Suppose that all R2 units were originally built by Rossum Universal Robots, then after their intragalactic patents on the series expired, Consolidated Mechanoids, famed for their humaniform C units, decided to introduce a competing copy of Rossum’s signature product. Rossum will soon file suit over Consolidated’s use…

So, if I don’t cut all the way through my Kaiser roll and leave a hinge, it doesn’t become a sandwich when I layer meat and cheese within?

Yeah, I have a red clay brick-covered 1100 square foot 1952 Cape Cod in SW PA where clay is plentiful and brick was quite cheap up through the ‘70s (and I enjoy spotting some of horrible variegated combinations from that decade, e. g. pink+white+brown or orange+brown). But it’s less common now, and I recall that in…

Yes, going in the other direction towards that interchange in the valley. I think that grade is longer, although maybe less steep than coming out from Cumberland. It’s also mostly straight with very gentle bends, which tends to encourage excess momentum compared to the sharper curves on the opposite slope.

Fuel economy is one thing, emissions are another. Wankel cycle is inherently lower in NOx, which is the most difficult to control in Otto cycle. And easier to control HC and CO are not that bad. But it is true the Renesis would not meet Euro 5/Tier 2 Bin 5 without major effort just at the time Mazda lost sugar daddy…

On I-68 in western Maryland, I’ve seen trucks with flames shooting through their trailer wheels on long downhill grades that don’t seem all that extreme in a smaller vehicle.

“in England, the most conservative party is more liberal than the Democrats”

But the 1.0l only comes with a 5-speed manual in Fiestas, and it has more power and torque than the 1.6l. A thorough test drive ought to have weeded out people who can’t cope with the Getrag DCT, it seems to operate normally for a dry clutch. Although Getrag and ZF both say they’ll only build wet clutches going…

Allegedly Mazda detuned the Mazdaspeed engine and then bet that they could lose some of the Mazdaspeed-specific components for cost savings. OTOH, it was bought by a lot of people who had never owned a turbo before, and didn’t follow the recommended practices and maintenance, if they even bothered to read them. It…

Without human dolls, how will future sentient apes know we existed?

Landslides happen.

Patrick, you have to be careful when you say “Philadelphia” when you mean “Pittsburgh”. Ask DeMuro how the opposite ends of the state feel about each other.

Ben McKenzie in tight pants, sigh. Never did figure out whether that was just because it was a TV show, or it was a comment on vain guy from rich family getting his uniforms custom tailored.

Packard’s ornament is supposed to be a cormorant, not a swan. Whether the chrome sculpture contains sufficient details to tell an order suliformes from an order anseriformes isn’t clear.

See how the chauffeur sits on utilitarian leather while the passengers enjoy mohair or similar luxurious fabric.

The title of the post is not an accurate synopsis of what the statement says.

If he wanted to present himself as such a stand-up Man of Honor, he probably shouldn’t have waited until he was detained in Brazil to contradict Lochte’s lies.

Manning was apparently investigated separately and allegedly provided all the information the NFL requested, then the matter was closed.

Well, I live in the rust belt, and even the car which is parked for weeks at a time in winter has no rust on the discs after it’s driven. I didn’t say drums were bad (I learned to drive on a car with unassisted 4-wheel drums), I just think for what the Elantra lists, it’s undercontented even with the showy tech…

Some of the glitz comes at the expense of basics like rear disc brakes, which now require buying the >$23K list Limited. And even on Limiteds with optional leather upholstery, the door cards and armrests seem cheaper than before. If you don’t get leather, the rear seat headrests aren’t adjustable/removable (also true…