As an owner of a 1993 Si in teal I concur. It had over 300k miles when I sold it.

They can have a productive life and I have seen articles about it but it seems that’s not really a thing people are actually doing. You still need to use a Battery Management System to regulate temperature as an EV battery is a giant fire hazard if not properly regulated. The other problem is the price for secondhand…

Europe has a lot of laws in place making the OEM’s responsible for the total lifecycle of their products the U.S. is lagging on legislation for that.

I didn’t say they couldn’t be recycled. I said that currently the easiest/cheapest way is to melt them down for raw materials for new batteries (Pyrometallurgical process). You can also use chemicals to break the materials (Hydrometallurgical process) down but my guess is that’s not super environmentally friendly…

For damages in a lawsuit the phrase normally used is “but for”. For example I would have full use of my arm, not have internal bleeding, or a punctured lung, but for a helicopter parked in the middle of a trail. The damages were caused as a direct result of negligence. Those are both easy to prove in this case. 2…

“While EVs emit no tailpipe emissions, producing them is hard on the environment and they continue to require electricity to operate.”  Those cover production and operation, end of life (EOL) is another issue.  The batteries have to go somewhere at the end of the EV’s life cycle.  An ICE vehicle is made of mostly…

A popular conversion for the TR7 is to drop a GM V6 in so I really don’t feel that different about having an easier to work on/source parts/more reliable/more powerful engine.

Biden also kept most of Trump’s tariffs. You can certainly blame Trump for initiating them but Biden had the chance to dismantle them and didn’t.

I guess the Traverse Z71 would compete with this and that is packing a 328hp/326lb-ft engine that gets about the same if not better gas mileage. Honda always has been pretty weak in the engine department but they are getting beat by even Kia at this point (Telluride is 291hp).

So what exactly failed with the oil coolers?  Like was there a leak that wasn’t detected or did the cause oil starvation from being clogged or what?

It has the same 2.0L 168hp as the regular Corolla.  Also, I could only find one article that they made 6,000 back in 2021.  Not sure how many or if they currently produce them.

They bought an “Armored Rescue Vehicle” a few years back for $293,745 which will cost $52.5k a year for the next 15 years. Not sure how often Irvine has issues that require that amount of armor or why they couldn’t use one of the MRAP’s from adjacent departments.

I feel like Toyota should make a model to bridge the gap between the 2.0 169hp Corolla and the GR.  Honda had the Civic Si to fill the space between the regular Civic and the Type R, Toyota should do the same.  Not everyone needs a race car but some people want a commuter with over 200hp that’s more sporty and does…

What? He’s assassinated lots of non-domestic enemies.

I would think you send a bunch of robots and drones to Mars first and have scientist just literally build a sustainable habitat before we ever send a person there.  Several ships sent to establish shelter, drop water, and food supplies.  Maybe even drop a return ship so the initial lander can be one way. 

This is a wildly complicated design for no reason. I’m sure it is also very fragile and has many single fail points. In other words: very British.

True, I was just assuming most people would go with the newest version of a car they can buy. The Alltrack is definitely the superior of the two.

I’ve driven both and agree 100%.  They are both great cars and the 1st generation is certainly more analogue but the 2nd gen is the better car.  I also think the 2nd get looks better.

It was the weird 2.5 V6.  They were decent cars but I wouldn’t buy one over a similar Honda or Toyota at the time.

I mean there was a very long time where rap didn’t have much cursing at all. Like Run DMC, Public Enemy, Kurtis Blow, the Beastie Boys, etc. don’t really curse much.  Then the 90's hit...