Actually, ignoring the fact that driverless cars will put me out of work, their net effect on traffic congestion and the environment stand to be a MAJOR plus. The biggest cause of congestion is the human driver. Lack of proper communication causes accidents, reaction time on acceleration causes massive slowdowns (see…

In most states, this means they will be forced to lower rates. Insurance companies operate under some pretty complex strictures in regards to margins, and are legally prevented from monkeying with rates too much.

Glad to hear that you're dumping money into it at the outsets. I've seen some things on those H1's that were scaasaary.

Because I like to watch the PS4 play video games by itself.

Note - When I bought the volvo, it came with an inch+ thick sheaf of receipts and invoices from the previous owner, and the various filter part numbers were on the apron with a labelmaker. The previous owners were nothing short of anal with this car, and it very much shows.

I love this thread so much. I can honestly say I've not seen one thread in all of Kinja that makes me feel more at home than this one.

I watched that armbar five times. Fantastic.

Gloucester natives have a very particular accent. The whole Gloucester and Middlesex peninsula does, but Gloucester specifically. And it's even more noticeable in Guinea, especially among the crabbers. Very soft accent. I've heard it as Glah-stah and Glaw-stah, but never with an "r" at the end for the old-timers.

That car doesn't steer. It skitters like a nervous spider on espresso.

Or, if you are in Virginia, Glah-stah.

NUMBER TEN.

"L.U.G."

*snort*

As an only mildly related aside, the most expensive one-line estimate I've written was on a Viper with a shattered hood. The other car caught it just right to spank the hood and catch nothing else. It was one of the models with the one-piece carbon fiber hood and was a bit north of $18k to replace that hood and paint…

Have you watched the video where they show how they make those wheels? Hnnnnggg....

How much of a risk was the OP taking? Per my read, it was bought as a rally car. Whenever you buy a vehicle intentionally aimed at the track, you are essentially throwing your money away on a risk. Regardless of how solid a purchase it might be and good a driver you are, it is easy to get wiped out by someone else on…

This. My dad spent a lot of time jumping out of perfectly good airplanes while wearing a US ARMY tape on his chest. The other old guys he jumped with marvel at his "bulletproof knees". The majority of old soldiers he jumped with are a wreck. I'm pretty sure if they'd done more hollywood jumps instead of always with a…

I freaked slam out the first time it happened to me. Pulled over on the side of the road, yanked the hood open, expected to hear boiling and watch my old redblock melt down. Nothing. Wha? Not even hot under the hood. No smell of boiling coolant. Nothing. I licked a finger and tapped the valve cover. Nothing.

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Got…

It is a money grab, but also a way to keep warranty claims to a lower level. Many cars intentionally lie to the driver with spoofed gauges and manufactured outputs. The temp gauge in my old-ass volvo has a "liar board" attached to give fake readings because volvo kept getting warranty claims for perfectly normal temps…

It's hypocrisy to holler, "China bad!" and "Don't buy this Chinese crap!" and then follow it up with telling people that they shouldn't let their money go to China, all while using a product assembled from Chinese components.

You completely lost the whole plot there. You're hollering about not giving money to the Chinese, yet are demonstrably using a product to spread that message whose components, or possibly entire manufacture, happened in China.