This JANuary...

I like this take. This is a good take.

We already have a “romance mode” in cars. It’s called a heater.

Am I a hipster for really liking the way this looks? It’s like a ski lodge on wheels, and I love it.

Counterpoint: I don’t think any of this stuff was meant to be sexual, nor is that even the most obvious interpretation. Most of this seems like it could just as easily be interpreted as them having a completely platonic fondness for each other, like many of us have for a pet, or even a car. Even the bit where she…

Does Comic Sans make the above example easier to read? Yes. Yes it does.

Bones help nobody.

To be fair, old Saturns have glorious visibility.

We already do: kilowatts.

There’s always one person in every comment thread who refuses to even look at an EV until it has 5 billion miles of range, charges in 2 seconds, seats 14, tows 25,000 pounds and costs under $300. Never mind that their diesel fifth-wheel dually can’t do any of that.

As others have said the Bolt is a thing, but personally, I’d rather not pay 40k for something with the styling and interior quality of a 10k car.

“Real fahrt!” - Mr. Rhegular

Apparently I’m no one, then, because I shop at Canadian Tire all the time. I even bought actual tires there.

And make sure “full tilt” is still within reason. You can drive a road a thousand times, but that one random deer, person or car will only jump out in front of you once.

My personal speed record is a comparatively tame 80 mph (on an empty, well-lit freeway in the middle of the night), but I had a friend in high school who got his ‘07 Accord up to 110 on a country road (or so he claimed). Ironically, he had a “Support Your Local Sheriff” bumper sticker. Nothing bad happened, but even…

“Salesperson fell asleep while filling out paperwork.”

Yeah, you’re right. Let’s have Mad Max but without the biker gangs.

Reddit is one step ahead of you there.

Is that a problem?

COTD