assure passengers and take over in an emergency. The VAST majority of the time a commercial airplane is in the air it’s being flown by auto pilot.

Right and the refund was IMO generous they got 14 of a 21 day cruise, so 2/3rd of what they paid for. And as you said, the alternative could have stranded EVERYONE.

LOL I would have assumed you would need to do something like that, depending on the year of the Beetle I wouldn’t think the alternator would have enough to drive much of any additional electrical load much less 15's.  Heck I wouldn’t be surprised if you just upgraded the standard stereo speakers if that wouldn’t kill…

Oof I am surprised you could even power them lol.

“go to an independent shop”

This is and always was 2 things, a way for the automakers to cheap out yet again, I assume AA and Carplay have some kind of licensing fees, and eventually a way for them to turn this into a subscription service. Are AA and Carplay perfect, no, but we literally already use our phones for EVERYTHING else. Like I would…

So TIL, well last night I learned, Australia is actually REAL freaking strict when it comes to cars and modifications. The Vinwiki YouTube channel had a pretty interesting short video, like 8 or 9 minutes, with a guy telling stories about enforcement down under. Like if a cop spots something they just don’t like the…

Thieves REARELY do, it becomes a drug at least until you get caught or killed.

I kind of wish we had these where I live for protected rights. I have one, a protected right, on my way to work that people constantly stop for.  Plus people trying to merge over from the left to my protected lane to get to a gas station when you can literally drive a couple hundred feet, which is nothing when…

This he could have been killed on landing, or injured and then nature disappeared his remains.  There are both black and grizzly bears in Washington State that would have happily taken a free meal.

Yeah that’s wild I wouldn’t think of a car headlight having a similar wavelength to sunlight

That’s wild, I mean I would have to assume a regular ass grow light would be cheaper.

Wait what is that even a thing, from like any car model?

100% it’s a Lambo it needs something bright and dare I say a little garish.

Do you even drift brah.  Hey hitting the wall just adds a little patina lol.  

There is a not less than 100% chance the person writing the note drives a Nissan Altima.

I mean they are all pretty distinctive IMO, it’s not like they are all plain white with black letters.

Counterpoint why does a plate need to be fancy? It’s strictly there to convey information. I mean it varies by state of course but here in Texas we have literally hundreds of different designs to pick from.

I mean they are fine, just so long as you aren’t buying it BECAUSE of some supposed performance gain.  They can be reused so keeps garbage out of the landfills, thumbs up form this guy.

Custom plate strictly for a car show that is removed when it’s over I am fine with, driving public road with it fuck you.