Kolbenkopp
kolbenkopp.bsky.social
Kolbenkopp
@kolbenkopp.bsky.social
Stupid nerd, currently in Germany.
Antifa IT-Helpdesk.
Hah. Have they tried getting through "Capital in the Twenty-First Century" while commuting? Proper physical exercise!
November 11, 2025 at 1:35 AM
How else can you ensure the reliability of their three-position switch (dim, flicker, and off)?
November 7, 2025 at 1:30 AM
What ever shit he comes up with, I hope it will be preserved.

Like the WW2 U-Boat bunkers in Northern Germany. As a grim reminder for future generations.
November 1, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Shameless cultural appropriation. This is reserved to German tourists landing at PMI.
November 1, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Top of that, these are basically only slightly larger c segment cars which might be a bit too small for US preferences. So why chance it?

Hope they don't screw up the GT version.
October 30, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Reposted by Kolbenkopp
You can always call in well.

“Sorry, boss, I just feel entirely too great to come into work today.”
October 30, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Bravo! Thank you very much for taking us along. I really. really need to go next time I'm somehow close. Lovely!
October 30, 2025 at 6:21 PM
DANKE!
October 30, 2025 at 12:30 PM
He's got the first line wrong as well. Looks like what is drving the growth is Chinese fossil cars. EVs seem to be pretty much flat since mid 22.
October 30, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Kia EV4 GT and Hyundai Ioniq 3. But that is it. Over here in Europe we're not getting the affordable interesting stuff anymore.
October 28, 2025 at 5:59 PM
I like more granular configurability in cars. There's a lot of stuff I don't want even if it was "free".

But this is setting up some first time EV buyers (especially those coming in via BIK subsidies) for a surprise.

Should be standard, but failing that I hope their sales staff has been clued up.
October 28, 2025 at 12:32 PM
A looong time ago we had something like this happen. Actually three semis. Full of W123 steelies.

The fairly primitve parts ordering algo back then needed manual plausibilty checking. And sometimes stuff would get missed.

So when an old fleet of W123 taxis came in for winter tyres one week...
October 28, 2025 at 11:59 AM
I read the one for AfD and it's as you'd expect. Complete with a take on msm bias against them. Citing a "scientific" study conducted by - drum roll - an AfD member.
October 28, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Fantastic!

I bet their opsec manual now has a profile on both of you ("do not leave unattended!") ;-).
October 28, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Paint under pressure seems like a less lethal solution. Think Tesla is experimenting with that.

It's a real problem. Earlier this year, a gang took out all 4 local to me Aldis with DCFCs. I know because I only realized they note service status on the app when I was at the 4th :-/.
October 27, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Fiat already make a 500 with it ;)
October 27, 2025 at 9:57 PM
It looks so deceptive I'm always a bit taken aback when I see one among other cars. Cmon Hyunday, just scale the thing down to 80% please?

Think price / size / perfs wise this is more an Audi S or RS competitor.
October 27, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Sounds like a first world problem of the UK upper-middle class. Don't think there's any measurable gain for EU citizens prioritizing the matter. Far more important topics EU need to work on instead.

IMO, affected UK citizens are best advised moving UK politics towards rejoining.
October 27, 2025 at 8:01 PM
First car I bought with my own money. Really need to find space, $ and time to have one again some day. Little lbox with imperial tools and the grease gun has moved house way to many times now :-).
October 27, 2025 at 7:09 PM