we’re going again through something similar - this time in form of the ‘autonomous car’ with ‘artificial intelligence’...

Assuming it was tuned ok, it probably was because the driver didn’t know how to drive a diesel - from certain revs upward, it doesn’t produce more acceleration, but only more smoke. Stay below that, and you’re fine.

...but please don’t give them the same crap interior the Fords have.

But then, God forbid, you’d have to regulate some corporations - ewwww...

See, the thing is once you have autonomous vehicles, you aren’t interested any longer to go anywhere special. The autonomous car was invented BECAUSE it allows you to text, phone, post cat videos, swig hot coffee - all during driving. Once you got your nose stuck in portable devices, you don’t need any destination -…

Ha - you must be a spook with the ASIO then. Hobart branch?

You... seem to know... stuff.

The Jeep Cherokee (XJ) - 264k miles on the odometer before that indestructible inline six became an inline 4.5...

What guarantees you that the technological solution is better?

...and on top of this, they show speed in digits - it’s been shown long ago that this takes longer to read and process than just eyeballing the position of a needle.

Ha! Beats your Sprite (in terms of tires...).

A couple of decades ago, I was writing for the science & tech section of a German newspaper. At some point HP had a promotion out and offered to fly me to New York and cover the launch of their recent line of laptops, or something like that. I was young! They offered to bring me to NY!! Hell, yes!

How quaint to think of an entire household having only one line!

Did you expect anything BUT a long word?

The report in Germany said that the VW driver’s insurance would cover all costs, as long as this met the definition of a so-called ‘sacrifice situation’ (“Aufopferungsfall”). Which it most likely does...

Force yourself to do it regularly...

I would say that organizing photos is a strong side of Lightroom! You also don’t have to pay monthly for it, but you can buy a standalone version.

...just because your Snorkie can piss a hot 1 ten and live the day out

Part of retiring overnight sleepers (at least within states) is that distances are generally shorter - once you got to most places within 6hrs, you don’t really need a sleeper.

Jalopnik members will form a republic of non-internet connected cars...