This is awful. Sins of the father should have no bearing on the children (despite bible passages to the contrary). That poor child.

“unprecedented corporate control over how we drive and what we drive... it’s not hard to imagine a worst case scenario where a company or corporation becomes a critical decider in disaster scenarios”

So, I’m struggling to understand what you are concerned about here. Tesla enables certain abilities within some of its cars that its owners knew were not available to them and you see this as evil? Are you concerned with the fact that there are software limited features in a product? If so, doesn’t that situation…

And to think people complain about day one DLC for video games...

Well, I’m not so sure the choice to buy a less capable car would be the corporations fault even if Tesla hadn’t sent that upgrade. The purchaser was aware of the range he chose to pay for. That’s no different than the fact that I chose to buy a 335 instead of a tall pickup so I may get stuck when the water rises past…

The crippled battery was a tradeoff between higher cost of goods and the substantial operational expense of creating a separate 60 battery pack for the buyers that opted for a 60 or 60D.

But what it also previewed is our imminent future of unprecedented corporate control over how we drive and what we drive.

Do it! Text him an offer for $3501 and ask if you can see it on Wednesday. Or offer him a $1000 and a Caviler with a blown head gasket, on Wednesday... 

Hotels charge hundreds of dollars a night for a room and we’re supposed to supplement their staff’s wages on top of that? Actually, they’re incentivizing us to not even use the service by offering points for not using housekeeping services at all. Which I find additionally mean to their employees (hey you get to work…

The name is fine... overly sensitive people aren’t but here we are

Once Payne and his superior who pushed him are fired and unable to find another job, then I’ll believe in that “goodness of society”.

If you are really concerned about a sanitary drinking experience, I guarantee the draft lines from the kegs are far far worse of an issue at 95% of all bars than the glassware.

Oh God come on...not everything needs to be so crazy, does it? Can we just drink beer or does it now need to be complicated? I can guarantee the best beer I ever had (German, had it at 8k ft) tasted great because I enjoyed it out of whatever and didn’t sweat the small stuff.

“after refusing to violate hospital policy”

FTFY

Congratulations, Mr. X-cchannel-M, on COTD! My award to you is a Scion xB which this lovely lady will deliver as soon as she gets her balance.

Heh, this question came in while I was out, but I actually have a track membership down here (Harris Hill Road). The big answer is, it depends! If you just want to run ‘til you can’t run anymore and have somewhere convenient to go for that whenever, they’re great. These kinds of places are usually full of good people…

Have fun at the new track!

Valley BMW in Modesto, CA. I wasn’t looking to get a CPO, but they offered it to me right before I signed the papers, and for all of that, plus an 18-month extended coverage on top of the original warranty of the car was worth it. I never had to use the warranty.

Depends on the brand, too. I bought a BMW CPO, and I was very pleased with it. For an extra $1,200, the car was delivered to me with a fresh set of brake pads, new tires, and the rear seat back from Germany, because the thread was loose. The service advisor showed me, which I wouldn’t have even used it to try to lower…