Good points, thanks

That thing does look pretty tasty.

Yo dawg, I heard you like sugar so I put sugar in your sugar.

Yeah, says so right there in the brochure. “Video capability” AND it’s got bluetooth, which is a famously promiscuous protocol so if you’re anywhere near one of these things with BT enabled on your fone it’s fucking in your BT, seeing your status

edit: I bet it can even tag me driving by listening to Spotify on my earbuds. I can get a lot further from my phone than I’d be from the drink machine in who knows how many fast food spots before service drops.

That’s actually pretty terrifying now that I think about it and I’ve long been a fan of BT earbuds but damn, these drink machines and any number of unknown nodes could just be watching me drive around

'96 and '05 pickup trucks I keep flogging along for work, '05 SUV that’s owned by my wife. They aren’t going to last forever but I’m going to try.

I should try this stuff and then see which of those cars I can disable the tracking antennas

It didn’t so much as pull as get stiffer to turn out of the lane. Again, that doesn’t happen if your signals are on

woah, that’s pretty cool actually.

The amber light in the mirror is what I’ve seen in other people’s blind spot assistance. It’s really cool but I’d hate to get used to it and depend on it the day it stops working.

OK yeah, if I have the cruise control on I can see having lane assist. Can you use the CC independently of lane assist?

That’s horrible

Does it pull the wheel when you’re trying to change lanes?

I see the blind spot detection on other people’s mirrors when I pass them and that looks cool as fuck but what happens the instant it fails? If I’m reliant on it and it breaks one day am I going to mistakenly merge into another driver’s right of way?

Yikes. Chew gum, pinch the lobe of your ear, take a nap.

Your anecdote terrifies me that people may be relying on this shit when they are overtired.

So it does move the wheel under your hands? That’s just gross to me. I guess maybe I should rent a car with it and give it a shot but I don’t think I’ll like it.

I don’t know what professional truckers have for “assist” but I’m sure they resist it. “I’m a professional fucking driver! I don’t want this shit.”

Call me a Luddite but I won’t ride in a “self driving” car. I don’t even trust lane assist although I’ve never had a car with that feature.

I think my sweet spot is 2014 for vehicles. It’s about 50/50 with the tracking garbage and the “advanced features” on those models but anything past 2015 seems to be fully fly-by-wire and that doesn’t sit right with me.

I’m old though and honestly if I bought a 2014 right now and babied it as my non commuter car I could probably keep it until I should give up my keys. You younger people are going to have to work around all this crap.

The wood and copper ones are not crap. Skill issue. Learn to adjust it.

Someone else recommended those new Victor ones, I haven’t used them but I’ll try them this field mouse season. I can tell you the TomCat brand “no touch” traps are garbage.

Change from the $5 got him the smokes and probably a Mt Dew, too

It’s got to be a lie

lol, all I need is a pair of wraparounds and everyone would think I’m a MAGAt.

Well, they are still at it. This one just caught my eye on the top 10

https://waitthisisnttherightfad.ytmnd.com/

Unless one crab gets lucky in the crypto casino, then they all laud the success.

Lottery based economy… that’s so fucked