Regarding the article itself and the comments here: Though prolonged contact with crude can definitely have some severe effects, I think it would be safe to assume nothing from the tank trailers could have reached the cab, and the contents are certainly not heated. More likely there was engine oil leaking into the…

There is nothing good about 3-blink blinkers. Just another gimmick for the stupid. If your brain registers one blink, then you have seen the signal. You do not need three. The accidental activation, and cancelation attempts, cause chaos. The money spent on this crap could be used for driver education. A pragmatic…

Agree with 9 of them except 3-blink blinkers. Their only purpose is to make every accidental nudge into a fiasco for everyone around you. I hate those things as much as you can possibly hate any minor convenience feature. Totally unnecessary and useless, but I can see how they might be nice on the Autobahn.

Ask him if he would like to know how to end the booing.

One reason is likely the difficulty tuning the carbs, and the need for optimal output. The exhaust for the forward half of the engine is longer than the rear half. I'm not 100% sure, but I imagine even the best tuning doesn't result in the optimal output for the engine.