Half assed infrastructure is totally on brand for Dubai, land of the poop truck because all those skyscrapers have no sewer connections. 

This reminds of last January,  in early 2024 Oregon got hit with a lot of snow and we were driving from Bend to Medford.  Going there,on 138 and 62 past Crater Lake was snowy but OK. Coming back was challenging,  138 was closed and 66 had a blizzard and we spun once so we stayed overnight in Klamath Falls and then…

Samsung makes good washing machines and phones,  I've never touched their printers but you don't sound pleased. I've been using Epson at home, and even Linux worked

I hate HP desktop printers and the never to be sufficiently damned HP Smart app with the fury of a thousand burning suns. Fortunately the users have been buying Brother and Epson and the big iron is mostly Ricoh and Kyocera.  

The Isdera Imperator is a blast from the past, I remember it from the cover of Road & Track. 

Considering how easily hacked car software is , we should be suing car companies. Subaru is particularly bad, hacking them was only slightly harder than writing decss.

Cybertruck,  so ugly homeless people won't live in them

Tesla refusing to take back the truck is actually appropriate.  People being rude to you is not a defect in materials or workmanship.  Heck if he drove it through a car wash he could probably get a lemon law buy back. OTOH the CyberCucks have reaped what they have sown. A giant symbol of fealty to the cult of Elon…

Mazda switchblade keys are fine, Fiat keys like the one shown are crap, that's most of your problem right there.  My current Mazda is push button start, which is objectively better because I can leave the fob in my pocket 

While we are riffing on names, shouldn’t the Excel’s badge engineered sibling the Mitsubishi Precis be a summarized car?

FWIW a BOF Mazda would be the old Navajo, or a Mazda badged Ford Everest. The CX-5 does very well off road so I see no need to compromise it

This reminds me of Keith Code’s advice to make sure you have stopped sliding before attempting to stand up. (according to one of his books, he tried just that)

That is absolutely crazy money, no matter how rare. What’s the upmarket version of New Balance and jorts? 

People forget Japan has rust

Having a full cradle frame makes this more feasible.  The CM250 and 250 Nighthawk have the engine hanging out in the breeze as a stressed member.  On the plus side, they have standard foot controls 

This reminds me of the bicycle mechanic’s practice of putting the hot stamp (colored label) next to the valve stem. With premium rubber this will correlate with balance plus it makes it easy to find the valve, and like indexing the quick release levers it shows you care 

My local Costco went full send on snow removal. They have 5 new or near new Caterpillar skid steer machines on standby.

Even Mercedes Streeter has stopped buying these. ND

At least the badge fits on the car, unlike the Mitsubishi Minica Dangan Turbo which has as the longest badge on the smallest car since it’s another hopped up Kei car.

Jeremy Clarkson’s observation comes to mind “Owning a TVR in the past was like owning a bear, I mean it was great, until it pulled your head off, which it would. One day, it would pull your head off.”