Insurance companies know that most people aren’t willing to cross shop, so they will regularly raise rates until consumers finally get squeezed out. While they may lose a customer that way, they have gained more from other companies doing the same thing. Since everyone keeps doing this, the market continues to get…

Tech companies have been trying to downsize since lockdowns ended. I don’t feel like looking for the article, by my hypothesis about tech company RTF mandates ended up being confirmed recently: CEOs did it to downsize without explicit layoffs. I firmly believe GM is doing the same thing now. Give weird requirements…

Hey now, they aren’t random strangers. It’s 1000 dudes in a small office somewhere in South Asia or a Pacific Island. 

According to the google, a band is $1000 and a rack is usually 10 bands. A stack varies as to whether it is the same as a band or a rack. Just depends on the locals.

Four bands for a set of wheels, another six for the tires.

It will definitely be personal, discriminatory things. We know that it is not a specific color or make/model because then insurance companies would charge more money for those things, they track everything! We also have data that shows non-white people getting pulled over at exorbitant rates compared to white people.…

With how often teenagers end up in adult prisons, I’m honestly surprised there are any states that won’t just put this kid in one. Now I’ll have to find out how the teen repeat offender percentages are for Maryland versus other states and if what they do is actually better.

I think it can both be true that this guy is an idiot who deserves everything he’s getting and that a bridge with a 6k pound rating is flat out dangerous for modern American vehicles. If some village wants to keep it as a historical marker or light vehicle crossing, there needs to be a lot of warning signage before…

It would be good to know how wide of an issue this is before legislature gets involved. Would hate to amend an entire state’s judicial system because some kid keeps being an asshole, thus allowing cops to cuff & jail any 11-year-old because they were being annoying.

I’m just a professional engineer licensed for structural work, which only counts in certain states versus an actual licensed structural engineer. That said, I feel confident confirming that glass will, in fact, break. 

While correct about the GVWR, that still means a load of landscaping bricks or something like that in a Tundra truck bed will exceed the limit. There are plenty of non-commercial people who make trips with 1500 pounds worth of people & supplies in their truck/van, so I’d still consider that a dangerously low weight…

Between this and the other post for the new BEV Volvo, I never thought I’d prefer the interior of a Nissan more than a Volvo. I’m sure the Volvo is way more comfortable of an actual drive, but this dash layout looks much better. 

I would be hesitant about the new twin turbo V6 over their old NA V8. Much like with Toyota’s recent switch, those old V8s have terrific reliability reviews and now this is (I think) an all-new engine with a big jump in power.

Another fucking iPad dashboard.

America is a wild west of airport security. It depends on the airport, their scanners, and which lines they even have open to determine what needs taken off and what needs removed from your bag. It also depends on if you have TSA pre-check or not. With pre-check, you can keep the shoes/belt on & laptops/tablets in…

The Volt. Not because I loved the cars, but Toyota can’t make their Prime trims fast enough to meet demand. Why is there not a Volt drivetrain in the Blazer? Do that to everything in the lineup.

I’m okay with arguing it would be a huge burden on landscaping companies to make them replace all of their equipment. Especially with how easy it is to repair the small engines on that stuff. My dad has a lawn mower that almost 50 years old now because part swapping is so cheap and easy. Maybe we’ll get lucky and the…

Bonus points if you keep the chainsaw blade attached. 

It feels like 75% of the people in my neighborhood use a landscaper with how many I see every day. I don’t think I’ve seen a single one with an electric anything. This is much more for the suburbanite that does their own lawn work with EGO stuff and can now tack on a $1300 dirt bike for the kids when they go to their…

After all the Fords got recalled and the Hyundai/Kias got stollen, options got slim on the back 5.