I was literally just in the market for a car in that price range, as my daily driver impreza’s engine died, and the car didn’t warrant buying a pulled engine. The RX8 was a serious competitor.

The way it works in the USA with cars under the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act, is that if you repair or modify 1 part of your car(like an aftermarket air filter), and another part of your car fails under warranty (like your transmission won’t shift), the manufacturer must prove that the aftermarket part, or the…

This. I’ve had 2 cars where oil leaked onto the starter motor, and clogs up the solenoid. easiest temporary fix: smack it with a hammer. Mine wouldn’t start because the solenoid kept the gear against the flywheel after the car started. So I would smack the starter motor with a hammer and it would reset the solenoid,…

I think of it as the same reason people lease cars. If you have to live within a budget (which most of us do), the one thing a leased car and a rented home have is budget stability. You can have your rent for $700/month, renters insurance for $25 a month, and you know that even if your furnace dies, or your air…

Word to the Wise: Don’t ever fuck with Blizzard.

Tesla should just donate used batteries to the Power Racing Series. http://www.powerracingseries.org/

I’m surprised the Palm Pre wasn’t on that list. Launched in 2009, it had a lot of firsts, and a lot of features that eventually made their way to iOS and Android. It ultimately ended up flopping because the phone’s hardware was just underpowered. Some of the features it had, which were groundbreaking in 2009:

One of my friends did a similar thing. Only he took his Integra and dropped in an AWD drivetrain from a CR-V, as well as a turbo’ed and worked over k24 engine.

Most local governments that use red light camera systems do some horrible stuff. The contracts they sign give the red light camera company full authority to monitor and send tickets(that’s right, being ticketed by civilians), and they get paid a portion of the fine. In these contracts there’s often quotas that need to…

As somebody who rolled their own Android Auto system in my car, I absolutely love it. I hated touch screen systems, but since I can control basically everything with an OK Google command, I’m happy.

Also, here’s why I think most nav systems are complete shit:

I do this too. When I street park in the city, it’s often a couple of blocks away, so I get a count of auto to manual. It’s about 10% manuals most of the time

I’m firmly against touching another being’s automobile and/or automobile cover. Unless that car is unlocked with a for sale sign on it. That gives me the right to open the door to check the odo and for nasty smells.

I do this all the time. 3rd gear@1600rpm or so is 25mph, 4th gear@1600rpm or so is 35mph. That’s enough RPM to where I don’t cog, but I still don’t have the power to really take off. Perfect since the town next to mine will pull you over for less than 5 over the limit, and have roads that quickly shift from 45 to 25

30 fps is only part of the picture. What’s important to note is camera resolution and processing time. 30 fps is easy on a camera with a 320x240 resolution, but then image processing at a distance becomes much more difficult, as a person 20 feet away may only be a few pixels; not enough to detect a complex shape.

Old computer number 1 choice: Lubuntu. Sure, it isn’t the prettiest(unless you find beauty in simplicity), but I have a laptop going on 10 years old (Thinkpad T60p), and after buying a new battery for it, it’s been my everyday carry laptop for the past 2 years, thanks to Lubuntu’s almost non-existent system…

Get a mid-2000's Subaru Impreza. Might be a little difficult to find a non-wrx Impreza that’s got 3 pedals, but they’re cheap, parts are cheap and almost completely interchangeable, and Subaru has been known for their safety. And with AWD and 160ish HP, you learn do drive well, quickly. There’s so much drivetrain that…

While I am all for the wagon love-fest going on, let’s not forget hatchback coupes, like an integra or a 944. I love that huge glass hatch, and you could see EVERYTHING out of it.

I think Magnox is referring to when you can get a regular 4 door, non-convertible with frameless doors, like my 02 Subaru. And I have to say that frameless doors are absolutely awesome. I can carry long pipes and stick them out the passenger window and hang them on the mirror. and I can still open the door if need be.…

why stop there when you can get a set of Hella’s and make sure the whole block knows you’re there?

My guess is that this will come down to any recent changes to the Google Apps account. In any place where I’ve been with Gapps, you have a systems admin who does the actual work, and you also have someone from management, usually the person who authorizes the payments. Either ACE did not do this (which would be…