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The future is going to be flavorless, according to car designers

It's like peeling the layers of the onion to get to the core of the flavor, but by doing so they lost most of it.

1d ago·5 min read·916 words

Are we supposed to like blobs of gel now?

The new Audi is another shining example of car companies are either lost, or have found a new target audience that they like to speak to.

5d ago·6 min read·1099 words

Proof: Tesla's are Robotaxi's actually trying to kill us

Get in loser, we're going to die!

May 29·6 min read·1129 words

Thanks to the Luce, we're realizing we don't like grey blobs

We're realizing that we've been fed boring, bland and shapeless cars for far to long and that we demand to get some charisma, some personality and some daring shapes in our cars.

May 28·5 min read·913 words

Yes, the Ferrari Luce is hideous, but you're wrong about the rest

I'm also very outraged about the fact the new Ferrari EV is as hideous as it is, but I'm also very wrong.

May 27·7 min read·1266 words

Is it weird that these two cool cars don't make my nether region tingle?

As a car guy you should get exited about big displacement, huge bonnets, extreme amounts of horsepowers and weird tech that, ironically, makes you feel stuff in your nether regions.

May 21·6 min read·1169 words

Are all EV-drivers this stupid?

Fine, I thought. If he want's to charge at a Supercharger with his Tesla, I get it. It's also way cheaper, and we are after all, very Dutch.

May 20·5 min read·969 words

I admit it, I wasn't wrong

Yes, I know, I have some explaining to do. First of all, I'm very much speculating and exaggerating. So there is that.

May 19·5 min read·928 words

Lotus just figured out suicide isn't possible without exhaust fumes

Geely seemingly just found out that the sweet release of succes (or death) isn't coming, so it's going back to the drawing board.

May 13·1 min read·33 words

Why do all Chinese brands want to rival a dying one?

I mean, Porsche is doing so bad it's pivoting out of the market the Chinese are targeting, just so it can survive.

May 12·1 min read·33 words

F*ck robots, they're letting gamers drive cars remotely in the EU

In the end, both things reach the same conclusion which is cars that move on public roads without someone in the driver's seat.

May 9·1 min read·34 words

Getting very not so high on your own supply

In this case it very much seems like renting out your own supply severely limits your ability to get high on it. If that is a good thing?

May 8·1 min read·37 words

Ya'll got any more of that range...

Erev's are becoming a new norm in the car world. And that is stupid. Here's why

May 7·1 min read·23 words

Do we need to do 100 km/h in 0.9 seconds?

The focus on these weird numerical increases takes away from what we as humans have always valued more in the end

May 3·1 min read·31 words

The charging speeds are getting out of control

You're probably more worried about costs and which dirty truck driver has touched the fueling gun after he took a shit and didn't wash his hands.

Apr 21·1 min read·34 words

I've listened to this 27 times now, you should too

Just watch it. Ignore the ASMR-thingy's and the typical influencer shite, just listen to that last part. I've done it 27 times in a row now. Sorry, 28.

Apr 1·1 min read·38 words

I've counted to 10 and ready to talk about the BMW i3

I took a few seconds to just sit down and look at some pictures of the BMW i3. I found that a quick glance doesn't do this car justice at all (most cars need a bit more time, to be honest).

Mar 19·1 min read·53 words

Designed to delight, engineered to drive

Maybe it's the fact it's clean, not overdone at all. No carbon, active aero, wings, stickers, or other weird shit.

Mar 10·1 min read·26 words

Octa is the magic number

I came to realize that I needed to be admitted to the psych ward only just recently, when a friend of mine had an Octa under his arse for a week.

Mar 3·1 min read·36 words

Cars and Coffee 2.0

Something in me found it very unappealing to stand around on a parking lot in the windy cold with a shit coffee served in a paper cup looking at other peoples not so cool rental cars.

Mar 1·1 min read·40 words

Maple syrup in coffee is a bad idea

Adding a possible good thing like, Maple syrup to a bad thing, like shitty old coffee, to hide the fact you started out all wrong, won't make you happy. It will make you have diarrhoea.

Feb 18·1 min read·43 words

It's a circle made by robots

Some people tell me that I'm dead inside and when they look into my eyes they feel their soul leaving their bodies. Not my problem, I think.

Feb 5·1 min read·33 words