I was on vacation, so I didn’t see this, but ended up having a nice “fun” activity on Labor Day weekend on our drive up north - about halfway into our 240 mile drive, the serpentine belt snapped in the middle of the state.

I’m so deep into the cult of Apple, that I didn’t even know Android Auto had gone wireless. The more you know.

Bought my ‘17 Volt back in March of ‘17 when my ‘98 Cavalier decided to pick a fight with a fire hydrant in a freak, sudden, torrential downpour in the morning on the way to work (still dark, to add to the fun of not being able to see the road...or the bend in it).

Not specifically the car, but the bodystyle: convertibles.

and the original Tesla Roadster showed up in PGR4 before that.

This (and pop/crackle tunes) really has been ruining the enthusiast scenes seemingly everywhere, so it’s rather welcome to see.

This - especially because our DD’s (Cruze Diesel and Volt) both run LRR tires (GY Fuel Max on the Cruze, Michelin Energy Savers on the Volt) that I had zero intention of putting anywhere near snow. Michelin X-Ice Xi3s on both makes for considerably more confidence in winter. My brother runs the newer version, the…

I guess all the children they’re using for labor aren’t doing a great job then?

This is what we’ve done for years - works out so damn well.

I’d say the most impressive feature (relative to Motorola recently, that is) is the fact that this comes with a commitment of at least three major Android updates, and four years of security patches. That’s more than the Edge+ (and considerably more than my 2020 Edge).

It’s been wreaking havoc on my garage door opener remotes...and those of many others in our subdivision. Pretty crazy!

But the Coyote? Bad take.

...who downloads this shit?

It sounds like a bad videogame where they took an idle sound and just extrapolated and sped it up to provide the vehicle sound at higher RPMs.,

Definitely the VQs - but only with an aftermarket exhaust. Stock exhaust? Sounds fine (good, even). Anything else? Absolute garbage. Especially if some asshat added a pop/crackle tune.

Because the V8 Audis that switched to a timing chain on the back of the engine don’t require any kind of service during their life, and that service totally doesn’t require you to remove the entire engine...

People have been racing to angrily scrape those off now that gas is dropping.

I don’t remember anything specific, but it’s basically a week until the Dream Cruise (as of last Friday), so it’s absolutely bumpin out there on Woodward with all sorts of cool shit.

Can we throw him away yet?

The SS was a fantastic vehicle, but built for a market that’s incredibly slim. Plus, it was only available with a stick shift for its first year on U.S. dealer lots — not what that niche market wanted.