The "handcuffs" he's complaining about are a contracted deal he has agreed to that puts money in his pocket. That dealer acts like he's not free to make his own choices, but the point of this is that he's completely free; it just comes with the price of nullifying his marketing assistance agreement with Honda. This…

How the hell does the existence of actual crime and cops dealing with it have anything to do with cops being able to get away with this sort of bullshit? If they're such great crimefighters, why does the US have so much more crime than places with pleasant, civilian-respecting police?

BMW is particularly bad about that. Backup proximity sensors, which are a few dollars of components and standard on pretty much every low end Ford at this point, still require a package upgrade if you want to see them on your 3 series.

Since people stopped burning mix CD 10 years ago, at this point if someone is inserting a CD it is probably purchased. Are they really trying to impact a group that is likely to be largely composed of legitimate customers?

You're mischaracterizing the arguments over chase policy. It's really about the police choosing an appropriate level of aggressiveness for the pursuit, because once a chopper is on the suspect vehicle, they're not getting away. Los Angeles police have really scaled back their pursuit response in recent years, but…

Absolutely, but the cars are about depth, not breadth. To do well, you really need to dig in to a particular series and spend the time to improve in your chosen car. If you're looking for maximum variety of vehicles, then iRacing isn't what you're looking for.

That is true, but the insurer doesn't cover just anyone behind the wheel. Policies are pretty specific about who is included in coverage. The drivers must have current licenses in the jurisdiction where a claim event occurs. The driver cannot be a family member at the same residence who isn't explicitly named on…

Sure, you *can*. But you're unlikely to prevail unless the owner has done something that would actually make them liable for those damages. Just because some case went this way at some point doesn't mean there's legislation making all owners liable for everything done with their property. The devil is in the…

I'm pretty sure that "the gays" used this way is almost always meant as ironic mockery of older people or, possibly, those who are uncomfortable with gay people and gay culture. I don't think I've ever heard this phrase used in an unironic way by anyone likely to be reading Gawker.

I've got to agree with you. It's an awkward-looking car. There was one at the Porsche club show at the Santa Monica airport last week and I spent 15 minutes just circling it, trying to reconcile the awesomeness inside with the not-quit-right outside. There were 60 years of Porsches there and it was the least…

Scandinavia's not perfect, but it's damn close. I've got family in Norway and HJTravels' description isn't far from the truth in my experience. And my family are in rural Norway. In the US an equivalent area would be fully of poorly educated, unhealthy, slovenly people living shabbily (not everyone, but plenty). …

Thank you for posting interesting on-topic videos that some people may have missed, even if it angers some commenters so much because of their inability to skip over things they're already familiar with.

This fellow did not ask himself "what is the outcome I'd like to see from my actions?" If he had, he would never have put his sexual whining into spreadsheet form. That has to be the least attractive way imaginable to convince your wife to be more interested in you. I want to slap this guy.

We'll have to wait and see if it will result in real improvements or just better marketing. For as good as the ATS and CTS are, there's still plenty of room for improvement.

This will certainly lower the value of CPO BMWs in the marketplace if the warranty is no longer a fully transferrable part of the car.

It seems there are people who think that crimes committed on premises should not only be held against the criminal. The property of the landlord must be permanently devalued by the act. Presumably if someone was hurt on their property, they'd be happy to see their investment diminished.

It's like a zen koan: if nobody in Idaho is stupid enough to hand keys over to a valet, is he still a valet?

Wha? He doesn't have the right? Sure he does. Unless you're going to give up the "right" to pass judgement on every single idiotic thing that happens outside of the US.

People certainly won't be watching Ferrari win that way, or any other, this season.

There's certainly no such thing as a Nintendo in my house this generation. Not gonna get fooled again.