I did see a report about reporting an “emergency” and a pressurization issue at that altitude would not be an emergency but would be a return to origin or convenient airport for maintenance check (and presumably put passengers on another flight).

Also if I really got into more serious 4WD stuff, I would go for the Ineos Grenadier. They are starting to advertise it here (I first heard because they are a sponsor of the Mercedes F1 team), saying “Designed in Germany, Built in the Pacific Northwest.” According to Edmunds price was $73-80K, which actually seems OK…

I am holding onto my ‘90s Jeep YJ and Grand Cherokee. Both were <$20K, YJ new and JGC slightly used at a dealer. Both with the classic I-6 which is super reliable and easy to work on. In my mind it went downhill when they went to the V6s shortly after that.

No, when I went through the new (maybe experimental) TSA line at DEN in January, I don’t think I needed to get out a License at all. It told me I could go the scan or opt-out by going to a different line and doing it the old-fashioned way. (but yeah you were probably scanned when getting out of car or shuttle, when…

My Tesla knows what my tire air pressure is in the App so I’m pretty sure Elon Musk knows too. It’s just the new world. I’m pretty sure there are covert Amish surveillance horse buggies patrolling Pennsylvania too.

I flew from DEN early this year and went through a little-known security line (upper bridge level between main and sat terminal). Got to the camera with a clear sign telling me picture would be taken and analyzed. It clearly said you can opt-out by switching to other line or flagging down an agent saying you are…

As an American child in an American school in America (US of A to be specific, because otherwise all of Western Hemisphere is “American”, North, South, or Central)... anyway in the 1970s I was taught the metric system and was told that within 10 years (by 1980 or so) all of the American US of A would be on the metric…

yeah like places where they could not even sell Bud Light in a closed tent outside the race venue. I think the fear of beheading probably stopped that plan pretty quickly.

I think the only redeeming quality of the e-Tron was availability, which most EVs didn’t have at the time. But the fact that I could check inventory at a dealer and they had a half-dozen e-Trons ready to sell for $85K also was an indication that the market for THAT car really just wasn’t there.

I do like some stuff on this site because it actually has USEFUL news and information, but moment I realize it’s a SLIDESHOW I usually just close the tab and move on. Never found much but silly clickbait and this is another example. It’s almost as bad as the “look at these celebrity nipple-slips” and yes of course…

It’s like the idea about tormenting someone by “living rent-free in their head” except in this case it’s “living rent-free in DeSantis’ underwear” though that is a visual I regret thinking about.

The great thing here is that it was a game with no intention (AFAIK) of being a computation physics simulator, and yet it is. And people are going with that.

It reminds me of a time back in 1988, where this actually happened: Scientific American had an April issue and it had a story about discovering ancient ruins that…

Yes in a way Microsoft had the “compatibility” thing which many appreciated and at the time Sony was switching every few years and not supporting compatibility. I appreciated that most (though not all) X360 games could play on Xbone, though an update was usually required. At least some effort was put into it. But I do…

It is funny to think it was almost 10 years ago and was mocked by many (including me). Not just that it looks like the VCR I still had from the 1980s. But always-online and the “you are being watched and listened to all the time” seemed out-of-the-question. And watching most of your TV and movie content from a device…

One thing I noted in the original expansion card specs was that it was intended to support up to 8TB, with the largest offered initially being the 2TB. I haven’t seen announcements of a 4TB or 8TB coming any time soon, though. Given the usual pricing models over time, I had a hope that by now I could get a 4TB for the…

As an engineer nerd of the 70's generation, I was fascinated by the complex control panels and buttons. But also reminded me that I just watched a program of old NASA footage of Gemini and Apollo missions 50+ years ago, and upon seeing the photos of the Jeep controls, I was wondering where the Main B Bus Undervolt…

I’ve had a 5-sp Wrangler since new 30 years ago. It’s a true Jeep of the classic era, meaning noisy, bumpy, capable, versatile. Just not super-comfortable. And I had a Porsche 911 at the time. But the first time I took my “new” 1991 Jeep in the roads of the Santa Cruz mountains, with the roof off, I was thinking “this…

So he seems to think he’s “owning the libs” but there will be a smaller percentage of “libs” owning Teslas. I was literally one click away from placing an order this Spring. Then while I thought on it overnight, the price jumped up a few $K and delivery slipped out 3 months. In the end I thought “I’ll wait a bit.” Now…

In the authors defense, I worked with an engineer (OK, well, it was software...) while I was in France and one day he had to call in that would be late because he was stuck getting his car fixed. He had done exactly this. It was about 20 years ago; in France, many vehicles were diesel, including passenger cars. (why…

Interesting about both the VW and BMW “idiot-proof” filler system. It would seem that this Cadillac behemoth would follow the same idea, considering the target market for an Escalade might be much more concerned about the largeness and shinyness of the wheels than what actually powers it.