I’m not terribly optimistic either, but swappable batteries would solve this issue. batteries get swapped upon pulling into the gate with fresh charged ones. Batteries get cycled out as they lose range.

I think the author meant that he bought it for 300k, prices for medallions surged way more (I’ve heard over 1 mil, but I’m not sure) he then borrowed money on that high figure. And is now upside down bc it’s only worth 400k now

Ive been saying for years, all we really want as a consumer is a cab that will show up when you hail it via app, and it’s drivers to accept credit cards and not be scam artists. The fact is, for years cab companies were none of those things and they are paying for it now.

My girlfriend/now wife’s 1990 Nissan 240sx. Red. Sounded awesome on paper right? Was total junk. Her grandparents bought it for $1500 in 2004. Someone had beaten this thing within an inch of its life before she had it. Everything suspension related was completely shot. You could hardly drive it in a straight line.…

When I was 19 (I’m 33 now) I drove an unreliable used car and kept breaking, my father kept getting inconvenienced by having to pick me up from school out of state, was much easier with a car to work, etc. Ended up leasing a new Civic for me. After swearing he would never buy me a car. Sure some would say I am…

Law of diminishing returns. Theoretically that last 300lbs is replacing steel components with carbon fiber and aluminum

That’s just like, your opinion, man

It’s 6 feet or greater in construction. And fall protection isn’t required on ladders if you maintain 3 points of contact. ;)

Read through these and tell me if you think many of them could have been prevented. Some would have been prevented by wearing a helmet and/or a seatbelt. That’s a symptom of bad safety culture. http://www.motoringbox.com/cars/entertainment/top-gear/top-gears-worst-injuries/

For example, there is certainly a safe procedure for using a tow strap. And James may got a concussion when the strap was yanked around and he wasn’t clear. People have died from similar accidents (rare freak accidents yes, but that’s one example of them not using proper standards, has nothing to do with good…

It’s just little things that I have observed that point to a bad safety culture. It has nothing to do with the stunt driving. The accident with James may and the tow strap Is one of the bigger ones I remember

The 2 times they fell off horses comes to mind. Or the time that James may got a concussion when they were yanking that tow strap around in Iraq I believe.

As a safety professional in the construction business, this production crew (and the old top gear crew) consistently performs in an unsafe manner and it’s honestly a miracle that no one has gotten killed. My guess is that their off camera production crew has had a spectrum of injuries while filming.

Such a no brainer here. It can’t be that much in parts to convert

This got me thinking...what’s the percent chance he has misidentified the number of cylinders or type of engine in his own car?

Yes you are correct, but I believe that they moved the manufacture of the 2.0 gasoline motor version to Spain, which was the one sold in the US. I could be wrong. Thats what I was told by a Ford rep at some point. Or maybe the second gen ones are now made in Spain? Not sure

Yep, this crap happens all the time on very common vehicles

Not even expensive vehicles. At my company We had a Ford Transit Connect that got in mild to moderate front end collision. Took 3.5 months to get all the parts. Then another 3ish weeks for the shop to complete the repairs. On a bare bones commercial american made* (actually made in Spain) cargo van

More expensive cars don’t seem to make this noise, I guess some up market cars spurge on helical gears in reverse as well. Very interesting.

I test drive one of these in 2002, found it to be way to small and pricy. Driver has no legroom. Got a Honda Civic coupe with a stick instead. Surprised to hear you say how much room it had because it seemed cramped.