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Grandpa can turn cruise control on in any 20 year old car and take a nap, but everyone's fine with that. Meanwhile Tesla issues a software update to marginally improve their camera and torque based driver monitoring system that can literally tell if you're not looking at the road, and everyone loses their minds.

JD power is paid for those 'reports' by the auto companies.

Toyota blatantly disregarded complaints about unintended acceleration but they're still considered great cars. https://www.autosafety.org/major-recalls-toyota-sudden-acceleration/

I get the Musk hate, but honestly his attachment to the company is probably the worst part of Tesla.

Doesn't Norway own more Tesla's per capita than any other country? I'm not an expert, but that seems like a Northern European country. Is it a huge problem up there?

The high end Tesla's have the stupid doorhandles. The low end (Y and 3) have manual door handles, they're just recessed so you have to press the thick part in to present the handle. In practice it's a non issue unless things that are slightly different stun lock you into inaction.

The subscription thing is overblown in my opinion.

Autopilot is the big one where it matters. You get TACC and Auto steer on freeways for free.

Navigation on autopilot, auto Lane change, auto park, summoning the car and moving the car through the app are all locked behind an Enhanced Autopilot option you can buy.

FSD unlocks austosteer on city streets and auto stoping/going at stop signs and traffic lights. You can buy it outright or rent it on a month to month basis, and switch between the three modes at will.

Most non-autopilot features are free but require internet, so you can either pay Tesla ~$9 a month for unlimited car data, or connect your car to wifi (hotspot while driving).

I think only careoke, live traffic / satellite view on maps, and remotely interfacing with the car (viewing the car cameras through the app, etc) actually require a subscription to premium connectivity, but I'm not 100% sure those don't work over WiFi.

oh, there's also a one-time performance package you can buy if you want to destroy your tires even faster than normal.

And I won't defend the goofy Cybertruck (I would drive one of it had launched for at the promised price and range), but how does that existing count as a mark against owning an EV, or even a Tesla?

Ironically the errors a Tesla throws are very detailed, and tell you exactly what's wrong. GM's error messages are literally an incomprehensible glyph that, when backlit, might mean there's a problem.

I'm not saying I want to see an all-GOP cast do a live action reenactment of Lord of the Flies, but can trump be piggy? He even gets to do a speech!

Fuck, you reminded me that Trump was so bad he made Bush2 look good.

For any youngins out there:

https://youtu.be/TxNprnas7i8?feature=shared

Al-Zaidi said Bush's "bloodless and soulless smile" and his joking banter provoked him. I don't know what accomplishments he was talking about. The accomplishments I could see were the more than 1 million martyrs and a sea of blood. There are more than 5 million Iraqi orphans because of the occupation.... More than a million widows and more than 3 million displaced because of the occupation." al-Zaidi said.

The world hated Bush2. This journalist snapped out of rage and bush is telling jokes because he doesn't understand the cultural context surrounding the insult of someone throwing unclean shoes at you.

Their marks are going to print out stock certificates and put them in a gun safe.

I miss the times when people would make up wild pseudoscience theories to explain coincidences instead of religion. I want a reporter wondering if this is proof that time travel exists or that time space loops might be a thing instead of just generic "Angels".

Hell, tell me maybe this was a Valar improvising on Illuvatar's music.

I think sartor is the old male version of seamstress, but nowadays it'd probably just be "garment maker".

I vow for the old British "haberdasher".

Time is an illusion, lunch time doubly so.

Then there's Alaska, which people forget

It's because practically no one lives there.

The Canadians get it. There's only three dots in that Texas route because there's only three places along the route worth being, the start, San Antonio (tacos), and the end.