Interesting. In the US and Canada the 1 series is basically a golf cart. Why do people even bother building driveways over there if a 1 series is too long? 

Acura is not circling the toilet the way Infiniti is. It seems like they’re mainly targeting the kind of people who would’ve bought a Mercury (good riddance) or a Buick if Acura wasn’t an option.

Luxury brands are like that. Adaptive cruise control and lane keeping are now standard on the Corolla/Civic, but they’re options on Range Rovers.

Exactly, a lot of people see the letters “SUV” and think it refers to a Chevy Tahoe or some other monstrosity.

Audi A1 is 158.6" x 68.5".

Yes, width is a constraint. Height isn't. Europeans are buying subcompact SUVs in the size class of the Chevrolet Trax. They aren't buying Ford Expeditions. Tiny SUVs like the Trax are more than capable of fitting into the smallest European parking spaces. 

Subcompact SUVs have the same length and width as those hatchbacks. They just have more height to reduce the strain on boomers’ knees.

They still do. The top selling SUVs in Europe are either subcompacts or compacts, which have roughly the same length and width as the small cars Europeans used to like. The only real difference is in the height which boomers like.

Subcompact SUVs are almost the same size as those famously small Euro hatchbacks, just with more height. Compare the length and width of a BMW X1 with a BMW 1-series. It becomes obvious why those things are doing well in Europe despite the “SUV” label.

My favourite wheels are whatever the smallest ones are with the thickest possible tire sidewalls.

Nissan should just kill off Infiniti altogether, or maybe rename it as a highest-trim level on Nissans, just like what Mercedes did with Maybach.

Ignoring the usual arguments about the technical issues with streaming, Stadia is doomed simply because of its pricing model.

Doesn't mean we have to shut them down yet. We should just stop subsidizing them with tax dollars and let the free market lead the way. 

Everyone keeps talking about the difficulty of getting private cars to be electric, but what if we went another way and actually invested in (green) transit in metro areas that would get poor people out of cars completely and reduce congestion and emissions across the board? Trapping poor people in perpetual debt…

I find that the “smart” aspect of any smart TV... isn’t.

I find that the “smart” aspect of any smart TV... isn’t.

Exactly. An ACOG sight alone can cost over $1000. Anyone able to open carry a 5.56mm rifle with all the accessories is by definition not poor at all. 

You can actually replace a DS4 battery with a screwdriver and some patience but you likely can't just grab a replacement battery at the store like you can with AAs. That's inconvenient. 

Over time, rechargeable batteries lose their capacity and if you really abuse the controller for years, it eventually won’t even last one hour.

The low wages are already a thing of the past, comparatively speaking. Even automation is increasingly common in China.

Just ship them all to Canada (which is not participating in the trade war) and store them there until Biden ends this shit. In the meantime, enterprising dual citizens (who are exempt from any travel bans) now have a new job opportunity.