The difference is, buying a Lamborghini, Ferrari, McLaren, etc., comes with a degree of coolness and/or tastefulness. The Cybertruck, even without the Musk factor, is tasteless and stupid. It exists just to be a middle finger to logic, reason, and decency. The people that buy them are just like the people that buy…

The GMA T.50 does sound glorious, but the LFA just has a resonance that the GMA lacks. You can’t beat that Yamaha-tuned exhaust sound. 

The SLS AMG has to be up there. Anything with that M156/M159 engine sounds like it was built for Odin himself.

I figured it was something like that. Just thought the timing was hilarious. 

Crowdstrike loads a driver with the Windows kernel (likely to talk to the system drive for secure booting). That driver was fucked up, so Windows can’t boot, causing the BSOD. The fix is simple though. Restart computer in safe mode, log in with admin credentials, find the file, delete it, and reboot normally.

The file in question is a kernel-level driver that’s preventing Windows from booting. Since the Windows kernel hasn’t changed in over 20 years, it’s affecting every supported OS that still gets updates. Should’ve been easy to spot on ANY computer if they actually tested it with current Microsoft patches. 

Crowdstrike either didn’t do proper testing, or accidentally pushed out an update that wasn’t supposed to go to production. Microsoft releases their patches on the second Tuesday of every month, so there was absolutely time between then and now to catch this. And this issue is affecting a LOT of different…

My team was up until 4:30AM PST going through each of our production servers, one by one, implementing the fix. It’s just deleting a single file, but it’s INCREDIBLY time consuming. We had it easy though. The help desk folks who have to deal with user workstations are getting HAMMERED this morning, as there’s no way…

Microsoft releases their new updates to their insider channel like, a week ahead of time. Crowdstrike should’ve tested this. 

Also the California State Controllers Office (payroll). Their actual payroll processing systems run on an old mainframe though.

It has a 3rd row, but it folds completely flat, and doesn’t intrude on cargo space.

$25k gets you a whole lot of Ford Flex. For that price, the mileage is gonna be low too. I’m seeing most of them over $20k with less than 50k miles on them. Plenty of space for taller drivers, and the seats fold completely flat, which makes for an absolutely CAVERNOUS interior. The Flex has the same interior volume as…

Also, is it bad that my first thought on reading the last sentence of your post made me think “oh god, do we have to have cops in space now, too?!”

I REALLY wish May would pick “The Reassembler” series back up. Every episode was really good. 

Yeah, unless they ditch the hybrid system altogether or use a platform built with electrification in mind, it’s gonna be chonky. For reference, the Lexus LS500H weighs about the same as the new M5, uses a 3.5L V6, and a hybrid system with a similar power output, and the Lexus is a size above the BMW. I’m sure BWM has…

It literally looks like a dumpster from behind...

We do still have the Gas Guzzler Tax, but I agree with you, it should be a recurring cost. Registration costs for EVs are already higher, but I think putting a gas tax equivalent on public charging stations would be a good idea. 

BMW Absolutely could’ve went with an I6. If Jeep can get 510HP out of an I6, I’m sure the Bavarians can do 600+. The electric motor from the XM already puts out 194 HP, so even if they stuck to a 506HP engine, that’s 700HP right there. even though you may not be able to get rid of all the high voltage gubbins, having…

Americans should be glad BL never gained a foothold here in the states. I think outside of the Series III Land Rover, all we got were a few Triumphs, Mini’s, and Austin-Healeys. Even then, we only got the fun ones. 

Anyone who thinks GM’s malaise era cars were bad, they obviously don’t know about BL.