It isn’t that Apple is causing them to lose money in so much as they shouldn’t have been able to make the money they did by targeting us the way they did in the first place. Though if they really want to blame anything, blame the work life balance in capitalism. I’m sure most of those sales last year were because…

This specific bike is a collection of what I consider the worst choices in motorcycles & Sportsters in particular, but with that theoretical fuck you money, I think it would be more entertaining to buy up a bunch of poorly customized Sportys & create a Lemons-style flat track series. Pick up a couple dozen clapped-out,…

correct opinion.  cayman is a better car that is also better looking.

Unpopular Opinion:  Cayman is way better looking than 911.

The right answer here is a Porsche Cayman. It’s quick, usable year round, and what’s more special than a Porsche? It’ll be newer and less hassle than whatever 911 you can get for the same money. Here’s one in Florida for $53k with only 30k miles. Barely broken in.

but the path to L5 doesn’t necessarily go through L2.  L2 is a dead-end fork.

True, but you can develop L2 internally and not subject the general public to beta testing, and jump straight to releasing L3+. This is exactly what Volvo is doing.

Torch, you got this one 100% right.  

The entire time I’m reading this, I’m going, “is that fair?”, only to come to the conclusion that, “yeah...that’s totally fair.”  Well done.

Totally concur. These low level driver assist features are better suited to take over from you in an emergency rather than relying on the driver to be immediately ready to react to a confused AI. Rather than doing all the driving, let the AI handle emergency braking or an emergency pull-over if the driver passes out…

Torch, it’s like you are getting what I’ve been saying around here for awhile. People are trying to develop tech to make us less engaged in what has been known as everyday life, only to replace it with something that can be monetized and engaged in their eco-system instead, regardless of its actual true value. It…

It is just a beetle with bodykit. But a weird beetle that was only sold on Tuesdays in Kyrgyzstan which fell on the fifteenth of a month not ending in an r for one year in the early seventies. It had a slightly different wiper light placement, and there was a compass, which always pointed south, mounted on the gear…

When i was 19 i had a jeep with that steering wheel, the one with all the fake hex bolts. The horn didnt work, so i thought to repair it i had to undo all of those hex bolts. went and bought a hex wrench set and everything - man was i pissed.

I’d say NP after some haggling, but...

As someone who grew up in construction and became an engineer, I think every engineer should have to spend a bit of time in the field seeing their design being built. Knowing how it goes together saves a lot of headaches for everyone involved.

One of the worse things I see in this report is the ignoring of the construction workers. I’m a good enough engineer to know I don’t know everything. A guy with a high school education that has actually done stuff with his hands and not just on a computer knows a lot more about how things actually work than I do. Some…

BMW powered Subaru? I don’t know if I could bring myself to start vaping and stop signalling. Too much change for me. Oh, and the $15,000 asking price is $10,000 too high.

CP.

No more German? okay, how about Swedish? You can get a lightly used Volvo V60 for under 20k, it’s not an SUV, it’s a wagon with tons of interior space for all your equipment. It’s not a manual, but it is a wagon, so jalop points there.

V60 Polestar in Swedish Racing Green. AWD? Check. Can babby? Check. Wagon (ergo dad car)? Check. Automatic? Check. Performance model? Check. Under $60K? Check.

Keep the car you have. So many people rush out to get boring ass crossovers and other huge cars they don’t need as soon as they find out a kid is on the way. The GTI will handle 99% of all the kid hauling duties (including the stroller). I’ve managed with my one kid and a Focus just fine and my non-car guy buddy with…