Unrelated to Florida Man’s crime, but who was the original Uber driver who gave an unaccompanied 13-yo a ride? A family friend has Ubers refuse to pick her up all of the time, because she looks too young.

And rich people have been buying fully mechanic, less precise watches rather than cheap electronic ones for fifty years now.

I think Mate Rimac’s analysis is on point, but I don’t think his brand has much else to offer.

I moved about a year ago, and the only nearby car dealership sells Buick-GMC - it’s like living in some weird sponsored TV show; half the cars in my neighborhood are Buicks, including several Regal TourX.

And it still cannot compete with a simple robotic arm, or a well designed production line.

Now do it a foot closer to the hinge.

Yeah, but for people with graduate degrees (maybe we could incorporate Lancia).

I dream of a new automotive industry conglomerate, made up of others’ castoffs: Saturn-Saab-Spyker-Fisker

My rich cousin lives like that - her posh building is quite old, so the elevator requires the doorman to operate it. The fire stairs have a locked gate (the alarm goes off if you open it), so you can only enter end exit with the aid of the doorman. I feel like a prisoner when I visit, it is horrible.

ANA is still the only airline to have upgraded me to first class - which makes me feel generally positive towards Japan and flying.

My 1996 Toyota Caldina sounded like it had a holed exhaust. Took it to the mechanic, they couldn’t find anything. Second mechanic said the sound was coming from the alternator.

It’s a good thing I have no feelings whatsoever for most modern super cars, since clearly none of them will be around for Cars and Coffees in 2045.

Just to make it clear where we stand: I’m in the ACAB camp, I am protesting against genocide in Gaza, I support the student demonstrators.

Lame car I loved: The 1989 Opel Vectra. It was just a family car. There is absolutely nothing special about it. I still feel tingly about them, too. A 2.0i CD in grey metallic is my dream spec; it is what a Belgian travelling salesman would have driven at the time.

I like these, but it is hardly the most obscure or weirdest Pajero. Check out the Pajero Junior and Pajero Mini, but for maximum weirdness there is always the Pajero Jr. Flying Pug.

Yep. Update all the internal links that were broken in all the specification documents when we changed the name of the database. Happy summer, kiddo.

Yeah, that sounds unusual. I guess it’s different if you get interns so as to hire them later or if you get interns so as to get a bunch of boring stuff done.

A five-speed Protege5 (in silver) is still the only car I ever bought new, and I would absolutely do it again. I tried to find a used one, but rust claimed most of them and I haven’t had any luck.

That was long, but yes.

The world is gone completely over the edge.