Yes. Yes. Yes. Amazing how the introduction of a gun can change everything for the worse. Let this be a case study on how to get killed over a fake license plate. If you don’t want to have interactions with the Police, don’t do things that attract the Police. It’s unbelievable that this is the best we can do in 2023,…

Police train for scenario’s all the time; once situations start to resemble a scenario they’ve practiced, it seems like the ending is a lot easy to get to and complete. However, I find it amazing that it took 5 cops to mag dump on a guy over what will amount to failure to produce documentation; not bank robbery, not…

I was in my early 20's when these were new and was well aware of the reality of the price of the first year models - blank check on account with Dodge Sr. Management. How does a car go from that level of value to this? For one, the design didn’t age well and the shortcuts in engineering, you can cook a steak on the…

“If you don’t drive like an idiot...” The problem is when you get behind the wheel of a car that literally pumps your self image and ego up to 3X its normal size, people take on the persona of an idiot. Its like letting someone borrow your jetski, there’s a 99% chance its going to be returned broke.

Anyone that knows anything about management knows the double-speak of this statement “...planning any layoffs or terminations to reach its cost-cutting goals”. Of course, their not PLANNING for anything next because they don’t know how many employees will take them up on this offer.

It isn’t like the Tesla’s Investor Day disclaimer is any different that what every publicly traded company has to disclaim; the only difference is that Tesla is constantly under a microscope while 100+ year old legacy automakers get a pass because people have just learned to be content with Meh.

Nailed it. This season of DTS has significantly less to do with actual racing, and more to do with character (driver) drama like so many popular formulaic American shows. I’ll admit it, i’ve found past seasons of DTS very interesting and insightful about the drivers lives and the harsh realities of the global travelin…

As a person who has spent the majority of my adult life in Aviation as well, I know exactly what you mean about watching the media, mainstream, national and social, portray disingenuous information about a subject you know a lot about. Years ago I watched a 60 minutes episode about V-22 Osprey and it was so full of…

There’s a difference between scripted reality TV, and creative editing to create a storyline and narrative based on reality; DTS is the later.

Who’s entitled to a new car again? If your car purchase begins with “I deserve this” or a lifestyle projection object while you live in an apartment, then the problem is the person in the mirror. Yes, new car (especially trucks) prices are ridiculous, so don’t buy one.

The only question I have is if purchasing a Model 2 still directly supports the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), while my purchase dollars directly support Chinese workers or not. When is Model 2 production moving to the U.S. so at least I can feel like i’m not directly supporting a regime that has clearly stated their…

I think your memory is a little fuzzy, the C-141 had windows in all 4 side emergency escape hatches and both troop doors, the crew entrance door did not have a window. So that kinda narrows down the context of my story.

I was flightcrew on a 4 engine military aircraft years ago that shutdown an engine over South Carolina. After leaving the cockpit and going back to inspect the engine, I peered out the window and simply asked one of the Army troops seated next to the window, “does it seem about 25% quieter to you?...” then I calmly…

I agree, the installation costs for the utility upgrades necessary (often 440v 3ph or more) to run a DC fast charger can be substantially more than the cost of the hardware, same for gas pumps, and it’s speculative and subjective for sure. However, maybe the profit isn’t as short sighted as we may believe. What if the…

I’d be curious to find out what it costs to build and install 8 gas pumps, tanks, and all the support equipment needed vs. 8 DC fast chargers with the necessary utility upgrades.

There’s a reason WalMart and many others have went so deep into allowing DC fast chargers installed at their facilities, it brings people to the store. Kind of a no brainer.

“...that technicians are required to be meticulous about engine maintenance and have redundant safety procedures built in”. True, but vague. In reality, the person performing maintenance on your engine, and aircraft, has obtained a professional license issued by the FAA that they earned either through a multi-year…

You may want to scale back your intake of mainstream political theater, it only causes angst, anxiety and division. I respect your view, but keeping people in a constant state of anxiety and chaos “...state of panic that people constantly live in” is a leftist narrative, which is the extreme far left, not the right;…

So their (Ford and GM) can add Nationalism, to their advertisements already using virtue signaling, masculinity and machismo to sell $100K trucks with equally ridiculous profit margins.

Your looking at the problem like every EV owner charges at public charging stations routinely. With new EV ranges solidly into the mid to high 200 mile ranges, how many people drive that far daily before returning home to their garage charger? As an EV owner I only go to public charging stations on road trips, and…