The concern was more with them being on the ocean floor for extended periods of time, being able to service/unfasten after that, as well as hydrogen embrittlement.

When I left oil and gas, my company was looking at some of those hydranut type fasteners. They had been using them in plants for faster bolt up when testing equipment before being sent out to the field, but they were never actually used in the field. I just don’t think enough testing had been done for approval in…

That lithium hytorc is not replacing 3 large men and a cheater. It is replacing pnuematic torque tools with a torque multiplier (Hytorc jGun specifically), air-over-hydraulic tools (like a MXT or XLCT), or a combo of those with a air-over-hydraulic tensioning system. If you’re working at a place using 3 guys and a…

I’d have to guess it’s because it doesn’t have to follow any real regulations or rule book. So, sure it’s stupidly fast, but it’s not like there is really anything similar enough to compare it to. If you wanted to open up a racing series where this competed with other similarly lax designs, if this thing was changed…

You can, but you can also use different chemical compositions much easier if you look PVD or CVD. In a previous life we replaced electroplating hex-Cr on hazardous environment sensors with with a PVD process that laid down pure Cr. We did all this to better comply with various California requirements and ended up with…

There are a handful of people on FB Marketplace in my medium/small city trying to sell their reservation spot since their production spot is up. LOL. Can’t imagine what it’s like in larger place, there has to be quite a few of them but maybe they make out better with a larger market to sell to?

They did, it was just from 1964-1968. Ford intentionally beefed up the styling to try and distance themselves from the whole dainty “secretary car” reputation the early 6 cylinder Mustangs earned. “Manly” styling was starting to come to the segment and Ford wanted to keep up. It’s a shame too, because I really like…

I can’t imagine seeing these or a Model X and taking the Model X.

Exactly.

They’re sharing the same part number—duh.

It’s literally the same platform, why is it a note worthy example of parts sharing? Next, you’ll tell me it’s newsworthy that a Chevelle uses the same glass as an El Camino, Tempest, Special, etc? Or is this just another way to shoehorn the 2nd gen Charger into the conversation?

What is it with everyone mentioning cars that share platforms share parts? That is the whole point of platform sharing.....

I think you’re greatly over estimating how much low level “influencers” and wannabe social media “celebrities” make.

The best I’ve ever seen a bone stock Sequoia achieve is about 350, which is less than the Cybertruck.

Ok, so where is any actual context then? Just saying “Everyone is doing it” isn’t context. Musk is laying off larger percentages of people than other automakers and tech companies, has a record of just letting go of entire departments with little/no thought only to have to immediately reverse course (which happens else…

I think they are basically taking all their EV related revenue minus EV spend and simply dividing it by the number of EVs sold. There is no real amortizing, depreciating, or any other sort of cost spreading major expenses like R&D, NRE, Capex, materials, labor, etc that are often substantial at during early phases of…

School bus drivers need a CDL and other specialized training for that exact reason shown as well many other things. Let me know when a lifted truck driver is held to similar standards

Wait until you find out how non-existant rear end safety standards are, even more so for second and 3rd row seats. Rear seat safety standards and rear end collision standards are only just now starting to be discussed an implemented.

Horizontal eyesight isn’t enough. The higher the vehicle, the worse the visibility.

The fact Honda so quickly refreshed the 9th gen Civic should be proof enough they made a bad car. Seriously, it was so bad that they didn’t even offer it for sale in Japan and when everyone else noticed how bad it was, Honda panicked and had to “fix” it as best they could with a super fast refresh. Even then, it…