I just noticed... Mach-E ? Spoken like “Mackie”? :D

That depends on the country the artist lives in. In Germany p.ex. , when you create something of artistic or unique value, you have an un-transferrable “Urheberrecht”, meaning that you are recognized as the creator. This does not mean that you are legally able to exploit it for monetary gain, especially not if you…

eh, don’t get me started on that one. Nuclear is by far the worst and most expensive if you count safe storage of the byproducts into the equation. We still have no way of storing that stuff safely until the radiation has died down. They tried putting it into salt mines, then found out that the radiation and heat…

Oh, I can get behind the recreational and fun part of wrenching on these, I do it myself quite often :)
But we as “true” petrolheads are a dying minority. People who love cars and the mechanics behind them are a dying breed, most just see them as a means to get from a to b.
Otherwise there wouldn’t be so many defects…

Fun fact: I know from some people in the industry in Germany that they use italian equipment for bottling :D
Apparently they know how to make these kind of machines.

I will keep my fingers crossed for you :)
All of these companies don’t really make bad cars, it is just that some of their design decisions always scream like “generate more hours in the workshop” for me. Like when they switched to plastic fenders that are glued on on some Mercedes models to save weight, or sold them…

Golf 7 R: hedlight changed five times in the first year due to condensation. Problems with the drivetrain necessitating a complete gearbox replacement within the first two years. yeah...
At least not as bad as the Fiat Abarth 500, where if you had a white car the heat from the turbo could discolor body panels to a…

Nah, wouldn’t say that. Reliability is still strong if it is not built by VW or BMW. Mercedes hat their weak years, but seem to mostly be over it now.
But if you take any industrial stuff that is “made in Germany”, they still seem to know how to make it last... for a price. If you can’t sell a new one every 2-3 years,…

Well, Norway seems to have made it work. Apparently new car registrations are on their way to being 50% EV right now there.
Of course there are tax incentives (basically an electric VW Golf costs the same as the petrol powered one there), but that’s what you have to do as a country if you want to push this through.
Car…

The US is by far the highest polluting country in the world per inhabitant. Just saying, you use more power, fuel, basically anything per head than any other nation.
And this comes from a German, we are already doing bad on our own (I think we even are in the top10 when it comes to pollution per citizen - yes, even…

That has also to do with the abundance of electical appliances that are now affordable, coupled with cheap ones with bad efficiency.
There was a saying that if you take a US and a German engineer to develop an ac, the US engineer will arrive after a year with a bulby box that is loud, eats power like nothing, and has…

Complete BS. There are full EVs available for less than 30.000€ new. Less than 20.000€ used, with enough range for the typical daily commute, even in winter conditions. Until longer range options are available for cheap, get a used diesel for the long distance runs or use the train.
For a standard commute, something…

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…