For me, the best indicator for the ability of a truck/SUV used to be what you saw 200 mi inland in Oz: all that was left were Toyotas and Nissans, with the occasional Discovery or Jeep, but never the fashionable BMWs, Mercs and Porsches.

You’re thinking in European ways. The problem is that in the US only 1 person could sit comfortably in this car...

I know the first one, but have to try the second one!

Just put a couple of those in the trunk - problem solved.

purple streetglow FTW!

I find the naivité of the autonomous car discussion astonishing, given how complex a task like driving is. If you had only autonomous vehicles, and predictable environmental circumstances - ok, this could be a manageable situation. But the mix of autonomous and human-driven vehicles, together with sometimes low…

That stuff on the roof is so going to come off after just 10 miles of corrugated road...

So true. You forgot the ‘Assistant Dean for Outreach’, who likely sits in a posh corner office... And those of us who are doing the research have to argue when we want a phone in our lab, additionally to the office.

The context is: Arizona.

Regarding your own financing: aren’t car dealers keen on getting you their financing, meaning that they don’t give you as good a deal if you bring your own money?

Unusual - but any watchmaker/jewelry store should be able to adjust this.

Unusual - but any watchmaker/jewelry store should be able to adjust this.

Re the licensing: agreed. I remember that if you couldn’t nail your parallel parking (in a gap two feet longer than the driving school car) on second try, the tester told you “see you again in two weeks...”. And you had to know (in theory) the exact steps of how to change a tire.

Btw, near the entrance to the site of ancient Olympia, there is a stela containing Coubertin’s heart.

They will be again, just give it some time...

I hope not either. I like burritos.

Arschgeige (ass fiddle) - unpleasant person.

I hope he doesn’t get one cent from the insurance.

Will they make sure the diagnostics software for the engine is proprietary, so that the rocket needs to go to the Jeep dealership for a check?

IF you have to do all that shit when going on vacation, THEN you might have a few too many dependencies in your life...

hmm - you could be talking about Detroit’s rise, or about its fall...