When I was working in Seattle, I saw more hyper/rare cars than I’ve ever seen anywhere else on the road, but I also had a number of projects in the neighborhoods of mega millionaires. One guy bought 3/4 of the houses in his cul-de-sac as they went on the market just so he could literally pick his neighbors. Plenty of…

On the John Deere thing, there have been various ways of getting into those systems for a long time. The issue is that Deere will then void the entire warranty if you do so. That’s a very big risk with how expensive farm equipment is. This would only be beneficial for right-to-repair stuff if the manufacturer/equipment…

2/3 majority of the senate is the only thing that I know of that can actually do anything to SCOTUS

You have to shrug because there is virtually nothing that can be (legally) done about it. Unelected officials with a lifetime appointment and realistically zero accountability. I can’t possibly imagine why that would be ripe for corruption, especially when ~40% of the electorate are pretty cool with it, since the…

I was under the impression that the square spoon was an innovation by McDonalds. 

Would be curious to see the difference in maintenance costs between a Tesla/Rivian and the BEVs from GM, Kia, Hyundai, & Audi. Not curious enough to look it up, but I wonder if the legacy automakers are making them any cheaper to repair, seeing as cheaper maintenance (from fewer parts) is supposed to be a pro of BEV…

Give the adults a toothbrush.

I imagine $5-$10k is a more realistic expectation, depending on the previous owner’s care. If a full engine rebuild, transmission replacement, and other various parts comes into play, then things could get very, very costly (depending on the BMW pros in your area). These are also know for electrical issues, which can…

It did appear on Jalopnik too, but your point still stands. 

The black truck pulling over after the hit is probably the only reason no one died. Otherwise, the semi is forced to choose if they hit the truck or squish the biker (potentially both). So much dumb luck involved. 

I don’t think very many people realize the police do not exist to serve & protect citizens. They are the enforcement branch of the government and their purpose is to protect capital. The human protection only part is just there for those who are producing capital. People can chime in all they want about how it’s only…

I wish mine did. I honestly don’t know what level of violence or destruction enacted by a US police force could stun me anymore. I’d be more shocked to find a large police force that did not commit things like that. 

The Florida Man stories often depict stupidity a lot more than malice. The Louisianna, Alabama, & Mississippi police stories seem to have quite a bit more malice than stupidity. 

Total guess, but if an electrical component blows multiple times, you’ll never fix it by replacing the same things. My guess is there’s some type of arcing that isn’t supposed to be making its way in there. I assume it worked well for a while, before this became a recurring issue, so something outside the fuse box to…

I love it and I want it now. One of the last attractive BMW designs before things started going downhill (IMO). I’d remove all the M stuff and expect $10-20k in maintenance over the early years, while getting a YouTube Masters in BMW Electronics. All in, that is still less money than most mid level SUVs or base model…

The Philippines is the US Navy turf when it comes to recruitment. They get to do more than just wash laundry for our military. 

They aren’t even ending the racist the tradition. Just adding a race to discriminate against. I’m surprised they aren’t following the current American trend of publicly decrying immigration while privately hiring immigrants for these types of jobs.

That certainly can be a thing in America, but there are also loans just like people are describing. All of my car loans had no penalty for early pay off and interest was only accumulated for the period of the loan. For my wife’s last car, we had to make separate payments for the extra because we had to specify that 1…

Per Merriam Webster:

It looks like something that got made to camouflage a drive train for testing. Like they told some shop tech to use leftover sheet metal to create a shell to hide the interior.