Having to make sure aftermarket parts have been specifically designed for a certain vehicle

Ah, never would have thought of that.

Agreed, I understand why they did it, but if they want to sell a real EV “crate” kit that is the first thing they need to address. They need to offer many different configurations of battery pack, not just one straight out of the Bolt or whatever. Maybe have one design that keeps the width but stacks sections on top…

The first time I ever learned of these was when I saw someone restoring one on a YouTube channel.  Super cool idea, a shame they aren’t more common as that could be a great alternative to a tire iron in every car, especially for people who don’t have the strength to normally break loose a tight lugnut.

I’ll keep saying this: the problem isn’t the motor, it’s the batteries. Dropping an electric motor in the place of a traditional ICE isn’t that hard of a thing to figure out. They are roughly similar sizes and can fit in the same place okay. The problem is that battery packs aren’t flexible in dimensions yet. They had…

This one is pretty easy from a math standpoint. I can guarantee you that the OEM engineers selected an air filter that supports the CFM the engine requires to make maximum power. Changing that filter to something that breathes easier is irrelevant as the engine is still only going to pull the CFM it is capable of. For…

I suppose 80% is still a fraction of the price of a new mattress, but I feel like this is overselling it a bit.

I suppose 80% is still a fraction of the price of a new mattress, but I feel like this is overselling it a bit.

Chrysler ME412. It was a Bugatti before Bugatti and would still be competitive in today’s ultra performance market. I’ve still yet to see the concept in person. Was horribly disappointed when it wasn’t on display at the Walter P. Chrysler museum when I visited.

I guess that’s not a bad workaround.  I’ve only ever seen that pop up as an option for me when connected to certain bluetooth things, but my phone is a few years older now.  Probably in there somewhere if I wanted to dig around.

I guess that’s not a bad workaround.  I’ve only ever seen that pop up as an option for me when connected to certain…

Hmm, without digging into that article that seems kinda flimsy.  The “living wage” varies widely just based on where in the US you live.  $30k a year might be perfectly sustainable in the Midwest and immensely underpaid on either coast.

So what’s the problem with just creating a Facebook account for Oculus and doing nothing with it? I’ve had a Facebook account for probably a decade or more and don’t really use it. It’s only there for me to see invites to events from groups I’m in. I never post stuff or check the site and don’t really care. It’s not…

Am I the only person that doesn’t like or understand the rear fingerprint reader?  Very often I have my phone sitting on a desk or table and want to unlock it to look at something, but I don’t want to pick it up to use a rear fingerprint reader.  I know I could just PIN unlock it, but that was one of the reasons I…

Am I the only person that doesn’t like or understand the rear fingerprint reader?  Very often I have my phone…

My two main projects so far have been the rear suspension in my 71 Vette and screening in my front porch. The Vette was a months long project because the place I ordered rental tools from to do the rebuild only sent me half of the tools and it took many weeks of emails and phone calls before I finally got the right…

The real unemployment rate in America is over 26 percent

Wow, Dodge would be out of business if they still cared about speeding in commercials, lol.  Though I guess a lot of the Dodge commercials are more about burnouts than raw speed.

Freezing engine design at the start of a season, while ostensibly a good idea in terms of keeping budgets fair, just sounds like a surefire way to set a grid for the season and never see new winners. Not that letting the engines continually develop is really a better option as the best will likely keep getting better…

Depends what I’m buying it for. Most of my stuff is Craftsman, just because that’s what was readily available around me and because it’s not half bad. Even if the quality is a bit questionable, the free replacements for broken stuff makes up for it to some degree. I’ve never really had issues with them breaking unless…

I’ve read previously that these were the loudest “mechanical” sirens ever made, so maybe that’s the distinction that’s missing here?  By mechanical I mean that the whole system only used physical motion to produce the sound, no electricity.  It’s basically a giant fan that blows through some horns if I understand it…

I’m very close to being in the same boat as you right now. My first car was a 71 Vette that I still have. I hasn’t seen a lot of road in the past probably 10 years at least, if not more. I drove it daily through high school and into college some, but that was when it started getting parked more and more. I started…

For that kind of money you could get into a Vette or Viper.  The Vette is probably the easier choice since hardtops are more plentiful.  You could get a gen 2 Viper with that budget and have a coupe, but the gen 3s and up are really more suited to track stuff with their far superior brakes.  There’s a very slim chance…