You’re right, here’s the pump unit:
https://www.shibaura-bousai.co.jp/english/ff500.html

That was entertaining, but I really wanted to see the firefighting apparatus in operation!

Was the fire pump driven off a PTO?

JD Powa!

Why does everyone avoid the need to do a risk analysis for the potential injuries and deaths of both the passengers and pedestrians - not to mention the probability that some of the pedestrians may be able to avoid the incoming vehicle, especially with warning? There's more to this than certain death for all.

Correction: Jalopnik commentators haval the pun.

Though I’m also interested in e-bikes, as in electric bicycles (I ride both bicycles and motorcycles), I was writing about electric motorcycles versus ICE motorcycles. That was the subject of the article after all.

That is one of my favorite albums.

As an enthusiast rider and driver, for some reason I find the idea of an electric bike a lot more appealing (and fun) than an electric car.

Mine is not a big mistake, but definitely a stupid one:

That... sucks.

User name checks out.

Having ridden in cars going up and down the Western Ghat mountains in India, this is true. The drivers there have guts - or more accurately, no perception of how dangerous what they’re doing really is.

Am I the only one to notice that the trailer has side skirts, almost 50 years before they became commonplace?

I’m generally not a fan of coupe versions of cars that can be had as sedans, but I’ll be damned if the proportions on that E36 coupe don’t look near perfect.

Wait, what’s the difference between an LS trim and a fleet vehicle?

Yeah, at an average of 40 mph that’s 25000 hours, or just under 3 years continuous running. In industrial gearbox equipment that’s not bad, but not exactly an amazing achievement. That’s in the ballpark of industrial diesel engine rebuild hours too.

Since when is three hundred thousand cars per year ‘not selling well’? Okay, so remove the Taurus and Fiesta, which really don’t sell that well, and you’re still left with two hundred fifty thousand cars per year for just the Focus and Fusion. That is a Very Large Number Of Cars Sold Per Year.

I’m in India on business, and flew Air India the day this happened and again last night... It has been big news here as you can imagine.

People confuse maintenance costs with repair costs, but there’s a distinction. Maintenance is required on low mileage newer vehicles, just as it is on high mileage older vehicles - and this includes things like walnut blasting, plugs, fluid changes, brakes, and even suspension refreshes and some gaskets in the long…

I had to Google that.