The way that these guys make no attempt to stop the car from running a red light, and just react in disbelief is bone-chilling. They may not be inattentive in the reckless way other Tesla drivers are in other FSD incidents, but they’re so concentrated in beta-testing FSD that they let it put their lives in danger and…

Duchess is surprising like that.

hahahah so good!

They did, and for some reason I always assumed it also retracted at a certain speed when it starts to make difference from an aerodynamic perspective, but it appears that it doesn’t. And who am I kidding, pretty sure RR owners don’t really care for the extra fuel the drag from the Spirit Of Ecstasy burns.

NBA wasn’t doing games in China because of diversity. They were doing it because China is a huge market that makes the NBA a lot of money. The streaming deal with Tencent alone is worth $1.5Bn (and the company has unceremoniously dropped both the 76ers and Celtics games after each team’s separate controversy). The NBA…

We know for a fact Ryanair has spent money studying this a decade ago (the application for test flights was rejected, but that’s how far they went). So yes, pretty sure at least some airlines know the exact figure for some planes.

They’re incredibly popular here in Portugal, and the literal translation of the portuguese name is “Berlin Balls”.

I guess we just learned the answer to “how high can you get from huffing Lucas Wiring Harness Smoke?”

Someone put a VR6 in a Lupo. A friggin’ Lupo.

Oh my god, flashing emergency lights in poor visibility are the worst. And it’s not just the glare, it’s that it renders them completely useless; if you come upon some kind of road hazard that you should actually warn others about, what do you do? Turn them off? Those people are the worst.

plot twist: they did indicate, but forgot they had the emergency blinkers on.

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.