#NationalizeTheRailroads

Here in Southwestern Pennsylvania, Altima owners are already being given a run for their money when it comes to general incompetence and disregard for others by owners of the following:

Nissan Rogue and Pathfinder
Tesla Models 3 and Y
Ford Explorer and Escape
Chevy Equinox and the entire GMT platform
Practically everything…

Yes, but also no. It varies by aircraft.

Older planes, such as the 737, the door does need to move inwards first before it can be rotated and moved out of the aircraft.

Former GP30. Rebuilt to GP39 specifications by Morrison Knudsen for Burlington Northern in the late 80s. Classified as GP39M (M for Morrison, other variants include GP39E, rebuilt by EMD, and GP39V, rebuilt by VMV Paducahbilt).

Remember folks, the solution to (most of) life’s problems is, and always will be...

T R A I N S

As someone who used to own a 3rd-Gen Cavalier (1999), I can agree with its nomination. To quote Clarkson (even if he was referring to a Buick LeSabre):

“It was rubbish when it was new, it was built by idiots, and it’s rubbish now.”

Suspension was very firm, yet flopped about like a boat. Crippling understeer. Pathetic…

Consequence of “Precision” “Scheduled” (barely) Railroading (PSR)...

As long as the mileage tax/fee includes some form of weight-per-axle multiplier, since road wear is an exponential function of a vehicle’s weight, it would be a good idea.

Wabtec Corporation

They mainly make rail equipment, but they recently introduced a battery-electric locomotive (FLXdrive), which is really not all that different from an electric car...

Trains are awesome.

This is not.

That’s still impressive for only 15 HP, let’s be honest. :P

Yes and no. While the manual box and clutch in my Focus are pretty forgiving, even they - though more importantly, my left leg - can only handle so much clutch-in-clutch-out stop-and-go construction traffic, which is pretty common around here almost year-round. After a long day at work, it gets rather annoying having…

Yeah, I can’t remember how many letters I’ve received regarding this lawsuit over the years, but it was a lot. Mine is a ‘12 SE, which OK, yeah, the troublesome auto was an option on...but I got mine with the MANUAL, so this lawsuit doesn’t apply.

They never got as far as calling me, though, just letters.

I did test…

I was just thinking “I can’t be the only one who thinks that sort of looks like TWA’s final livery, can I?”

This very Cavalier.

It was my mom’s car at the time. It became mine about a year later. I kept it until 2012 when I bought my current car, ‘12 Focus, at which point I gave it back to my mom. A few months after that, it was used as the trade-in for my brother’s car, ‘13 Dart, hence why the picture is at a Dodge…

Workday (Nissan - automatic) and weekend (Ford - manual).

The locomotive did have a camera installed, however it was essentially a dash cam; aimed out the windshield rather than at the driver. And unless the clip below is muted, it’s video only, no audio...

1999 Chevrolet Cadaverlier Cavalier sedan...