I’d argue that unless you really aren’t paying attention, the time it takes to shift back into gear would be negligible. And on ice, I’ll shift into neutral when coasting to a stop. That small amount of torque to the drive wheels can mean the difference between the tires non-drive wheels sticking to the road and…

Downshifting: Saving cheap and easy to replace brake pads by adding wear and tear to transmission internals that are not.

Can we vote you to be the new $kaycog? Not that anyone could ever really replace $kaycog.

I don’t understand how Hyundai could make a much derided car such as an Accent. As has been pointed out, automakers build cheap cars in the hopes of gaining loyal customers who will eventually buy their more expensive models. That won’t happen if you build a poor, unreliable vehicle.

I don’t know, it’s like some of these janky electronic shifters on modern cars. There’s often no positive feedback—visual, audible, and mechanical (feel)—like on the old mechanical ones. A seat latch mechanism shouldn’t need a “jiggle” test to confirm proper latching, IMO.

That’s a COTD-worthy post right there.

Depends upon your definition of “minimize price spikes.” We had $100/bbl for a long time. Then SA started pumping like there was no tomorrow, and it went down to about $50/bbl. They’ve reduced their output; prices are around $70/bbl. Do you really think that US oil producers are going to eventually push that back down…

That seems silly. By extension, even if Ballaban was a lawyer, if he’s not an expert in M&A, he shouldn’t be speaking. It sounds like you’re saying that a reporter must be an expert in the subject of the article they are writing if they are going to write an article at all. While that doesn’t hurt, it’s not a…

Because every time there has been a disruption in the oil supply from the middle east, American oil companies and our oil reserves have stepped in to minimize price spikes. Said no one ever.

I seem to recall some stories about people trying to steal the copper from some power lines of the 12KV variety. Wasn’t much left for the corner to autopsy.

Completely different. If you actually read the first link, the accidents involved CB antennas that were ground based, not vehicle based. There was no air gap, and people got killed.

That means you can lift your car off the ground in under 60 seconds, remove your flat tire’s screws, install the new one, and bring it up to pressure way faster than you could with manual tools.

That means you can lift your car off the ground in under 60 seconds, remove your flat tire’s screws, install the…

I never understood why people buy new small cars when they could buy something nice that’s gently used for the same money.

More like the Cadillac of motorcycles. I’m a boomer, and even to me Cadillac is the old busted that my dad’s friends aspired to own.

Need more caffeine; it took me a few seconds to catch that burn.

Never watch laws or sausage being made.

All I know is that I didn’t feed them, yet all they wanted to do was follow me, slowly, across the fields. I wasn’t a stranger to them since I lived there, so there’s that. They would also follow my uncle, who did feed them.

Cows are also creatures of habit. If someone feeds them on a regular basis, they tend to start following that person every time that person enters the field, because food. If some stranger comes along, they may figure that that person is also there to feed them. See Pavlov.

I’d argue that people buying the classic sports cars and supercars are going to be holdouts against EV versions. They may very well embrace hybrid supercars because a V12 AND electric motors from a standing start? Hell yeah! But otherwise, I think they’ll be behind general EV adoption.

Yeah, let’s tell owners that if they wait long enough to bring their vehicle in, we’ll pay them cash. That’ll end well.