“It can drive itself” - in a *very* limited set of circumstances.

Maybe it’s too mainstream, but I feel like the original Wicker Man should be on this list. I saw that it is now on Prime.

That’s because the Acela track infrastructure is garbage compared to advanced rail systems. There are still half a dozen at-grade crossings in my county - so trains are restricted because of that and Amtrak only put fencing along the “high-speed” line last year - up until then kids and drunks could literally walk…

Yes in some ways - in terms of quirks, “soul”, engagement, and nostalgia

It’s news to me that Apple shut down Dark Sky - since I continue to use the app and the web page multiple times a day.

Perhaps you mean they deprecated the Android app?

I think it’s a great comment on late-stage capitalism American style that companies can build and deploy chargers all over and then their marketing departments completely fuck up the experience and utility by requiring a shonky app to use the charger (and the main focus of that app is to grab as much info about you as…

A quick google search tells me that 70%+ of the US population lives in single family homes.

Yes - humans need to piss and/or eat on road trips.

In my experience (living in Minnesota, Vermont, Colorado, and Northern Canada) driving performance in snow is almost 100% down to the tires. I could get places in my 2WD Golf with Hakkepelittas that I couldn’t in my 4Runner with AT tires.

I can tell you don’t live there because none of those things (with the exception of the pooping in public in Portland and San Francisco) have actually happened.

It’s literally the fucking capital of the state.

“Is it possible that states could have contradictory rules, creating a double tax situation for many employees? (Spoiler alert: yes.)“

FTFY:

Actual service and post-sales care.

Can’t be that secret if they let you keep your phone with you.

Moving from Australia he’s going to find new car and gas prices laughably cheap (Australia charges a 33% tariff on “luxury” cars, which is most things that we would want to drive). An Audi Q7 *starts* at $90,000 USD in Australia compared to $56K in the US. Gas is consistently above $4 USD a gallon and much more…

In the UK they sell “cooking apples” that are harder and more sour than Granny Smiths. I’m surprised that is not a thing over here.

CheapLY and HealthILy?

I’ll second that - I hired Tom to negotiate the purchase of my Q5 and I saved many times the $500 I spent, never mind the relief of having someone else handle the BS when I was trying to move, sell an apartment, buy a house, and all of the other stresses that come with an interstate relocation.

Terrible roads - no visible markings, poor lighting, amateur or nonexistent repairs, dangerous layouts (left exits for example).