So, basically glassed/glazed surfaces from too much heat? Ouch. Knew that feeling from a badly maintained company car, almost rear-ended another car in inner-city traffic because of that. I immediately turned around though and put that one on the lot with a warning notice on the dash / a note to my employer to get it…

Yeah, the VW T4 transporter (I think it is called Eurovan in the US?) uses a similar system on its Diesel engines, a piston driven by an extra notch from the crank powers a vacuum pump for the brake booster and other stuff. But no air actuated brakes on that one, too small for it (although it can go up to 6 tonnes in…

Interesting, thank you. I was under the impression that all trucks used vacuum based brake systems, which basically means that without any running engine to create said vacuum, the brakes won’t budge. At least that’s what I head about all trucks over here in Europe, are those in the US working in a different way?

If I remember the case correctly, he was travelling at twice the allowed speed with a semi. That means that even though he was on a downward road, he should have known for some time that he had a problem with his equipment.
All large trucks I know have breaks that operate in such a way that when power to the engine is…

On the Commodore Amiga, if you had the original Lotus Esprit Turbo Challenge 3 from Gremlin, you could boot from disc 2 instead of 1 and a small shoot-em-up game would load: P.O.D. - Proof Of Destruction. If this doesn’t work on your version, try using the code “CU Amiga-00" in the main menu where you can create a…

Look at Star Trek: TNG, or DS9. Both series really didn’t get into a good rhythm until their fourth season. A lot of series just need their first season to establish the cast and let the viewers get comfortable with them.

What you should not forget is that a lot of anime just ran for one season. Mostly airing only…

That seems half-assed. Didn’t look like they rust-proofed the holes after drilling, and a good product like Mike Sanders would just creep when applied to heat.
The saying is, that if you apply Mike Sanders to the underbody in large quantities, it will creep out of the sills at the fuel filler cap 2-3 years later on a…

We have 200W of solar with an MPPT converter on our bus. That’s enough power so that we never run out of it on any sunny day ever. Noone needs a microwave, a washing machine or stuff like that when camping. Our setup is enough to power a 60l fridge at 4°C when it is 30°C outside, plus charge two laptops and mobile…

in Germany that would be attempted murder, and he would be tried as an adult.
First thing you learn here in drivers ed: a car is a potentially deadly weapon, and your drivers license is the certificate that you have been educated in the handling and dangers of this object and are allowed to handle it in public.
If you…

have you tried running new brake lines on one of them? And yes, they corrode away, at the most darn points possible.
And the chassis corrodes from the inside out, so if you see rust it’s too late (like a NB Miata).

I agree with you - later in the game it worked that way for me too, though the downtime was significant until my hacking points recharged. I did not get every achievement on my first playthrough though, p.ex. I didn’t spec for strength and was simply not able to finish the final “beat on the brat” mission. Also could…

are you one of the persons, who regularly skips dialogue at missions and doesn’t look for secret hints or clues or stuff?
Sounds like it.
Doing some missions stealth-style is possible, and takes a lot more time - and also adds more challenge.
The game is what you make out of it - if you rush through, guns blazing all…

3:40 :D
“Akhmed! The Smarties! They’re real!” “oh my god, and to think, yesterday I was throwing stones at them”
That game with all the accents was just hilarious fun ^^

like what Xbox did? The connector they used is actually in user in the industry elsewhere (iirc a new form of sd-cards basically), the only downside is that the SSDs that they recognize on it right now are 2-lane-only NVMEs like they used internally. Those are hard to come by, but tests with adapters (that already…

Great summary! Also, do not forget that the banning is not as strict as the US, where they had to censor games like Giants: Citizen Kabuto, because the sirens had bare breasts. Nipples and nudity are fine if they are not the center of the game world, as long as no intercourse is portrayed the game will probably end up…

Without a doubt: The Vector W8.
I missed the one that was sitting in Sinsheim, Germany. Got an invitation from museum staff to even take pictures from the inside, but sadly, travel plans for that year fell through, and then the owner decided to sell it.
It had the most gorgeous color of all W8, a dark blue tone that…

eh... there are regular discount offers for 250€ or less over here, does it really sell? I was under the impression that only the Series X and the PS5 were really in demand, but it seems it is no problem to get a Series S anytime.

eh... there are regular discount offers for 250€ or less over here, does it really sell? I was under the impression…

if I understood it correctly, she removed the app, but the background servers, where stuff is uploaded to, are still trying to access her icloud account where her pictures and files are stored. Makes the software even worse.

Opel had in the late 60s an info sent to their dealerships that clutches should not last more than 60.000km to generate more repair revenue. Similar stuff with brake pads, were sometimes changed without reason (though to be fair, back then parts quality was also lower than now).
Source: Several people who worked in a…

yup, Tesla doesn’t have to care for quality, as long as their cars are sold out.
In Europe, as a company you can get discounts from almost all huge manufacturers for company cars, depending on marque it is between 15 and 30% off of the list price. Also leasing can come in unbelievably cheap for businesses.
Tesla? 0%…