Watch out for that exploding floorboard, in this one it goes all the way across the front! And I’m guessing that the floor would be full of batteries in this design.

“The idea of this talking steering wheel companion just makes me think of some kind of lame-ass ‘80s buddy cop show.”

“But that’s contingent on Audi selling the new A8 only to consumers who aren’t willing to take the traffic jam pilot to its extreme limits—people who aren’t inattentive or slow to respond to the system’s prompt to retake the wheel. That seems like quite a gamble.”

That’s why it’s specifically called out in the name:

Not for Lithium-Ion batteries. They get damaged if allowed to charge too high or drain too low. Keeping them between 20-80% is ideal, and they don’t suffer from “memory” like other kinds of rechargeable batteries.

By not putting the pedal to the floor...

Fair enough, that makes sense. And judging by most of the comments here, that’s also the case in general.

The question wasn’t which are the worst, it was which takes itself the most seriously. Although every comment here has pretty much been about which annoys the most.

I am NOT googling that...

This! You nailed it perfectly. This should be COTD.

That’s a common idiom in America, even though it sounds technically incorrect. When the meteorologists predict a certain amount of rain in a certain time period, Americans will say “We are scheduled to get” x amount of rain.

Wow! What a garage! Glad you are OK, thanks for sharing the pictures.

At least autocross it!

My guess is they just pull your driving record from the DMV (any speeding tickets lately?) and insurance history. Just like applying for a driving job (non-CDL).

It is exactly about probabilities. They (insurance companies) have huge actuarial databases full of statistics that tell them things like the (completely hypothetical) risk of a loss is 15% if you rent to a 25-year-old, but only 10.1% if you rent to a 30-year-old. They decide the risk they are willing to take based on…

That long, eh? Any way you could bump that up to, like, this decade?

Doesn’t FCA own Ferrari still? Could make a lawsuit a bit awkward...

Those are fuses and relays. For easy access/replacement.

This thread stinks.

Kids these days. I still have my trusty HP 28S, the battery cover is holding on by a thread.