I did not verify it, but read on an F1 board that Adrian Newey's wife posted a quote from him from years ago on her Instagram about how he would love to work for Ferrari, and she posted "Now is your chance" underneath.


It sounds like even though Christian Horner has not been charged with anything, much less convicted, that Max Verstappen, Adrian Newey, and Helmut Marko essentially consider him to be a sex offender and do not want to work with him anymore. Makes one wonder how secure the Ford partnership from 2026 onwards is.


Makes one question the UK legal system considering the woman ended up being fired.

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I like loud cars, but not in my neighbourhood.

My brother was recently in this predicament. They have a CX-5 with two kids. Way too small, especially as they get older and everything they need to carry for weekend/week-long trips gets bigger.

Brother absolutely refuses to get a van. So they have decided on a Grand Highlander...which I did not know existed, but I guess it's a Highlander with some more room.

Brother is a "car guy," but also not because he's the stereotypical "fuck minivans" that doesn't accept the utility over the "image." Also, if he was a car guy, he wouldn't have let his CX-5 turn into what his wife calls "the mouse trap"...because they literally never clean the thing and have had mice inside it multiple times munching on all the bullshit the kids leave behind.

Not surprising, people who have obnoxiously loud cats have certain other character traits too...

https://www.sciencealert.com/study-links-preference-for-loud-cars-to-some-unsurprising-personality-traits

Quote from: Morris Minor on April 08, 2024, 08:32:40 PMBump. This is still unresolved and is now moving to the front burner because of a just-announced third child, due in late autumn. They're now talking about buying two minivans.

:whut:

That's funny. Unless you're regularly driving the entire crew in two different vehicles, Overkill...

Quote from: 565 on April 27, 2024, 05:09:35 AMHere is the actual report.

https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/inv/2022/INCR-EA22002-14496.pdf

The report doesn't fault the tech per se but faults Tesla for knowing its tech is misused and is lying about it, thusly leading to more crashes and fatalities. IOW, Tesla being Tesla.

Quote from: afty on April 22, 2024, 06:19:54 PMI had a hybrid Sienna as a rental a couple years back and was amazed at the mileage. I was seeing 35 mpg in mixed driving. Also the radar cruise and lane keeping was pretty good.

Last week I had an Equinox rental. It was fine. Not great, not terrible, just fine.

The Equinox basically became the new Impala. A low-key everyday vehicle for retirees and middle aged women. I have a lottttt of customers that used to drive Impalas but now have Equinoxes.

Quote from: 565 on April 26, 2024, 03:33:12 PMEveryone got a full FSD trial this month.  It works great except in situations with stop signs.  It's because the government mandated that Teslas FSD comes to a full stop at stop signs rather than rolling through just like everyone else.  The good thing is you can nudge it along with the accelerator while it's at a stop sign so the people behind you don't go ballistic.

I would say it drives like a good tourist driver in a new city.  It follows rules and does well for being cautious but doesn't have the experience of someone who knows the area. 

FSD before version 12 was definitely not worth the subscription cost.  Now with this AI version I think I'll pay the 99 bucks a month when the trial runs out.

The tourist driver analogy is good. FSD is now nudging towards great, but doesn't know the tips, back doubles, shortcuts, quirks and local knowledge we gain over years of driving on our own turf. Here in the southern Appalachians you can always tell when you're driving behind someone who's not a local. Flatlanders we calls 'em.

I've heard though (I think it was from John Gibbs, or maybe James Douma - dunno) that they're now working on localizing, encourage drivers to intervene to train for local stuff which would become part of their profile.