Exclusivity! They’ll only sell it to people looking to waste money that pass their “real man” test.

They don’t even change the frame or anything? That’s an awful lot of money for a drivetrain that can barely be used and shit build quality just to cosplay a redneck with a sleeper (is this even a thing anymore?). I would think this seriously overpriced “real man” image they’re trying to sell wouldn’t appeal to those…

He’s either trolling or the drug use is reaching a more serious level, but that’s an excuse his delusional cult members don’t have. Why would a manufacturer largely exaggerating the efficacy of its self-driving technology be secretly coming up with a way for people to assert more control? That steering wheel probably…

Hm, I’m surprised it’s a lean mix that’s the issue. I wonder if it’s due to a higher rpm allowance in those modes and if it’s an issue that can be fixed with a mapping change for a little extra fueling or if the injectors are already running on the edge.

It was affordable because it was junk. I had the misfortune to work on early one and was completely unimpressed. I also had to push it around the shop and its stupid, tucked-under wheels that not only made it look like a wuss trying to tiptoe past a bully, they made it so that it couldn’t out turn a battleship. It…

Possibly unpopular opinion, but the E-Type was the disappointing end to a line of more beautiful cars (maybe not the XK150 as that got bloated and excluding the E-Type lightweight low drag coupe).

I have to shut off my HVAC system to keep it from coming in. Sucks in extreme weather. As a kid, I was lucky enough to be within the 2-mile zone that didn’t get bused as walking was better than riding and getting sick from the fumes.

Electric, gasoline, I’m just glad they’re ditching the goddamn diesels that give coal rollers tiny stiffies every time they accelerate.

I’m also wondering about fuel cell lifespan, which according to the DOE, is about 5000 hrs in a transportation application. That’s somewhere around 200-250k miles for a tractor. I don’t know the intervals of major overhauls of ICE tractors—though I’m sure they’re much higher miles than FC or battery—or the cost of…

Yup. With such an easy flattered moron, that’s a good way to play the game, if potentially sacrificing some reputation. Being GM, there wasn’t much reputation to lose.

From working on boats at a salt water marina, if you can spray in some lubricant around the hose pick, the only trick to getting them off will be finding a pick with the right angle. At some point, they can kind of weld themselves on there and the surface touching the metal will be chewed up as some of it decides to…

That was my first thought. A much closer update of the Type K than the Breadvan.

That’s the Pontiac I immediately thought of—Type K, specifically.

I never check anyone’s bike cred cards because I don’t trust the issuers, I’m just curious about alternate technologies and odd solutions so I ask questions about it when I see it. All I can go by is the answers I’m given by the kind of people who would pay for such tech. I’ve heard that the hubs are heavy and that…

I was speaking more to the drive delay than the mushiness, but that efficiency rating is terrible.

In this case, you’re stuck with a proprietary frame, so whatever is available with that specific mounting. For retrofit kits for regular bikes, they go into the kilowatts. The popular Bafang BBSHD is 750/1000W (only difference between the two is the controller current cutoff), but that’s a nominal rating for a 48V…

I think the problem with the hub might be that it’s automatic. I never rode a Nuvinci, but I haven’t heard of the manual control ones behaving like the one in the article. Whatever determines the ratios might be slow to react. They should make it with a lockout at least or a manual override ideally.

A family friend had the roadster version that he used to let me into the garage alone to play in. Even the roadster to a <10 year old me had a solidity that was impressive. Not just a beautiful car, but truly astounding quality.

I have some very industrious beavers I can lend them—environmentalists say they can’t be messed with (though, I guess they can be relocated with the appropriate permit).

But, seriously, from knocking holes in their dams, I’ve seen how they construct them and it’s damn clever! Among other things, they use forked…

I once looked at a great apartment that was well below market rates because it was near a coal plant. The agent tried talking it up as if the free weekly car wash vouchers and annual exterior house cleanings were selling points. I asked about the vouchers on lung cleanings, but they didn’t offer those. After that, I…