tekdemon commented on Apple Demands Recall of Every Psystar Mac Clone

"EULA's that prevent you from installing software on computers you want to is a bunch of crap."

tekdemon commented on North Carolina DMV Discovers Internet, Is Not Amused

"Maybe I'll just get something really obscene but in phoneticized Chinese or something.[en.wikipedia.org]lol"

tekdemon commented on Bloomberg Creates "No-Car Zone" In Manhattan, Reveals Anti-Auto War Of Aggression

"Having spent 2 friggin hours driving a 10 block area in Brooklyn on Saturday, I can assure you that traffic in NYC is unbelievably horrible."

tekdemon commented on 100 MPG Axon City Car In Realistic-Thinking Shocker

"@mechimike:The MPG calculations are useless to convert since EPA mileage numbers aren't calculated in the same way as whatever other country's mileage numbers."

tekdemon commented on Ford To Slash Up To 12% Of White-Collar Jobs?

"I wouldn't worry too much about 12%...I'm pretty confident that there's more than 12% idiot content at Ford."

tekdemon commented on Car Technology Predicts Crashes, Braces Itself

"Unless your windows stayed intact and the power windows stopped functioning...in which case I'd guess that you'd have to crawl out some other door or something."

tekdemon commented on Car Technology Predicts Crashes, Braces Itself

"It sounds like you wouldn't be able to open your door normally if the bar was always there."

tekdemon commented on 2009 Hyundai Genesis Priced Starting At $33,000, Most Expensive Kimchi Ever

"If they really wanted to pull a Lexus this thing should have been $25K and come with the V8."

tekdemon commented on 2009 Hyundai Genesis Priced Starting At $33,000, Most Expensive Kimchi Ever

"@monkichi:I think most importantly Lexus also had Toyota's reliability record and excellent resale value to help it lower ownership costs, in addition to having an extremely competitive upfront price for the LS400 it's launch year. Financially speaking, the LS was an unbeatable deal.Which probably explains why it sold very, very, well it's first year. With Hyundai's current depreciation this car is going to be as expensive to own as a significantly more expensive Lexus."

tekdemon commented on Japan Thief Uses Ingenious GPS Plan To Steal Cars

"Who the hell tries to sell the cars they stole?!"

tekdemon commented on Are Hybrids Bunk?

"There's nothing bunk about a lean, mean, ground-up hybrid like the Prius."

tekdemon commented on 2011 Chevy Volt To Be Priced Under $30,000?

"Rick is just saying what he has to say to prevent people from pointing out the fact that nobody is going to buy a Volt if it costs $48,000. In reality if they just lopped $18,000 off their selling price they're probably eating a massive loss on every car sold, so it's down to either selling very very few of these-or actually eating $18K in losses per car until they get the cost of their EV technology down. In the long term if they actually managed the latter it'd be very impressive, and put GM back into real competition on the cutting edge. Unfortunately, knowing GM it seems more likely that they'll just build very limited #'s of Volts, eat the insane loss per vehicle, then hope that gas prices go down. Really hope GM manages to get their costs down and save their own butts from becoming obsolete. Maybe, just maybe, GM might see the writing on the wall and realize they have to invest in what they have to invest in, because not doing so could very well mean being completely irrelevant if gas goes even higher (at $10/gallon I'm going to guess that just about the only household vehicles that'll sell are going to need Prius level mileage)"

tekdemon commented on GM Says Challenge X Is The Future, We Say We Want It Now

"Actually I believe that the major problem isn't that GM isn't technically capable of putting something like this on the road."

tekdemon commented on Haltech-Tuned 2009 Nissan GT-R Gives A Down Under Strip Show, Bests Inside Line's Quarter-Mile

"Man, I can't wait until I finish school and residency and actually have income again, especially by then I'm sure HKS will have some ridiculous turbo kit that will allow the GT-R to put down 10's easy breezy."

tekdemon commented on Haltech-Tuned 2009 Nissan GT-R Gives A Down Under Strip Show, Bests Inside Line's Quarter-Mile

"@Novaload: Well unless you compared it to a stock parts chevelle with no add-ons (but with tuning) I don't see how the comparison makes any sense."

tekdemon commented on 2009 Acura TL

"Why does Honda even bother with the stupid camo when it's super-obvious that it's going to have the same hideous new front end as the new RL and TSX? Speaking of which, I have no f'ing idea what the hell the designers at Acura were smoking when they came up with this new look. People who liked the TL or TSX or whatever were repulsed when I showed them the new Acura front end of the RL."

tekdemon commented on Mystery Roadster Snapped in Slovenia, We Scratch Heads

"@Feds: The rollbar isn't structurally useless...it's meant to prevent your head from being smushed if the vehicle rolls over.Unless you enjoy having your skull crushed in I'd say it's pretty important."

tekdemon commented on 9ff GT9 Hits 254mph, Still Not World's Fastest Car

"For that kind of money I'd expect a car that didn't look like I built it myself in my garage from parts I bought at Home Depot.Seriously unacceptable to have plywood-looking parts, or cardboard looking parts."