You sir, are one of the good ones. Thinking of future generations and their need to find cars in barns. I hope you can find the barn you clearly deserve.

I’m sure they do, and it probably makes it easier to use everything else if you don’t have to shift . But it’s not just not being able to switch gears (although it does feel like something I wouldn’t love); it’s really hard to imagine driving without working a clutch, because it’s such a central aspect of driving for…

Kinda feels like that’s when they should’ve learned not to do it.

Do you mean the popular vote? Yeah, they did win that by, what was it, almost 3 million? They did not, however, claim to win the election, and proceeded with the peaceful transfer of power. While it did raise what, from an outsiders perspective, is a very valid discussion on the ridiculousness that is a democratic…

I didn’t mean manual vs. auto, just old car vs. new. But you’re right, I was being hyperbolic and I’m sure under the right (wrong?) circumstances it could happen. But driving the Renault is a noisy, bumpy experience that naturally keeps me alert, as opposed to the insulated body, super light steering and smoother…

I know exactly what you mean. I drive a 1991 Renault 4 and I’m 100% sure it’s impossible for me to fall asleep while driving it. The only time I was ever close to letting that happen, I was cruising in my “easy” car, a 1998 VW Polo.

I never drove an auto and I’m kinda terrified that I one day have to in an emergency and don’t know what to do. Here in Portugal there’s no option. Driving schools can only teach manual. The idea of not having direct control over my gearbox feels pretty bizarre. I know this is kinda stupid but I can only imagine it…

I play a Cider port of the PC version on an old Macbook Pro, which I’ve patched with Modloader so I can build my own car library. I replaced every single car in this install.

Hah, I’m currently playing NFSMW for the umpteenth time :) Amazing graphics, cartoonish physics, easy to mod and a cheesy attempt at a narrative? If they’d added visual damage (but visual only) it would be perfect. I could do with less casual misogyny and more cheesiness in the narrative though.

Yes, because “parked two wheels on that side” kind of implies the other two are the stock wheels still attached to the hubs, and with jack stands that high you’d expect stock wheels to be hanging like that (it may not just be the front wheel; the rear wheel also seems to be off the ground on the passenger side, but…

Really? I didn’t know that. I love Citroëns - I like french classics in general - but I’m more of a Renault geek.

What? He was quite literally at the origin, both conceptually and geographically. He won the race, and the fans were chanting “Fuck Joe Biden” very loudly right as the post race interview was starting, which the reporter tried to pass as fans cheering “Let’s Go Brandon”. That’s the how the meme originated, with that…

Kinda crazy that people are pretending 77TB of research data isn’t much just because the supercomputer happens to have a lot of storage. 77TB is a lot of data, period. I must have less than 5TB of offline personal/work backups, and some of the most sensitive/important data I have there is comprised of files smaller…

I only noticed it was clearly a Lada after the tracksuit and that bare hand holding a cabbage for what looks like a considerably dangerous stunt gave it away for me.

20-30 in jail for unknowingly operating a faulty vehicle and making some bad decisions under stress when it failed is still cruel and disproportionate. It’s a 26-year old kid. Decades in jail is still a lot even if he had some idea that the breaks weren’t in tip-top shape and decided to go on, it’s fair to assume he…

She asked what am I, not who. She literally referred to Rosa Parks as a concept (which is subtly but implicitly dehumanising and just awful no matter if it’s on purpose or a slip of the tongue). Racists do it thinking it’s witty and that it throws people off the rancid stench of racism. It does not have the effect…

Anyone else looked at the bottom half of that gif without reading the title and immediately knew this was a Garage54 video? This is how I saw it and I had no doubt.

Yup, that’s a first gen Lancia Ypsilon, the successor to the lovely Y10. I didn’t love these back then but I gotta admit it’s grown on me. It’s not as cool as the Autobianchi Y10 that’s parked across the street from where I am right now, but it’s cool nonetheless.

Do I love it? Shit. I have a dedicated folder with pics, both that I took and some I found online in carspotting forums. I still regularly check google maps to see if it’s still parked in front of my mom’s house, five years after I finally said goodbye. I have a separate folder with oficial promo documents (pics,…

And that is why right-to-repair laws are so important. I was just thinking about this today while ordering, of all things, a replacement locking mechanism for my dishwasher, that I will install myself once it arrives. I feel really lucky to be able to do that, but it would be very easy for the manufacturer to make it…