I’m still sad that we still can’t get on that train all graphite and glitter, undersea by rail, 90 minutes from New York to Paris here in 2021. All we’ve got so far are the machines to make big decisions, but they aren’t just and sue as hell aren’t programmed with compassion and vision.

VW was a creation of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi party in the first place. I wouldn’t let that keep me from buying a VW at this point personally though. They’ve managed to go a few years now with no new outrages at the executive level as serious as the Dieselgate related things, though there are almost certainly still…

The owner/operator of the aircraft is required to carry liability insurance to cover damages to persons or property affected by something like this, a forced landing or a crash. The person who owns the property doesn’t have a claim to the aircraft or parts and must let it be recovered. If (and this is something that…

Plus, almost all the hydrogen currently produced comes from fossil fuels - mostly steam reformation of natural gas. Finding out where the California automotive hydrogen comes from isn’t easy, though there is a mandate that 33% of it comes from renewable sources and CARB stated an estimate (or guess) that it might be…

Let’s not forget that Java monkeys weren’t the only primates that inhaled fumes in a VW experiment. They used some homo sapiens too:

So he’s saying they intentionally design in wind and water leaks?

They were long gone by the time I finally went shopping for a new car in August 2018. Nice looking and sounding cars in my opinion. If they had been still around new in 2018 I would have had to go for the GT version if I bought one because my wife would have needed an automatic and the R was manual only (She can drive…

I’ve found one dealership that doesn’t pull that sort of thing. Close to me too. Negotiations, paperwork all done in a few minutes. I use a certified cheque from my credit union to buy and the trip a few kilometers there and back to get it takes about the same amount of time as everything else put together. The result…

Would the test drive of this version be at a Tesla store? Would the purchase be direct through the Tesla website? Because, Tesla-disliker (hate is too strong a word) though I may be I have to say that doing this would probably improve sales quite a bit. A friend of mine wanted to buy an EV a few years back when the…

If you refuel with your engine running it makes it far easier for someone to do this:

Can’t be true... I have it on the authority of some guy on the internet that it’s illegal here.

Would you mind citing those laws (whether Provincial or Federal), preferably with links to the legislation? I’m not aware of any that regulate how much a dealer can charge for a new vehicle.

Here in Canada Nisan just dropped the Frontier from their website. It was still lasted a couple of weeks ago and the local Nissan dealer told me they still had a small number available at that time. The price for the 4 cylinder base model came to the equivalent of $19,500 in US dollars. This was the closest thing to…

Too bad Nissan is coming back too late for my nearby dealer. The family that ran it decided to close it down and either sell or lease the building and land. They still run their other dealership next door but the Nissan one is gone. They were good to work with when buying - quick, easy, no BS runaround. The service…

I’m trying to figure out the Dale Clifft car front suspension - it looks like sliding pillar, looks a lot like three-wheel Morgan sliding pillar in fact, but there are some differences too.

FSD Autopilot will come with Genuine People Personalities. Doors will open when the car senses the approach of the owner with a “Please enjoy your trip through this door” and by 2022 there will be a refreshment center built into the console that will carefully analyze your body chemistry, look up the data on your…

Ah, the Model T layout!

I would be happy if they even just copied the cafe racer and flat track bikes that Storz has made over the years out of the Sportster. I remember seeing the cafe racer they built in 1993 that was featured in a few magazine articles at the time when I went to the US motorcycle GP that year. It was a really nice looking…

The overdrive question wasn’t really all that stupid. I’ve owned cars where the overdrive was a separate electrically controlled unit placed after the gearbox - my TR-4A was one - so that setup did exist.

I thought that maybe after a year of getting over the newness of it and seeing it in person (I’ve seen a grand total of two on the road) I might start liking it. Nope. Still looks like it was congealed not built. Chopping part of the roof off doesn’t help. Toyota calls this “sexy” huh? Internet Rule 36 I guess.