Is it possible that you’re assuming the Timelines of the two movies? It’s been years since I saw Top Gun and I don’t recall any specific mentioning of a date, but maybe this new movie is set a few years ago.

Years ago I read somewhere that a guy searched around for a good pair of driving shoes and ultimately found that for most every day and track day driving the Converse Chuck Taylor was his preferred brand.

Years ago I read somewhere that a guy searched around for a good pair of driving shoes and ultimately found that for…

I have kept pushing people around me to get dashcams for years.

Just exercise more.  Got it.

No, it’s a brilliant 20 year gamble.

You use eclipse glasses until totality. At the moment of totality you move the protective lenses aside because it is impossible to see the eclipse otherwise. After a few brief minutes of glorious totality, at the first sign of light (called the diamond ring) you once again switch back to your solar protection.

I want automatic blinks disabled. It’s garbage. If you can’t be bothered to push it far enough to hold the blinks, then you’re being far too impatient and you should feel bad about yourself.

I was in Tennessee for the 2017 eclipse. Can confirm, a total solar eclipse is a spectacle that should be on everyone’s bucket list. There’s nothing quite like it given the specific conditions required. You have to be in a specific place at a specific Time and only lasts for a few brief minutes. “Close enough” is not…

Steal all at once and yes, they’d be worth nothing *AND* everyone would know who did it if you tried to sell.

You’re right.  I just properly read what you wrote, now that I’m no longer on a conference call.  Manufacturers are just putting out mediocre lights from the factory.  And most consumers hardly care enough to care.

I grant you that it’s not on par with some European standards such as maximum light output and is slower to adopt newer light technologies, but manufacturers aren’t even remotely approaching the limits of US standards to begin with. Manufacturers just choose not to equip good headlights in the cars to begin with…

Everyone just thinks it should be an easy solution, but the reality is just as you outlined it. Time, budget, bureaucracy, and skill constraints.  Not to mention having the people with the right motivation to make sure it’s all implemented correctly.

The US has reasonable standards for headlights. The real issue is that a lot of people don’t care enough to adjust their headlights properly or are ignorantly and/or deliberately using illegal bulbs in their cars. The resulting light is bright but without proper cutoff, which is the real problem. I take pride in…

I’m having a deja vu moment.  I’m certain I’ve seen this kind of story years ago where someone else programmed a cat door to block their pet from bringing in foreign (dead) objects.

Weren’t there a number of people who loaned their cars to the franchise that got their cars back with unexpected damage?  

K-On and Initial D.  A man of culture.

So $70k for the car, and $80k for mandatory driving school and money to cover initial damages to others?

Not sure why it’s such a bewildering concept.  Isn’t there an enthusiast group for just about anything?

Not a vaper but as a flashlight enthusiast that uses the same kinds of batteries, the biggest cause is using bad/cheap/knockoff ones or pushing a cell beyond its limit. That’s why lithium cells require that the user study a tiny bit beyond some common sense. Sadly even a modicum of education is lacking in a lot of the…

1990-1992 Ford Probe GT did the same. The first year 89 did not, however. The clean mild revision in 90 started it.