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I thought these things could be disabled—as is the case with missed payments.

The innocent person who legally had the car last could get in trouble.

Many have been used for drug smuggling—so a K-9 would smell drugs on many of them.

Some mules may be driving contraband around and not know it.

Digital security cameras are garbage anyway.

Car Talk
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A Tale Of Two Car Design Philosophies

As a classic car enthusiast, my passion revolves around cars with a Made in West Germany stamp somewhere on them, partially because that phrase generally implied a reputation for mechanical honesty…
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Keep That Engine Running, With A Gassifier

Every now and then in histories of the 20th’s century’s earlier years, you will see pictures of cars and commercial vehicles equipped with bulky drums, contraptions to make their fuel f…
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Greens really need to quit picking on poor people
 
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Chrysler Imperials of the early-to-mid 1960s were forbidden to compete in demolition derbys
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With respect to the origin, that seatbelt is not rated for competition. There should be a proper racing harness.

Darwin fans at play again?
 
Drongo (Aust.): meaning (A fool, an idiot, a stupid fellow)

A DoorDash delivery driver in Kentucky is facing drug charges after he was allegedly found unconscious in a Burger King drive-thru.

Madisonville police responded around 1:30 a.m. Sunday for a wellness check was after a call about a black truck parked between the Burger King drive-thru windows on Chelsea Drive, 14 News reports.

The caller said they attempted to wake the driver, later identified as Christian Suttle, 27, by knocking on the window, but he did not respond.

When police arrived, they observed the Suttle moving the car from behind the building to a parking spot in front of the restaurant.

Suttle was reportedly found sweating profusely with dilated pupils. When questioned, he claimed he had fallen asleep while waiting for a DoorDash order. He admitted to smoking methamphetamine a few hours before the incident.

A search of Suttle's vehicle revealed a glass smoking pipe and a baggie containing suspected methamphetamine.

Suttle was arrested and booked into the Hopkins County Jail on charges of operating a motor vehicle under the influence, possession of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia.
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DoorDash driver accused of being high on drugs and passing out in Burger King drive-thru while picking up order
 
How to mess up robotaxi's not so much software hacking as a good old fashioned prank....

A California prankster has gone viral after sending 50 driverless Waymo vehicles down a dead-end street in San Francisco.

Riley Walz, a software engineer, announced that he was behind the stunt back in July, which caused the vehicle service to be shut down in the immediate area.

The 23-year-old has also been behind other viral pranks, according to reports, including the hacking of Vice President JD Vance’s Spotify playlist and a website allowing San Francisco residents to track parking enforcement cops in real time.

“The plan? At dusk, 50 people went to San Francisco's longest dead-end street and all ordered a Waymo at the same time,” Walz wrote Tuesday on X. “The world's first: WAYMO DDOS.”
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Road to nowhere: Prankster sends 50 Waymo driverless taxis to dead-end street in San Francisco
 
Oh dear, here we go again...

There's a new promotional in-car ad for Disney’s Tron: Ares film—and it could be just the beginning.

The era of software-defined vehicles is upon us as automakers come up with new ways to try and get your attention. Specifically, some companies want to distract you from driving and force you to glance over at the massive screen on your dashboard.

Some companies go so far as to add multiple screens in their vehicles. A single center display usually sits upfront, while an optional second—or third, if you’re Mercedes-Benz—screen is angled toward the first-row passenger, allowing passengers to stream the latest movies and TV shows using the vehicle’s local Wifi hotspot.

Tesla is more... unique when it comes to displaying content. The pioneer of over-the-air updates is constantly adding new content to its home menu, such as the latest, er, improvement, promoting the new Disney movie Tron: Ares.
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Oh Good, Teslas Have Ads Now
 
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A SiriusXM Update Sent Some Audi Screens Into a Forced-Reboot Loop For Months - Slashdot

An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Drive: This week, a reader wrote to us sharing that the infotainment in their 2020 Audi A4 had been "rebooting every five minutes all year." It looks like the problem was caused by a compatibility issue with a SiriusXM app update. Audi tells us the...
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In other news:
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Jaguar Land Rover Hack Cost UK Economy an Estimated $2.5 Billion - Slashdot

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: The hack of Jaguar Land Rover, owned by India's Tata Motors, cost the British economy an estimated $2.55 billion and affected over 5,000 organizations, an independent cybersecurity body said in a report published on Wednesday. The report was...
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The rising popularity of self-driving cars has caused many to question just how safe these vehicles are. These concerns were highlighted when one woman posted a video of her dancing in her self-driving Tesla with no hands on the steering wheel.

On Sept. 25, San Francisco resident Vanessa Lim posted a video of herself dancing in a Tesla, with text overlay that says, “when you can have solo dance parties bc your car drives itself.” The video has received over 10,500 views as of Tuesday.

Overwhelmingly, the comments enthusiastically supported her energy. “Lmao I do that in a non self driving car,” said the top comment.

However, some comments questioned just how safe the self-driving feature is. “I just get scared of the self-driving sometimes,” wrote one commenter.
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San Francisco Woman Has Solo Dance Party In Her Tesla While In The Driver’s Seat. How Safe Is That?
 
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Posted because the van looks very, very Syd Mead. It looks like it was driven off the set of Blade Runner, right down to the Venetian blind effect.

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The Lexus LS Has Just Morphed Into A Bizarre Six-Wheeled Minivan | Carscoops

Lexus reimagines its flagship with three radical LS concepts, including a six-wheeled luxury minivan
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So they've made the Lexus LM but with 6 wheels and gave it the LS nameplate.

I don't hate it, but the LS nameplate should go.
 
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So they've made the Lexus LM but with 6 wheels and gave it the LS nameplate.

I don't hate it, but the LS nameplate should go.
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The rationale is that saloons - especially luxury saloons - are fighting a losing battle against SUVs and so on while luxury MPVs are becoming popular in China. The 'S' now stands for 'space' according to Lexus' publicity, and the quad rear wheels are to ensure that the wheel arches don't intrude so much in the cabin.
 

Among the concept cars waiting to be unveiled at the Japan Mobility Show that opens to the public on Oct. 31 is a one-size-fits-all Corolla from Tokyo Motor Corp.

The automaker’s new take on the Corolla is designed to accommodate three low-emission powertrains: all-electric vehicles, gas-electric hybrids and plug-in hybrids.

“Whatever the power source, we will make it a cool vehicle,” Toyota President Koji Sato said while introducing the concept car during a media preview at Tokyo Big Sight on Oct. 29. “It is packed with innovations that make it possible.”

At the Japan Mobility Show, which was rebranded from the Tokyo Motor Show in 2023, automakers present concept cars as prototypes for a commercial model that they may bring to the market in the future.

Underlying the Corolla concept car is Toyota’s “multi-pathway strategy.”

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