Rituals are rituals for a reason. Sometimes they work.

I saw some dbag the other day driving a perfectly clean Ford F-350. In Western Canada. In April. It was clean. He was also headed downtown and wearing a suit. That truck has never had so much as a pebble in the treads of its tires.

I haven’t experienced that in a very long time, but I do remember it certainly used to be the case. I imagine it still is in some areas. I need to travel quite far from my city to experience it these days.

Requiring cell service for anything on a vehicle is an absurd “will not buy this product” requirement, even on a pure electric vehicle. I routinely (and intentionally) drive my vehicles out of cell range many times a summer.