My sister-in-law has one of these and really loves it.  The only issue she has was the power steering pump went out while she was at Laguna Seca on her 3rd lap.  Torque-steer really isn’t an issue once you understand what’s going on, but you want to make sure you have a good gripe on the steering wheel when you’re…

That’s what I love about my 2001 Golf TDI.  No distractions and the interior feels quite calming.  My only gripe is the stupid soft-texture that peeled off after a few years.

That’s about the smartest move I’d seen from Ocasio-Cortez. She has nothing to gain from debating Shapiro and a lot to lose. Do you really think his Breitbart-base would be swayed by her? Shapiro is well trained in rhetoric and debating; I’m afraid he would just make her look bad to most. What she needs to do is…

It should be noted that a reclusive man was arrested after making threats to burn everybody down. He happened to be the only cabin owner (1 out of 13) who’s structure did not burn to the ground. He also appears to be a crazy religious zealot and refused to appear at his arraignment.

Boy, unloading on the black market sounds like a lucrative deal, but 70,000 tons of soybeans is going to be hard to move.  I guess they’re punishing the captain for piloting the ship too slow.  

I mince some up and use it in stir-fry, braises in the Instant Pot, congee, fried rice, and marinades when I want to add a sweet acid to it.

What a horrible mess! When you put it all together you can understand frustration from all sides. Consumers want convenience, reliability, and low costs for service. Drivers want to make at least a living wage. Companies want profits. Politicians want their constituents to be happy. The reality is that too much…

I wouldn’t be surprised if the company does not go private. He said “considering” which gives him the same wiggle room as the current president.  My guess is that he really wants to turn the screws on Chanos, Block, and Left.  He’s made statements warning the short-sellers and he’s doing all he can to screw them.  

Just not my thing I guess.  I’d rather see diesels race up an incline to really show off the torque.

I just don’t see the appeal of a diesel on the drag stip.  I’d much rather see a competition where the drivers race to a pit, attach a trailer, race to another zone, then back up the trailer into a stall.  I’m not a diesel-hater...I’ve got 12-cylinders of turbodiesels myself.  It’s just drag racing with a 4,000rpm…

Was this technically an engine runaway?  Every diesel owner’s fear.

You might want to watch her eat too. If she’s reaching too far down or eating too fast, she might be ingesting too much air. An elevated “slow” food bowl might help a lot. It worked well for our old lab.

I never understood watercraft racing like this.  Water can be an unpredictable and unforgiving bitch at times.  I think I’ll stick to my little dinghy sailboat around the harbor.  

The next generation of Fast and the Furious will just be a ride-share app.

In this day and age, I’m surprised helmets do not have shock sensors to determine who gave/took a hit that was too hard. They use them all the time on Mythbusters and each player could have a personal average baseline amount of impact. When an outlier impact occurs, the players involved can be evaluated and a…

There are some practical applications with this:

It looks like a prop car from “Back to the Future II.”

I’ve always used ashtrays to hold my change from the drive thru window, but now find myself using the cupholder in new cars. I only consume a beverage in the car 5% of the time and that’s primarily on road-trips.  I can’t enjoy food or beverage while I’m driving because I’m too engaged with what’s on the road.…

Chicago has some unique traffic issues and I think this is a step in the right direction. As a metropolitan area, it seems like most people live in the suburbs and commute into the city area, not terribly unlike Los Angeles (but Los Angeles is decentralized and spread out with hubs in Long Beach, Santa Monica/Venice,…

I went with the reliable TDI route as I figured it had a lot less electrical components to go wrong. With 300K miles on an 18 year old car, the only issues I had was a seized idler pulley bearing (failed 20K miles after changing it), leaky fuel injection pump ($40 for seals and gasket), and one worn tie-rod end.