Damn! I was hoping I could get away with inventing any fanciful system I wanted, safe in the knowledge no BMW driver would be able to see through the lie and question it.

I like BMW’s solution. Similar to Honda, as soon as you turn the blinkers on, it activates. Only instead of the center console, it projects an additional wide angle view, enhancing for low light, onto the glass of your side windows. Really smart. They’ve had it for about a decade now.

I appreciate the comment. Yet I also hope he attacks you, just on the off chance his response is, “I pity the Foolio!” ;)

No! My carefully constructed argument! Destroyed by the, “I know you are, but what am I?” defense!

We’ve spent all week listening to how Bugatti broke 300mph in a completely customized version of one of their cars, in a form you can’t buy, won’t ever be able to buy, and didn’t even qualify for a record as it only did it in one direction, not two, only 85 years after Malcom Campbell managed the same speed over a…

That’s the thing. Musk has done some really stupid shit. Tesla has dramatically abused notions of rushing untested products to market. But neither Musk nor Tesla are perfect villains, and Tesla is not a bad car in all respects. If Tesla fanboy haters could just admit that and engage in rational discussion about it,…

“Cue the” is just such a douchey start to any thread.

Everyone gets to be right!

“The second amendment, like all the others, is a Sovereign Right bestowed by God.”

Can amendments be amended out?

I’m not sure on your definition of annexation.

Remember the US invited Quebec to cast off British rule and come join them, just a dozen years after the British took over. And they declined.

“4½ Liter Team Blower”

It’s not a shed, it’s called Buckingham Palace, you insensitive clod! And she’s 93 not 100!

Pretty sure Crack & Blast is how you get pinkeye.

Given the effect of cold on one’s physiology:

I hear that argument made regularly. But I’m still not sure how a civilian grade weapon, even a military styled one like an AR-15 allows you to defend yourself against an APC, tank, ground attack aircraft or any of the other massively overwhelming elements of a modern military.

Out of curiosity, what do you imagine Hong Kong having gun ownership would achieve?

I will fight to the death to maintain your parchment and quill/iPhone rights and your gun rights today as they were in 1776!