Is this the same Ford that provided defective transmissions for the Probe and co-built Ford/Mazda 626 with the same transmission that would fail by bucking and jerking so badly the car was nearly undriveable while it was controlled by the ECU but would function alright when that connector was unplugged? Surely it was…

This is Ford. They didn’t even reattach the windshield vents in the winter following their replacement of a blown heater core. How does a heater core require 2 trips? And no one checked to see if air would leave the defroster vents?

Increasing sprung weight by putting motors in wheels isn’t a great choice.

If the PTFE is working, great. But as a slide material it isn’t particularly great as it is exceptional soft and easy to gouge into. HMWPE is nearly as slick on its own and far tougher and far less expensive. Using the dish soap as a lubricant eliminates the value of low friction of the PTFE. Plain PTFE is soft enough…

Typical construction is rated on PSF, pounds per square foot. The heavier vehicles likely have greater footprints, so the PSF is similar, possibly lower. For residential it is assumed to be 200 PSF at a minimum, up to 350 PSF for multistory construction.

I see those odds and will still zig-zag taking the cans to the curb tonight just to make the odds even lower.

It does suck and isn’t fair, but 3rd shift workers should be paid more to compensate for the additional risk. Employers won’t do that because they are exploitive. For insurance companies the idea is to distribute typical risks across the customers; customers who present more than the typical risk is inherently not…

CHMSLs aren’t always visible. You can see only one lamp when overtaking with an SUV or semi or van or ...  in the way. If the driver of the forward vehicle taps the brakes a few times it is indistinguishable from a signal they are going to move over.

Missing from the equation is the far lower cargo capacity due to the weight of the batteries. Battery weight needs to drop 90% while retaining the charge capacity for long-haul use. Notice when they refer to GCVW and not cargo capacity. There is a reason for not discussing cargo.

It is becoming police policy to deal with mental illness or other incapacity by death sentence. This guy is likely dealing with dementia or other cognitive problems - so it makes sense for cops to do their best to use an often lethal TASER device.

90% of the stops are to generate a pretext to run wants and warrants. Writing a ticket is the boring part they hate. They really want to draw a gun and shoot a guy who has a warrant - free time off.

It is in an HOA. Can’t have a van in the driveway.

Almost always the answer to why a person does something is that alternatives are worse. Like - here are public bathrooms, locked from 6pm until 9 am. Or, here are portajohns - filled to overflowing because the service is done once every two weeks.

Companies have not done that. Companies have complained that no one will work part time, getting no benefits, with on-call hours that preclude a second job. It is tough to imagine walking away from a supervisor looking to dock an hour for clocking in a minute late or constantly holding an economic gun to their head…

Around me the dumps have a $200 minimum charge.

Many people cannot have bank accounts or credit cards.

Hypothermia can prevent meaningful movement very rapidly.

“It’s a service trench that relates to active, permitted work” would involve workers actively working.

They aren’t milking it - the gas company doesn’t want to cut into their bonus check money for the top people and so they have hired far too few to do the work.

It would be a trade-up to get a recovered submerged car from a lake bottom in exchange.