At least we know why this particular chicken crosses the road.
So now the conversation goes like this:
A: Why did the chicken cross the road?
B: Are we talking about the chicken in Shediak, New Brunswick?
A: To get...wait, what the hell are you talking about?
B: That chicken that crossed the road to go to Tim Horton’s?
A:…

I think the opposite. Some sort of policy wasn’t followed in the pursuit, resulting in a catastrophic accident, and he wanted to show the victim was somehow at fault. Any alcohol or drugs in the system of a police victim, automatically exonerates the officer.

Because too many cops get their idea about what a cop should be, from TV and movies. And are less concerned with laws and rules that apply to them. TV and movies glorify the rule breaking, tough, authoritarian cop.

Or just about any woman would fit in that car just fine.

Needs an engine swap with a Hayabusa engine, or any 1L engine off an average modern sportbike :)

No one in my age bracket are even considering a Harley.

3rd Gear:
A 150 mile range is inadequate for the great American commute. See 1st Gear, where a claim is made that Millenials are moving to the burbs. Where they can afford to move, is far from the cities in which they work.

The assumption that you commute to work and charge your car at home every night, instead of a…

When it came out, it was a good car for the time. But it had a 9 year run without being upgraded. Basically, anyone buying one in 2009, it’s last year of production, was buying a car 9 years out of date during a period when cars in general improved significantly.

Chrysler couldn’t even bother to update known seriously…

They seem to be inexplicably popular where we moved in the northwest. In LA, I saw lots still around, being used for small (home) businesses, but they were more ratty. Here, near Tacoma, you see super well maintained ones, often customized. They haven’t been made for 8 years, and they’re still more numerous here than …

Isn’t it front wheel drive?

I’m not sure this is an accurate claim for the “average buyer.” There’s the average buyer for family vehicles, the average buyer for commuter vehicles, the average buyer for trucks, the average buyer for economy cars, midsize cars, SUVs, etc. I seriously doubt many people, let alone most, are looking for “rich…

More to the point, one day all the money will disappear into Vladimir Putin’s offshore accounts. Unlike banks, the non-centrality of Bitcoin and other crypto currencies means information isn’t backed up. If someone hacks a bank, the depositor doesn’t lose their funds. If someone could reliably hack Bitcoin’s…

And only planes designed with low maximum operating temperatures. The planes designed for higher operating temperatures have always been allowed to continue taking off and landing.

The click-bait headline premise: Climate change will ruin air travel.

Here is an article from June about the cancelled flights in Phoenix:

Harley’s main problem, is that their bikes last forever with maintenance. My basic 2000 FXST (Softail Standard) has 70,000 miles on it, most from commuting in LA. And I’m not looking for a new bike, since this one works just fine.

New ones have never in my life, been the domain of young riders. Harleys were always…

Tesla made the Model 3 look good and stylish. Chevy made the Bolt look like it was designed not to compete or take away business from any other car in GM’s line, except maybe a Sonic.

I bet they’d sell more if it was priced like the Bolt, but looked like an ELR.

A friend of mine bought a Bolt and loves it. He also has a pre-order in for Model 3. He and his wife already got rid of one gasoline car, and they’ll be getting rid of the other one as well when the Tesla is delivered.

Someone better hurry up and get a graphene based battery or supercapacitor on the market tout de suite.

Arbitration is a “free market legal solution.” That means that the people involved in arbitration, must almost always find in favor of their major clients who hire them over and over again. An arbitrator who finds in favor of consumers even a few times, will find themselves unable to find work.

I went to a show called Wings and Wheels last weekend. Classic cars, and some classic planes. There is nothing that compares to the sound of a P-51 Mustang in a close fly by. It shakes you to your soul. And according to pilots, the feel. But they stopped making prop fighters when it was clear that jet fighters were…