They’re fine, traction control is built in because they’re electric. They’re no more dangerous than an ICE bike of similar power and weight.

I owned an ‘01 Miata. Service interval for timing belt replacement is 60,000 miles. That service typically includes replacing the water pump at the same time. Brakes by 87,000 miles isn’t out of the ordinary. Clutch? Yeah, probably should have lasted longer. O2 sensor is just an O2 sensor. Hard driving won’t make it…

Body kit is terrible. It’s hard to believe anyone ever thought that was cool.

It’s probably a nice price, but god damn if that body kit doesn’t need to come off. That’s some boy racer, Fast and the Furious shit that hasn’t been trendy in well over a decade.

Will it finally offer Level 3 charging? Are they going to give us proper range, or continue with the “charge tank” add-on?

Do you own bungee cords? 

The general theory is that when you use the same argument over and over again with the same results it’s time to either admit defeat or take a radically different approach. Maybe PHEVs aren’t the saviors we all hoped they would be?

Because they were dealing with unstable explosive materials in addition to the fireworks. Detonating them in the containment vessel on-site was less risky than trying to move them. Imagine if this explosion happened while the truck was being driven...

I *think* there’s a line of logic that there are more bad things that can happen in transit than there are just by using the supposedly safe truck on-location.

100-115ish is the sweet spot, I think. Although I just grabbed a KTM 690 and that makes 74 seem like PLENTY. I’m going to die on this bike because it’s way too fun.

RE: 1st gear: The local Toyota dealership, I swear the building is only three years old, has about 20 new Toyotas on the lot. It has capacity for a couple hundred, it’s the most ridiculous thing. And I cruise past them with my geriatric, rust-holed Toyota pickup...to the Tractor Supply store next door. I can almost…

Mine wasn’t a car, it was when I replaced a Suzuki SV650 with a Triumph Street Triple. That bike made me want to do bad things. I also owned a Mazdaspeed3, so well versed in torque steer.

And people blame china for taking out a page of ye olde western colonial playbook and using it themselves lol

That’s because you’re thinking in western developed terms.

Unfortunately it’s like speaking out against your boss: You’d better be damned sure of your exit strategy before you do, because the consequences will suck if you’re unprepared.

“ is the CCP going to send in troops to enforce their new colonies?”

Just a new Jalop-marketing-opportunity.

Stupid CCP. They are going to be in big trouble when their overseas investments turn out to be duds. When the local populace gets up in arms about how bad their situation is , is the CCP going to send in troops to enforce their new colonies? The Montenegrans have the option in the West to default, do the CCP have a…

Not only does BRI build up infrastructure in less developed nations and give China’s construction companies something to do as building slows down at home, but such infrastructure allows Chinese-backed companies to extract the natural resources from those nations more efficiently. (This is not greatly different…

My family had an early 60's 403 wagon with 3 rows of seats, which looked like an ambulance with side-opening rear door. It had folding jump seats in the middle, and basically a large couch for the third seat. It was indestructible. I continued to drive it in high school even though it had been in a low-speed dirt road …