“Sometime they should ask people who don’t own a truck what features/characteristics would make them consider buying one.”

I’m sorry, but I have to disagree. This isn’t about being shallow, it’s about lifestyle. I wouldn’t want to be with the sort of woman who had spice girl posters on her wall and wore tube dresses with no underwear, I want someone classy. This car is the equivalent of having anime posters on your wall and living with…

I think, in particular, the GTI’s interior sets it apart. I can feel like a grown up driving one.

I really want to like this car, and I really want it to be good because it’s finally in the US, but damn this car is ugly. I mean not just opinion ugly, but completely hideous I’d be embarrassed to be seen in it ugly. Could you imagine picking up an educated woman for a first date in this thing?

Yeah a robbery at gun point and a driver convulsing are one in the same.

On their way to the “Spring Awakening Music Festival”.......maybe they had to ditch the weed?

I know hindsight is 20/20, but that seems pretty fucked up to just bail and not try to help the guy. If the car is barely moving in heavy traffic then you should have plenty of time to reach up and pull the parking brake, or put the car in neutral, or turn the damn thing off.

As a matter of law driver skill is generally considered to be irrelevant. The laws have to be made for the lowest common denominator, or at least a reasonable one. Absent a specific certification that grants you higher permissions, everyone is for the most part, assumed to be merely competent at driving. If you…

Exactly. Consent can be withdrawn at any time, and if one continues after the other person is no longer consenting, then that’s sexual assault. Not rocket science.

Uhh, someone changing their mind does not make them an idiot. I change my mind on unimportant shit all the time, and choosing to have sex is kinda important. And mixed signals = no more sex. If you get mixed signals, just stop having sex then. It’s not complicated.

And I can understand the whole thing about demanding an emphatic YES... because there are some idiots who initially give consent but then want to change their minds or give mixed signals... and then use the bullshit mixed signals as the basis for a harassment complaint. 

The difference is this:

About a year ago (probably in TMS) I mentioned that VW and others might be able to “roll over” on Bosch, but as other commenters rightfully pointed out, Bosch’s job is to build systems to a certain specification. I suspect that even if Bosch knowingly created a way for VW to enable the cheat, their liability will…

Ironically, the car itself is covered in tumors.

There is no such thing as “fool proof”. Our systems are “fool resistant” until the fools adapt to circumvent the safeguards. Then we have to build better “fool resistant” measures. The circle of life.

Alibaba.com and the Forty Thousand Intellectual Property Thieves

You say that as if Tesla’s track record is horrible. Sure, the cars are not perfect and there have been several known glitches and QC issues, but, the fact remains that people who own and drive the cars love them and Tesla has a ton of brand loyalty/capital/cache

Can I just say that, I know everyone kinda is tired of Tesla news, and all this stuff.... but I kinda feel like we’re on the edge of something pretty notable/big in the industry? Yes, insurance rates, driving tech, sourcing problems, failed delivery dates, StarBoi/Rocketman Ego.... but damnit Everyone... Like... we’re…

Going through boxes moving into our new house, I found an old Polaroid camera and a still sealed pack of film. I’ll be taking bids shortly at the spy auction in Prague.

The car-carrying capability is also limited by size, but then isn’t that the case with all rear-entrance efforts?