Looks great and I’m fine with it having the N/A motor, but the N/A motor plus the 4 speed slushbox? ND.

Cost. That’s it. Cost.

Sure, I can get an EV for probably $40k, but it’s not the one I want. The one I want, with the performance, luxury, and features is $70k

The ICE equivalent is $40k.

The good news here is that ACAS likely did it’s job

Dunno, never noticed that myself. Usually when I’m sitting far enough forward in economy to see into business/first, I myself am commuting for work as is most of the aircraft, and let me tell you, seasoned business travelers know what they’re doing.

That said, I have run into scenarios at my home airport (KORD) where…

Maybe I’m in the minority here, but my kids (16, 14, 12) started playing video games when loot boxes really started to become commonplace (and subsequently alienated me from some game categories).

I have/had hard limits on their screen time as well as purchasing abilities (they have no payment methods wired up) across…

Yeah, if I’m by myself I wait until folks in front of me are making their way off the aircraft and then I hustle to get my stuff so people behind me can exit ASAP.

But if I’m with the family? I have us all just sit in our seats and relax, keep the kids glued to their devices for an extra 10-15 minutes. A couple of…

My E90 was subject to the Takata “Airbag of Death” recall. Not sure if it was a “do not drive” recall, but it took BMW two years to replace it. Seemed a tad unrealistic to not drive my DD for two years so I rolled the dice.

And this was well before the pandemic and all the continued supply chain shenanigans.

That’s certainly fair. If you don’t need to make a connecting flight, and are in no hurry to de-plane, then sit your ass down and chill for a bit. 

But also, if you are in a rush, maybe notify the flight attendants just before initial descent instead of making the mad dash up the isle.

Although to be fair to the flight attendants, he was already drunk when he got on the plane.

I’m not suggesting that the overhead bins “belong” to anyone, just that people need to learn how to store their bags and items in them.

And if I’m traveling for work, all I need is a standard roll-aboard suitcase and my laptop bag.  It’s not a matter of cost, but a matter of convenience.

Not knowing how to load a 22" roll-aboard suitcase into the overhead compartments. It goes in wheels first, up on it’s side. When you do that you can fit 3, maybe even 4 suit cases in a compartment (depending on airframe type).

I can sort of forgive people who put them in wheels first but lay them flat, but I’m…

This one not so much. It’s not a bad idea to go into airplane mode, but it’s not a safety thing. Modern airliners aren’t impacted by cellular service in use on the aircraft.

That said, good luck getting a signal at 36k feet and mach .90.  Going into airplane mode will do wonders for your battery life during the flight.

Pre-ordered through Amazon.  Got delivered about 15 minutes ago.  Now just waiting to finish out my afternoon meetings.  Didn’t have to wait in line.

Now I can’t unhear that.

That’s a pretty standard ride height.  The bottom bracket (the part that the pedal cranks attach to) looks like it’s below the axles which is good, and the BB height + rider height dictates the seat height.  In fact, in that picture, he looks like he might want to raise his seat a little bit for more efficient…

How hard would it be to upgrade to hydraulic disc brakes, because as anyone who has built a head of steam on a bike with mechanical disc brakes knows, they’re awful. I’d rather have rim v-brakes.  It’s like drum brakes vs. disc brakes on a car.

also, with no top tube, how well will it be able to handle a gap jump?

(my…

Nope, nope.  It’s all that crazy rap music and devil worship heavy metal music.  My 3rd grade teacher told me so.

That’s a fair point - there were quite a few dead spots when we took the California Zephyr a few years ago.  I wonder if I could rig up a mechanism to keep a starlink dish constantly pointed in the right direction even as the train is moving...

If I had foxtrot uniform levels of cash, I would totally do this. Would outfit it with wireless networking (LTE with Starlink as a backup?) and work from the train while being towed behind any and all of the western trains (California Zephyr, Empire Builder, Southwest Chief, etc.) back and forth to Chicago.

Maybe do…

or you could just let someone have a parking spot.  <shrug/>