The UK can be very good at low-volume hand built stuff
And the prime example of that: when Ford bought Jaguar, they found that the "craftsmen" at Jag's coachworks were banging out the XJS with the body of the car a quarter inch longer on one side than the other.
Yes, different regulations. Taxis are allowed to respond to curbside hails, use a meter, etc. In most locales, limos/livery cars aren't allowed to do either.
"Perfectly good" and "new" don't generally go together anymore when it comes to cars: they're virtually impossible to work on (my '15 Suburban has been the exception, thankfully) and the best performing cars (Audis) are also notoriously unreliable for 80,000 miles until you throw them away because they're not worth repairing.
This is certainly true now but I suspect that historically, it's due to isolation more than anything else but it may very well have morphed into a cultural tendency...
Human migration (or lack thereof); it's really not complicated.
And if you'd done any reading on the subject, you'd know that those with the least genetic variation of all are the Japanese, due to having little contact with the outside world for thousands of years.
I might've missed it but I didn't see a single post that indicates awareness that these are UberBlack drivers who are already limo company employees (as well as California-regulated commercial drivers).
All of you who thought Uber would be your ticket to riches... and are now resentful that you put extra miles on your new riceburner - in return for finding out that you're nowhere as cool, competent and charismatic as you had thought (those ratings can sure be revealing!) - stand down; this is not your mother's Uber.
Factual? You must be thinking of the Washington Times. I kid, I kid; both papers are a fucking joke... but at least with the Times, you know it's propaganda; it's a bit more subtle with the Post.
While they may be doing just fine, the amount they charge companies to spam the living shit out of us with dead trees is a complete fucking joke compared to the [relatively exhorbitant] costs for an individual to send anything.
But it's his fault for letting the car drive itself?
As much as I respect Musk's integrity and the thinking behind his endeavors, there's clearly blame to be had all the way around here (but yeah, your Apple Engineer doesn't exactly come across as the brightest bulb, here; he knew the car had difficulty with that stretch and clearly (out of irrational stubbornness, I'd tend to think), he let it plow straight into the divider.
Either he felt sure that it would identify the obstacle and take corrective action at the last second, or he was pissed that his precious 'birthday present to himself' was a flawed piece-of-shit and he wanted it to crash (likely reasoning that he'd be protected).
Or he was, in fact, an Apple whistleblower who was trying to warn the world about their secret plans for World Depopulation: a secret, secondary RF device that will be hidden in future iPhones... that'll turn everybody gay.
One of the reasons electric cars have been so slow to take off is that they don't have an exhaust system that sounds like a twelve-ton hog farting through a giant trombone.
Right; we've just been turning our noses up at all the various models of viable electric cars over the years because they weren't loud enough. Or you're completely imagining shit./b
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The UK can be very good at low-volume hand built stuff
And the prime example of that: when Ford bought Jaguar, they found that the "craftsmen" at Jag's coachworks were banging out the XJS with the body of the car a quarter inch longer on one side than the other.
Yes, different regulations. Taxis are allowed to respond to curbside hails, use a meter, etc. In most locales, limos/livery cars aren't allowed to do either.
Trump wants worse for my kind
He wants to sleep with you?
"Perfectly good" and "new" don't generally go together anymore when it comes to cars: they're virtually impossible to work on (my '15 Suburban has been the exception, thankfully) and the best performing cars (Audis) are also notoriously unreliable for 80,000 miles until you throw them away because they're not worth repairing.
...but it will always suffer from the problems related to having physical contact between the vinyl and the needle.
"Always," huh. Replace the needle with a laser.
Presumably you could lie down on it naked, too... as long as it's really cold outside.
This is certainly true now but I suspect that historically, it's due to isolation more than anything else but it may very well have morphed into a cultural tendency...
And if you'd done any reading on the subject, you'd know that those with the least genetic variation of all are the Japanese, due to having little contact with the outside world for thousands of years.
So you haven't done any reading on the subject.
I read.
All of you who thought Uber would be your ticket to riches... and are now resentful that you put extra miles on your new riceburner - in return for finding out that you're nowhere as cool, competent and charismatic as you had thought (those ratings can sure be revealing!) - stand down; this is not your mother's Uber.
Factual? You must be thinking of the Washington Times. I kid, I kid; both papers are a fucking joke... but at least with the Times, you know it's propaganda; it's a bit more subtle with the Post.
So fucking what? We've all seen that the "average driver" shouldn't even have a driver's license; that's a different problem.
I think Amazon is the only thing keeping the USPS from insolvency.
I'm afraid "think" simply isn't the right word.
All in that order??
It's pretty clear who's subsidizing who.
Syria just started using chemical weapons
Except nobody anywhere actually believes that, so do kindly shut the fuck up.
petty crime is more or less going to become impossible
And... I predict the opposite effect.
"Causation vs correlation" but whatever; I'm glad things seem so simple to you.
Asians think caucasians all look alike. Your brain adjusts to the variation in the types of faces you see on a daily basis.
There is far less genetic variation among East Asians than there is among Caucasians.
But it's his fault for letting the car drive itself?
As much as I respect Musk's integrity and the thinking behind his endeavors, there's clearly blame to be had all the way around here (but yeah, your Apple Engineer doesn't exactly come across as the brightest bulb, here; he knew the car had difficulty with that stretch and clearly (out of irrational stubbornness, I'd tend to think), he let it plow straight into the divider.
Either he felt sure that it would identify the obstacle and take corrective action at the last second, or he was pissed that his precious 'birthday present to himself' was a flawed piece-of-shit and he wanted it to crash (likely reasoning that he'd be protected).
Or he was, in fact, an Apple whistleblower who was trying to warn the world about their secret plans for World Depopulation: a secret, secondary RF device that will be hidden in future iPhones... that'll turn everybody gay.
You could've done a tiny bit of research and prevented yourself from being stupid - but no; you had to have it your way. Well done. ..
I like to let it ring for as long as possible, and then pick up and string them along... for as long as possible.
You're all safe until they weaponize Jergen's Lotion.
One of the reasons electric cars have been so slow to take off is that they don't have an exhaust system that sounds like a twelve-ton hog farting through a giant trombone.
Right; we've just been turning our noses up at all the various models of viable electric cars over the years because they weren't loud enough. Or you're completely imagining shit./b