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"Pay per mile" is obvious goal here, but this is going to piss off so many folks they might not get there.
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That would (will soon enough no doubt) piss me off SOOO much.
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Higgs wrote:That would (will soon enough no doubt) piss me off SOOO much.
That just makes me want to buy and fix up my dream car that has very little electronics.
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E.H. Ruddock wrote:
Higgs wrote:That would (will soon enough no doubt) piss me off SOOO much.
That just makes me want to buy and fix up my dream car that has very little electronics.
Can I interest you in an antique Corvette?
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There’s a fuckihg frightening episode of Black Mirror about this. And it’s inevitable this shit will just become constant and everywhere and the norm.

We are fucked. And now it looks like we don’t even have that asteroid to look forward to.
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BurtReynolds wrote:
E.H. Ruddock wrote:
Higgs wrote:That would (will soon enough no doubt) piss me off SOOO much.
That just makes me want to buy and fix up my dream car that has very little electronics.
Can I interest you in an antique Corvette?
I'm not really a sports car guy unless it is an old Aston Martin. Give me an early 80's AMC 4x4 Wagon, please.
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E.H. Ruddock wrote:
BurtReynolds wrote:
E.H. Ruddock wrote:
Higgs wrote:That would (will soon enough no doubt) piss me off SOOO much.
That just makes me want to buy and fix up my dream car that has very little electronics.
Can I interest you in an antique Corvette?
I'm not really a sports car guy unless it is an old Aston Martin. Give me an early 80's AMC 4x4 Wagon, please.
I may never buy a car built in the 2000s again.
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BurtReynolds wrote:
E.H. Ruddock wrote:
BurtReynolds wrote:
E.H. Ruddock wrote:
Higgs wrote:That would (will soon enough no doubt) piss me off SOOO much.
That just makes me want to buy and fix up my dream car that has very little electronics.
Can I interest you in an antique Corvette?
I'm not really a sports car guy unless it is an old Aston Martin. Give me an early 80's AMC 4x4 Wagon, please.
I may never buy a car built in the 2000s again.
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Tesla aren’t even allowed in the UK and sales through the floor in the EU
Great work Elon

(Weirdly, HUMVEES are allowed in both)

Cyber truck seized in UK. It doesn't meet standards for driving in the country & is not permitted on the streets.
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Oi! You got a loicense for that lorry!
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BurtReynolds wrote:Oi! You got a loicense for that lorry!
I think you just did an Aussie accent.
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Oi! You got a loicense for that phone!
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Reminder that the UK is a pretend country.
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You’re in the IRA now Burt?

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To be fair, America has it's share of truck bannings (thanks, Biden).
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E.H. Ruddock wrote:
Higgs wrote:That would (will soon enough no doubt) piss me off SOOO much.
That just makes me want to buy and fix up my dream car that has very little electronics.
I think I told the story before about my son "sinking" his 2016 Ford Ranger 4x4. It was stuck on the beach and had water up to the bottom of the doors for 45 minutes. Thank fuck they wrote it off.

He's now got a lifted 2013 Hilux with far less electronics and technical shit. He's much happier now (if less comfy on long drives).

There is such a huge use case for less electronic wizardry in cars. Sadly that's not the way of the world these days.

(Having said that I drive a 2024 Ford Everest with everything under the sun on it and quietly kinda love it. I'm not launching boats on remote WA beaches however).
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Higgs wrote:
E.H. Ruddock wrote:
Higgs wrote:That would (will soon enough no doubt) piss me off SOOO much.
That just makes me want to buy and fix up my dream car that has very little electronics.
I think I told the story before about my son "sinking" his 2016 Ford Ranger 4x4. It was stuck on the beach and had water up to the bottom of the doors for 45 minutes. Thank fuck they wrote it off.

He's now got a lifted 2013 Hilux with far less electronics and technical shit. He's much happier now (if less comfy on long drives).

There is such a huge use case for less electronic wizardry in cars. Sadly that's not the way of the world these days.

(Having said that I drive a 2024 Ford Everest with everything under the sun on it and quietly kinda love it. I'm not launching boats on remote WA beaches however).
I don’t understand why auto companies have different models in different countries. That Everest looks cool compared to its equivalent here in the US (Explorer?)
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