Avoiding kids while backing up is honestly the core reason I keep my EAB on. Backing into a car or pole will ruin my day and maybe someone else’s. Backing into a kid (especially in an SUV) is a completely different thing. Even the best behaved kids with the most attentive parents are able to find a way to run behind a…

What vehicle is that? When I go on back roads in my Subaru I have to turn off the EAB before backing up near brush because that will trigger it.

I blame that on regulations. The ability to monitor exists, especially on the types of line that feed power generation plants (I’ve designed those). Relative to the cost of install and value of the gas, it’s not all that expensive either, it’s just not required.

There is risk of public pushback when you tell them the plan is to crash everything back towards earth. An oil leak can also be accurately called “an unexpected product release” which sounds wayyy better than an oil leak. I expect it is true that all of this space stuff either burns up or crashes where it is supposed…

some of the power from the electricity is most likely from natural gas anyways so it’s just changing one power generator for another one.

I’ve never seen any that fully operate using diesel or natural gas generators, just having those generators as a backup during power outages. Part of my job has been sizing and installing gas lines to connect to natural gas systems to feed those generators and I’d be surprised to see anyone that actually relies on…

It very much strikes me as the type of thing someone got an exception for and then treated as though it were uniform instead of a specific run. Odds are, someone did all the documentation for the specific request and then someone else made an internal document that said “we are exempt,” then no one looked back until…

“Deorbit” in a “controlled descent” are definitely the terms a PR team chose. The plan to send them back towards Earth & burn them in the atmosphere. That’s how space junk gets cleaned up, burning it in the atmosphere.

The super chargers are such a weird anomaly for Tesla. I’ve been part of bid/engineering on some facility type stuff and it was a total mess, but anything for the super chargers, whether a new install or backup power, runs so smooth. 

The AFC championship game also had more on-screen time for crab cakes than for Taylor Swift.

Interesting mental gymnastics for the hardcore MAGAs to think San Francisco, of all cities, is part of their cause.

The ad used a dolphin with a horn on it, though, not an actual narwhal.

I can’t tell if that was written by someone who doesn’t speak English and lives in a non-English speaking country or just an uncle on Facebook. 

Even as someone who likes that it will exist, every time a new article comes out I realize that I forgot it was ever even announced. Just feels like vaporware at this point. 

Almost every recall I’ve gotten for a car was something like “bolt may need tightened,” “hose clamp may come loose,” or something very basic and non-descript. I’m sure the complexity of cars increases the number of bolts/clamps & how to fit them all, but they still seem to be mostly basic things that need checked.

As someone else noted, this car came from Florida with a new paint job, so was it flooded?

With modern pricing, you’re barely saving any money by going with one that has all usable seats (like the Atlas or Traverse) versus one that has a back seat in title only (the Outlander or Highlander). Going for one that actually fits people and a stroller/stuff in the trunk is by far the best way to go right now. 

Many cars have them, but the execution varies. I think the handles with a physical button do it best, since that has tangible feedback, but my Subaru’s handles work really well as a touch lock/unlock. Idk why, but I have all sorts of issues with my wife’s VW while she never has a problem making it work.

I’m no “stick to cars” guy, but this doesn’t even appear to make a sarcastic effort for why it’s on Jalopnik. Just kinda weird being here (I know, this comment is why it is here, but still).

It seems like the only difference is that a dealer will have the build complete and not have to redo it in their system? You can currently go to just about any car maker’s website, spec out a new car, and then search for cars/dealers in your zip code. For my last purchase, I made my build online, took that to Subaru,…