I thought that there was a regulation requiring replacement parts be available for 7 years.

The LEDs aren’t the problem, it’s the logic circuit that picks up the signals from some controller elsewhere that’s the issue.

On my F150, the spare doesn’t have the chrome trim that the other 4 wheels have, so if you want to rotate the spare in, you have to swap tires on the rims.

They’re actually all aftermarket, at least from what I’ve heard. And from what I’ve been able to find searching for center high mount stop lights, there’s no exception from section 393. Which supports everything that I’ve heard about them being aftermarket.

More common on Kias, but also Hyundai and a few low end Chevys. Anywhere that people with marginal credit, and thus fewer choices go. Typically the dealer advertises the price of the car, then when you get into F&I department they tell you about this wonderful safety option that’s already installed on the car and…

I’ve heard that buy-here, pay-here lots and the like charge $500 for this oh-gee-it’s-already-installed ‘feature.’

It’s kind of like being at the center of a hurricane. But not at all like being at ground zero of a nuclear explosion.

Grain silos explode far more often than they should. It seems like there are a lot of things that will combust/explode if you turn it into a fine powder and mix thoroughly with air.

In the case of Air France 447, all three pitot tubes froze up. Regardless of the number of sensors, you need to be able to handle failure cases up to and including all of the sensors.

All the planes have two AoA sensors. The option was just an indicator if there was a disagree between the two. MCAS only used one sensor at a time and alternated between sensors between flights.

1st Gear: “Tthat’s a pretty good sign.”

Gee, sensible legislation. Who da thunk it?

Maybe Wrangler owners are all switching to aftermarket LED bulbs, which won’t be focused properly by the reflector in the housing, blinding all oncoming traffic.

That’s what DRLs are for.

At a red light I told him to turn on his lights. He fucked around with some controls, still didn’t turn on his lights and drove away.

Or the stock market. Years ago Dell, which had been a market darling, got their stock hammered into the ground when their growth started to slow. Someone pointed out that for Dell to maintain their growth at the same rate, there was a point that for an 18 month period they would have had to have sold a PC to every…

Pedestrians seem to be an afterthought in this country. The place that I get a haircut at is a few blocks away from my house, so I decided to walk there one day. Go to cross a busy intersection only to find the crossing buttons had been removed, apparently during recent construction for whatever reason. So cross with…

Thank god for Spirit Airlines.

“and the entire crotch area of the jeans is lit up like a freakin’ Christmas tree.”

Fat bombs are on the exception list.