Jimmie Lightner

Technology, Truth, and Common Sense

Category: Cars

  • My Tuned SQ8 vs the Q7 Loaner

    … one is a 690 horsepower, 5000 pound luxury monstrosity with warp capability… and no warranty. The other feels like a padded elevator with a steering wheel. I had to drop my SQ8 at the dealership this morning. Again. It was supposed to be a quick in and out, but they asked me to stay…

  • Hi-Res Audio Surprise

    Just discovered my 2021 Audi SQ8 can play Hi-Res lossless audio! 24bit 192khz FLAC is apparently no big deal. WHO KNEW! I’ve got one of those 2TB SanDisk USB SSDs from Costco… yeah, that one. I don’t trust it for REAL work, but holding 600 gigs of FLAC and serving as my mobile jukebox? Yeahhhhh…

  • Goodbye, Shadow

    I sold my TT RS. Wouldn’t have thought this day would come so soon. Crazy to think I’d already owned it for over seven years and still managed to get what I did out of it! I bought the car (While I had her, her name was Shadow – because shadow is the only thing…