I thought the old days of “creative interpretation” of the rules made for some interesting creativity.  However NASCAR changed the rules to basically say “if we don’t expressly permit it, it is illegal”, which shuts that down rather effectively.  I have no use for blatant cheaters.

Regarding the ad contradicting itself, that seems increasingly common.   I recently read an ad proclaiming that the car was mint and worked perfectly, just needed a new transmission.

In about ‘86 I drove one of these for about 2 weeks while my car was in the body shop. For this spec the GLH stands for “Got Less Horsepower”. The most gutless vehicle I’ve ever driven, and to top it off, the fuel mileage on the highway was worse than my parent’s ‘77 Olds 98 Regency with a 403.  I might consider it if…

I don't know about highway dump trucks, but off-road haul trucks will have a body up alarm, a warning light on the dash, and an interlock that does not allow the transmission to upshift if the body is not on the rails.  Some also have a feature that will drop the body if moving in a forward gear over a preset speed.

It came from a human, duh.

Only communist countries have privileges, democracies only have rights. /s

Would you accept this as verification?

I think the other thing that might happen is with insurance companies.  There have always been multiple stories of insurance companies scrapping cars with cosmetic or minor damage to batteries as the OEM would not certify them as safe.   If insurance companies moving forward require that a battery or motor swap be…

Playing war games.

From the police report: “When asked about prior military experience, Deputy Hernandez said he attended West Point, and was an infantry officer and an officer in special forces for the army for a total of ten years. Deputy Hernandez said he had two combat rotations to Afghanistan, but noted as an officer, he was not…

I know this is Trek instead of Wars, but the suspect was not wearing a red shirt.

According to the police report, there was a report that the suspect had a suppressed weapon, which if he had, would not have sounded like a typical gunshot.  They are still incompetent and trigger-happy.

So two cops emptied their clips at a handcuffed person in the back of a cruiser that they thought was firing at them?  Lucky for the person in question, they seem to be hopelessly incompetent at hitting a target.

Official police report at https://www.sheriff-okaloosa.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/IA-2023-031-Final-Report-Jackson.pdf

Why don’t the police subpoena the camera records from his Tesla? Based on all the videos posted to various social media by Tesla owners, there should be multiple camera angles showing the entire incident. Also, I call BS on his not being aware. An impact hard enough to kill the pedestrian and one of her dogs would…

They are politicians, so option A is never an option.

Agreed, plus Toyota frame rust recall.  I know this one is in Georgia and likely not completely rotted, but that just means it will likely last long enough not to be covered once it does rot out.

This is political posing.  Trudeau said he will “consider” increased penalties, but Canadians know that means nothing.

The net effect of allowing the purchase of carbon credits is not to reduce pollution but to allow it to stay the same to companies that are willing to pay the extra cost.  For all the credits for Teslas that are not polluting, the sale to other companies that are exceeding their pollution limits has the net effect of…

That only worked with the magneride struts.