Came here with similar thoughts. The SPARK as a good choice because the S beginning a lot of words makes sense until you realize the most common letters in uncommon places gives you a lot more info.

This is a good move. If the vehicle relies on manual overrides to prevent it from doing the wrong thing, it’s not self-driving. If it does what it is programmed to do and that is a problem, that should be on the company that programmed it.

A shady dealership decides they don’t need to look into the title, sells the car without applying for the title on the customer’s behalf, and the customer ends up holding the bag? Sounds plausible. I don’t know if they need to run a VIN to see if it has been reported stolen, but I do see this as an opportunity for…

Do you get to walk out with the old title with the lien signed off under this new proposal? Because I don’t see that here. What I see is that they should apply for the title for you, but do not have to successfully acquire the title. This does not appear to be any sort of consumer protection.

What they really are is (are? Should I do two “ares” in a row there? That sounds weird) turn indicators from the 1969 Mercury Cougar

Companies take on huge liability all the time if the profit/risk ratio looks good. This is no different. If you are reasonable sure that you have worked out the bugs in such a way that it will function as intended or request the driver take control, the additional risks are low and the additional profits could be high.…

corner used car lots could sell cars and also never provide titles.

If I am not expected to drive the vehicle and I didn’t program the vehicle, is it my fault the vehicle does something wrong?

2nd gear sounds like a good step. It acknowledges that a person who expects the vehicle to drive would not reasonably be expected to constantly monitor, and thus places responsibility on the companies marketing these products.

Revolutionizing? Investing and getting into the public eye are his talents. I won’t argue against his timing, since he does seem to put his money into industries at the right time, but that’s the part he is good at: having money in the right places at the right times.

Mainly what is new is the awareness of it. Which is kind of funny, considering we have seen all this and put some remedies in place in most lending, while specifically carving out exemptions for auto loans.

The provided NADA retail link shows a high retail value of 26,800. I know that no one thinks theirs is anything but the best, but it is really annoying when they assume no one will click through and see they’ve lied about what the top dollar is.

soft on crime due to his policy on not charging low-level defendants cash bails.

Nice price in the current market, though it hurts me to see it. I would like this wagon, but I just don’t want to pay quite that much.

You are correct that would not make a difference. I just saw the opportunity to talk about the FB flashers conversation and make a joke about that person being right in a bizarre edge case.

I recently saw a FB post lamenting the fact that turn signals do not override emergency flashers. Most of us tried to explain the intended use of the emergency flashers, which this person was clearly using too often (uses included traveling under the speed limit due to snow).

explaining to you why it’s cool they think some Ewoks are sexy

And it looked like Toyota’s design department unleashed 100 meth addled chimpanzees armed with ugly sticks on a clay model of a bad looking car.

Let’s be honest. People will never pay enough attention to properly utilize that visibility. I get it.

One of these would be fun...with proper maintenance records and no multi-state weirdness. ND