Small correction, Mercedes. Back in the 80s, “wrinkle clothes” was a common euphemism for “swollen testicles.”

And homeboy didn’t think to familiarize himself with the actual shift pattern with the motor off first? Just went ahead and dove in and spent a few minutes turning the synchros to dust?? Because of how the pattern on the top of the knob looked???

I got a similar BS ticket like that once. Also once got a total BS one for making an illegal U turn—long story, but basically the cops had a road closed off with cones in such a way that, once there, the only thing to do was make an illegal U turn.

Oh yeah, 100%. A buddy of mine is the namesake of this company, www.perronerobotics.com, and he actually makes things that are actually “full self driving.” A few caveats though. One, on a fixed route only. Two, max speed of 35mph. Three, good weather only. Four, when on public roads rather than at their testing…

How many doctors, neurologists, and engineers did it take to pay some homeless guy twenty bucks to dress up in spandex and dance around for a while?

Hell yes!!

Give them all identically prepared shitboxes and may the best driver win.

If we’re going to talk Volvo buttons let’s talk M46 shift knobs:

Thousandths of a hogshead.

LIDAR is for pedo guys.

Tesla: selling something called “full self driving.”

These have wonky suspension geometry to make them handle like a much lower, lighter vehicle. You surely don’t mind dropping $2k on tires every 15k miles, right? Just a drop in the bucket as far as maintenance costs go on these things.

As a cville resident let me add a little more context. Someone else already covered the Sacajawea angle, let me address the “finally” bit that goes largely unexplained.

That’s just absolutely fantastic start to finish. I mean “I was one of the top Toyota Venza sellers in Canada” is just first rate kinja. No snark at all, 10/10, would be honored to have that carved on my tombstone.

Yeah, exactly. A buddy of mine had one of these as a weekend car, same drivetrain as this one, back when these were much newer. Just totally underwhelming. On paper they look pretty good, but I’m not sure I’ve ever driven a car that felt as less-than-the-sum-of-its-parts as this one. Motor didn’t sound great, didn’t…

Yeah, exactly. And this one looks phenomenal underneath. At this point in the 3rd gen game you’re buying them based on the condition of the frame. Body panels, mileage—all the stuff people are bitching about here—are totally secondary to the condition of the frame and the mechanicals. This one has a perfect frame and…

It doesn’t say one way or the other in the ad, but maybe this one was owned by John Voight?

Rode hard and put away wrecked.

DON’T SELL IT!!!!

Literally sitting on the toilet right now tbh