Preface: what the manufacturer recommends is always what you want for the best power and efficiency. No more, no less.

Depends greatly on...

A vehicle I own recently reached that point where second and third generation owners really start taking over the online discussions. Constant threads about octane. Almost no correct information posted whatsoever. You can have a thread with 100+ replies and only a couple people actually provide accurate information.

3k may be a myth but 10k (or more!) is also a myth. It’s a cheap oil change schedule for leased vehicles that then get dumped on other people.  Somewhere between 5 and 10k is where most people who care about their vehicles are doing changes today.

Cars can definitely go much further today but 100k is also when a lot of shit starts to break. Depending on the amount of money you want to put into the car and your ability to buy a new one it may very well be advisable to get rid of it at around 100k.

Didn’t the Team O’Neil rally school do a video on this showing that it was true?  I can’t find it offhand right now but I feel like I watched something on this.

Absolutely 100% on point.

I agree with most of your post but the last sentence kind of leaves a lot of open questions. In terms of developing a standard, we have actually developed AMAZING cybersecurity standards. The NIST CSF and 800-53 are probably some of the best products the US government has ever produced.  Huzzah!

In private industry, you get movement on cybersecurity when it starts costing more not to implement it than it does to implement it. If these are voluntary guidelines with no penalties associated with them, then having six TSA staff members is overkill. There will never be any movement based on government oversight.

I know a lot of audiophiles are completely fine with non-custom molded IEMs, but if I’m paying a grand for headphones I would only ever buy custom.  I got my CTM CT-6es on sale but wound up over a grand after blowing all the money I saved on customization.  They are probably a bit over the point of diminishing returns…

For sure some people either just aren’t sensitive to it or don’t pay enough attention to hear it, and for sure there is a point of diminishing returns with high end audio, and for sure there is a lot to be skeptical of in the high end audio market. However, the difference between a $5 pair of headphones and a $200…

I made the exact same estimate in my head - one month of weekends for all of this (minus airbag).

There is a massive difference between the time a job takes for someone who has never done it before, for someone who has done it once before, and for someone who has done it more than once before. I see people on car forums say a job took 2 hours, I figure at least a day. If I’ve done the job once before, figure half…

It’s almost as if humans are naturally reacting to a global resource crisis by reducing their numbers. What a crazy thing to do! We MUST fight this!

Since you referenced the thrust of the linked deregulation article here, I want to make a point. Saying, “this damn that collapsed was out of compliance with federal regulations, therefore deregulation is bad” isn’t just sloppy journalism, it’s a logical fallacy.

I already added a comment, but the more I think about this article the angrier it makes me. You’re supposed to be an automotive journalist and we know...we KNOW...that more speed does not necessarily mean more accidents. Nevertheless, you dig up a few statistics and a cop who offers, “The most likely explanation”…

Their communications department is failing very hard. Science is great, but an organization like the WHO needs a clear easy to understand message. That can be “we’re not sure about this but we suspect...” or it can be holding off messaging until things are more clear. They way they are operating right now is not…

LOL. So much old stuff here. The Anarchists Handbook? Nooooo!

What a misleading headline. Now if we do see an actual increase in air pollution which can be tied to polluting industries it will be that much easier for people to dismiss as the media waving their arms about nothing.

The CP people are objectively wrong. They may not want one, but this is a very good price.