Two things.

Thank you for pointing out why people are not adopting electric cars all that quickly - because that is so needlessly complicated compared seeing a gauge nearing “E” and pulling into the nearest gas station. And this is not even including needing a special extra piece to be able to charge just in case you’re not at…

It depends on the intersection and traffic flow. The intersections near my workplace have differing traffic light patterns depending on whether it’s a peak traffic time, and at those times the only way to get a wall signal is to press the button, because it alters the amount of time the main traffic signals are green…

ISTR that it’s oriented in such a way that it’s going to be less effective as well - something about how it’s basically working against the flow of rainwater as it goes over the screen (bear in mind that I am not smart enough to tell if this is true, but I do know that there are very few vehicles that have wipers…

IME they are all exactly the type of person who lacks both the ability and courtesy to ride these things as fast as they typically go. I get passed pretty regularly by faster riders but damned if most e-bike pilots can even be bothered to let you know they’re coming up behind you.

Ive lately taken to saying “You need anything before I bugger off home” when I’m leaving work - most of my cow-orkers think it’s a cute Britishism but I truly wish I could say “I’m gonna fuck off home now” in front of the GM and/or my customers. 

There are a lot of liveries that I like, but my favorite combination of sponsors is from the 1980 Arrows A3. Only missing Trojan.

“Fucko” is such an underrated insult. They used it a lot in The Deuce, too. 

The sheer expense is what has turned me off trying to attend an F1 event, and has been for a really long time. The ROI on the tickets just isn’t there, let alone any travel and accommodations you might need.

For real question: wouldn’t the lug nuts be something the dealership would check before letting a vehicle out the door to a customer? Like, take the protective plastic off everything, make sure it has all the fluids, check the wheels won’t fall off, then wash it? Or do they just not inspect the cars anymore before…

In the 1970's, the North Korean government purchased a large amount of goods from Sweden, such as heavy machinery, and it included 1000 Volvo 144s. North Korea never paid for any of this, and sends twice yearly reminders to the North Korean government that they still haven’t paid their bills.

You could also still…

I bet the mayor didn’t even realize the irony of seizing people’s property then destroying it at a place called “Liberty Park”.

I worked at an electrical contractor for a few years (in the office, not as an electrician) and we had to go to a lot of trouble to keep wire safe in our warehouse. We only had Romex, etc. in if we were going to take it out to a job in the next few days, and small diameter stuff was kept stashed away so nobody could…

Franklin Mint plates, Precious Moments figurines, every Hallmark ornament, the list goes on - anything that is specifically marketed as a “collectible” will often times be anything but. Of course, there’s always going to be those very few that are actually worth some money, which always gives rise to the “I know what…

Nope, but the license plate renewal costs like $150 here in Illinois, which might be more expensive than states that tax you on the value of your car. 

Someone who thought that they had a blue chip collectible on their hands, who knows a bit about cars and probably watches the auctions on the teevee, and sees cars he had or could’ve bought back in the day getting big money, and decided he needed to get something rare and sporty that would surely appreciate just like…

A couple of reasons (aside from the fact that this is meant to be a sort of prequel to the novels, where Mason was a well known and established attorney from the beginning of the series). First, even though I enjoy them, the Mason novels aren’t that difficult to figure out, and they’re also not very long - you’d have…

I think for my folks (and a few other people I know) it wasn’t that the cars themselves were unreliable, they just seemed so much more cheaply made and engineered than a lot of other options. Take that first Accord my folks bought - they went back to the Chevy store and discovered that their cars were just so much…

I actually prefer the YouTube show over the CNBC one. 

FWIW, my former boss was leasing a Stelvio, and I think he turned up in his wife’s car like three times over the three years we worked together - and he had a pretty long commute too so he was racking up miles (I don’t know if he was planning on buying it out or whatever with it, but the dealer gave him a sweetheart…