It was well over the “rated” capacity.

We bought a 2000 Odyssey brand new. We sold it, maybe, 15 years later with 254K miles. Most useful and reliable vehicle I’ve ever owned. The trans was a known weak spot, so I added a transmission cooler. When my tow vehicle crapped-out (more than once) I used to van to tow my Miata race car and everything needed for a…

I’d recommend using energy sage to get at least a cursory view of costs. It’s free and after you put in your info you get a handful of quotes from installers based on the info you put in. It’s great for comparing against the offers of door to door salesman.

“Like agents of any federal agency, they play an active role in dehumanizing and abusing others”

Now is the time to seriously look at buying a ‘forever manual sportscar’. Because new manual sportscars are dying. And used manual sportscars in good condition are going to appreciate in value.

First thing I do with a new shower head, is rip out that stupid flow restrictor!!

You can’t see the spinning blade.

I’m not defending 3 minute jet trips or private jets in any way, but I feel like “30 million tons” is the kind of thing people like to throw around. It sounds like a lot and all those big, scary, numbers always benefit from comparison. The US produces about 5.4 Billion tons of carbon emissions each year. Cars in the…

This is bang-on....the “scare Mom” upsell is to make no promises that she’ll be sitting next to her 4-year old, despite the fact that no one would choose to sit next to someone else’s 4-year old, and Mom would scream bloody murder if they attempted to separate. I’m betting it works though, as Mom will almost always…

They tried to do that to my family. Tried to get a guy to swap seats with me, but he refused and the flight attendants were equally unhelpful, so I buckled my kid in, walked away, and waited until her frantic wailing convinced him otherwise. Complete dick move on my part, but I didn’t give a fuck by then.

i hate the airlines with a furious burning passion. I am so happy to work from home these days - and when its vacation I take a car

No. Coffee does not help you live longer. If you drink it to excess it probably does the opposite. In moderation, it likely does fuckall.

Back when Colbert was dope, seems like another lifetime. 

Using it with an ipod is new fangled kids stuff - hooking it up to your portable CD player - now thats the way

People pretending that crank windows are more reliable and have finer control are always funny. I remember tons of crank windows that broke, and tons that just weren’t particularly exact in their use.

We need another “cash for clunkers” type program, but for BEVs and, I would argue, hybrids as well.

As for the price of EVs overall, it might just be that... EVs might just cost automakers a ton to make, and lower prices from scale just aren’t coming any time soon.

Where are all the “direct sales will save us all” folks? Tesla literally says you can return the car without an issue, but wrote in an arbitration clause so you can’t do it easily.

I’d be willing to at least take a look when it comes state-side.