“I can imagine that at least some Maverick buyers with Beetles in their past may experience a bit of physical deja vu if they ever have to give someone a jump, from the side of their car, battery cables snaking out of the door, and connecting under that back seat.”

Why? You are saying that because we can’t idiot proof something we should take away something that is convenient for 99.9% of the rest of the world because .1% of drivers are morons who can’t read and run red lights. 

For many cars, you can get the software and a cable to give you access to everything the dealer can do. I have that for VW, Volvo, and BMW for a total investment of maybe $200 across all three makes.

This is a really good point. UDS is a standard protocol, but not all the codes mean the same thing for each ECU, and the more generic ones are not always very useful. Also, you can’t write certain DIDs or program modules without the dealer tools (or some equivalent) and the necessary security keys, so if you have to…

I was talking about these guys:

“clueless, hueless and now-swimming pool-less” and “Gentrifier from the block”....

Dark City, right?  That was a WEIRD movie!

This guy gets it!

Toys? Nowadays we call those action figures/statue collectibles.

The end of Moore’s Law has been predicted by physicists for two decades now, and their timing is eerily accurate. They might be off by a year or two, but I have not heard anyone in the industry deny that the wall is quickly approaching.

You are technically correct, the very best kind of correct.

That would be hilarious.

Wife and two kids on Evergreen Terrace?
Ned Flanders circa 1989 - whenever Maude died.

We been knew

“I guess what I’m saying is, enjoy Zelda games. You can have my share going forward if it’s just junk with Link and Zelda branding :-/”

So I think what’s interesting about Zelda games is that, for the most part, they’re NOT just junk with Link and Zelda branding, but they’re also not a connected story. I mean, you…

Donald

Audi S3 is a fancy Golf R. Comes with a sunroof!

I agree but the talk is all skewed with EVs

Dude, he is a bad faith troll with a history of shit stirring and extremely bad-faith discussions. The clapback is funny, but you are wasting your time.

I don’t think so, patents only last 20 yrs.