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Certainly it will be like the first year of the Cybertruck launch - influencers and friends only, not allowed to sell on or saying anything bad etc, horrendous depreciation

10 mins with 3G cornering would probably do your non racing driver for a fortnight

New Tesla Roadster is coming out at the end of the year. You know, to replace the last one which was previewed almost 10 years ago and never sold 😂
I think the Robot launch at the end of this year will be funny for all the wrong reasons. And they’ve actually ended Model S/X production for it so it ...

Not holding out high hopes for these cars. They’re derating halfway down the straights (and Bahrain isn’t exactly Monza), then lift and coast for another 100+ metres before finally hitting the braking zone.
Seem to take multiple build laps to recharge the battery. Qualifying could be a one shot ...

Strangely they seem to use the drone onboard mic even for many off the offboard shots so clearly they think it's a good sound to have.

Yep GPs and A&E are what lets it down, once you're booked into hospital it generally goes pretty well.

No, the zero side pod concept but not done as well as Mercedes did a few years ago.

Overall the cars are more like evolutions from last year rather than looking like the compact 2004 era.

Puppies produce a hormone or smell that gives them a free pass and lets older dogs know their status. It’s why introducing a pup is always easier than say if it were a year old.

Wasted a few hours looking at control arms for the 6 series. Whilst underneath it the other day I thought it’s time to change all the old control arms later this year. The fronts are clearly past their best. The control arms annoyingly have a non serviceable ball joint and at 110k miles I think it’s ...

jamcg wrote: Mon Feb 09, 2026 7:25 pm It looks like if Apple made a sim racing rig rather than an actual car interior

We finally got the Apple Car

Looks like something you’d buy to stick on a desk for sim racing. Wonder if the steering is totally electronic like a cybertruck?

That is a pretty terrible mix of retro and modern. I guess the car is pretty soulless and they’ve followed most other EV manufacturers by making it look retro.

The rain stopped for long enough for me to crawl under the car and replace the sway bar links. The old ones were goosed
https://i.postimg.cc/KjC3dLgM/IMG-1896.jpg

The bottom links were not torn but despite that they were as sloppy as a wet noodle but the new ones are the consistency of postcrete ...

Aww she's lovely.

The Beekeeper - quite enjoyed that. Seemed like a Hitman video game with never ending various ways of killing people. 7/10 chopped fingers.

I think it’s more of a comfort thing? I remember the old jeans being really stiff and generally uncomfortable. Nowadays it’s not the case and I doubt they’d serve their original purpose as actual manual work wear as they’re pretty thin and soft.

The best bit is seeing how Kkkaroline defends him each time.

I’m certain you can get a 33” waist on Levi’s here. Used to be my size.

Waist measurement also isn’t the waist. Makes no sense at all.