Maybe I’m nuts, but after wrenching on Saabs for the better part of 40 years, I can say these GM underpinned 9-5s are pretty easy to work on and parts aren’t hard to get. Unlike earlier Saabs where engineering solutions were truly “inspired by jets” and thus weird as hell, these are pretty much Opel Vectras with…

Nobody is calling him Jimmy Saville, that man was a literal rapist and the devil incarnate. But it’s not great, and it’s worse because he’s Paul Walker. When it’s some middling dude with no prospects who winds up with a 16 year old because they’re impressionable and fall or an older man then while it is creepy and…

the automakers would literally not do a single thing if regulation didnt force their hand. They have only innovated because they were forced to. They, and all extraction based industries will be happy to watch the world and hteir kids/grandkids live in a climate ravaged world so they can make some extra cash now. 

“Using your hands like a squeegee, wipe the water off your body before you get out of the shower, says a-r-c. Essential for hairy people who otherwise end up with a sopping wet towel and a lake on the bathroom floor.”

Call them and ask if they are open to non-contractors. Yeah unfortunately most local stores have fewer open hours. I see fewer hours open though as a good thing for their employees. No one wants to work late hours or weekend hours, at least I don’t.

Instead of a 50 state solution, can we get a 50-state + EU + Canada solution? And make it cover safety features too?

Gliders make up 2% of new truck sales yet the EPA estimates that gliders account for half of all new truck emissions. Gliders are indeed a problem, regardless of whether there are larger pollution sources out there.

While watching the FIFA World Cup a few weeks ago, my boss noticed players sitting in race car seats, and ordered me to figure out why.

Everyone should care about workers rights.

Okay, I’ll take a stab at it. Off the top of my head:

They’ve been working on it since 2012, not for 2-3 years. And there’s a bunch of companies in China and India that have done it recently, and Ford did it without the benefit of being able to hire people that knew how to design and build cars from other companies. No one’s done it in the U.S. because the market is…

Bloomberg estimates that 40k Model 3s have been delivered. This article makes it sound like 40k prototypes have be delivered and we’ve yet to see the real, live actual Model 3 that’s supposed to be out. I like the continuous improvement bit, but honestly, it seems like it’ll be pretty annoying down the line.

Where I live the University demolished a number of buildings carefully removing all the interior pieces and storing them carefully in an open lot for several years before throwing it all out as it had been destroyed by precipitation

So this is one I’m currently still a little salty on, so I want to throw 2 cents in. There is how much you can afford, and then there is how much is the PROPERTY. You could afford say $360k, and the house could be on the market for $300k, but you need to have a firm grasp on the true cost of the house.

Saying a thief is better than a museum is a bit of a stretch, but it was definitely better than sitting in an abandoned building for 20 years.

That’s better than any museum.

All I can see is XJS... but one in the image has lights on and moving... so it can’t be

I do not know why or how Fleury is peaking now, at this age

Assuming the production footprints are equal, I believe an EV is still a better deal even when the electricity is generated by fossil fuel plants. A coal plant is more efficient at converting carbon into energy vs a small mobile ICE, plus you can fit them with various systems (assuming a regulatory or market incentive…