To be honest we deal with similar resistance to apartments & townhome development. And the reality is that is you just have to appeal to their wives and kids. Those people will make the transition first, and dad might complain, but he’ll buy them the car they want. Then he’ll realize how cheap it is to maintain, and…

So a few issues with that, and i say this with experience working with autonomous / laser guided earth moving equipment in construction, which is probably the MOST similar equipment I can think of.

1. Most farms are only served by single phase power, which limits their charging abilities, and ability to put power out…

While I agree with most of this, I have a Canyon all terrain, which is almost* exactly this build, I wish it had a front locker option. I’ve found myself looking for that 2x and wishing I’d just got a zr2.

99% sure it has a rear locker like the outgoing Caynon AT4. 

The drop in fire deaths has very little to do with an increase use of “fire resistant materials.” Most stuff in a home still burns and most buildings are built with wood in the US & Canada still. (Pretty much anything 5 stories or less).

I can think of a 1000 ways that mechanical redundancy is severed worse than electrical. Brake lines, windsheilds, etc. It isn’t a 1000 scenarios, it’s a question of better durability and reliance than the old system. I’ve seen ball joints and linkages fail at 60 mph, it isn’t pretty. Running and shielding the cable is…

You can have redundant power sources, either 2 batteries, or better electrical draw warnings on your alternator, giving you ample time to pull over and stop. Most new cars have a “PULL OVER NOW” catastrophic warning in place, that also just before failure, will stop the car. In fact it can ensure the car stops in a…

well, this is just dumb. Just because a system is mechanical does not make it more reliable or better than a wire controlled system. Actually, it would be EASIER to create redundancy with wire systems. You can run 2x the wire systems, so if one fails or gives bad inputs, then the systems on both ends can correct and…

why? gas stations should be removed. Why is it easier to get a gas station on every corner than an apartment building? or just duplexes?

Gas stations are the worst local polluters. That comment that they make up 1/2 of the brownfield sites in the country is no joke.

not really. The ridgeline is still shit.

I wonder how much of this is a shift to NAFTA based suppliers due to supply chain disruptions. Trucks have normally been high on the american made list, but i suspect that other manufacturers are jumping on the “source components close to assembly” band wagon. 

It got hit by a car, that got hit by a train, and then it hit another car that was driving behind it.

Next question.

So I’ll start:

so.. do you want a serious answer?

100% construction crews are to blame. Any closure of ROW, or failure of signage or traffic control is on the crew. Barring able to prove driver intent. It is on them. That’s how it works. Should have had more signs, better detour plans, more guys whatever. It’s their job.

Also, it…

This is the problem with our infrastructure. We can do anything, it is just we don’t allow each other to. 

it will be fine. Capacity is there. This is about local distribution. And not even that, it’s about individual site capacity. Everyone wants a cut of the pie, or thinks they are entitled to it. 

commercial power is drastically different than residential power. Especially if you are talking about any space with medium duty electrical requirements, like a 3 phase charger would fall into.

My bet is this is all back to single phase vs 3 phase power. If a dealership has 3 phase, then it is an easy upgrade. If it…

shoot us a picture of your panel and your meter and we can tell you. 

I’ll get some flack here, but the Toyota Tacoma. It’s interior cab spaces is severely handicapped vertically, and the in-ability of Toyota to update the design leaves it, wanting. Both the chevy mid-size twins and the ranger, have much better ergonomics in the cab, and more functional beds. Finally the Maverick has…

It’s also the lifestyle of those that drive trucks. There are alot of migrant workers in the US. Oil workers, commercial construction, etc. That spend weeks or months away from family. When you do that, you tend to hit bars to fill the nights after work. And then you tend to drive home. It is a problem we don’t really…