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8/6/14

Bluetooth.

8/6/14

KBB and Edmunds aren't buying your car

7/21/14

"Some people say planes should be armed with counter devices. That will go absolutely nowhere," Emirates Airlines president Tim Clark told Arabian Business. "If we can't operate aircraft in a free and unencumbered manner without the threat of being taken down, then we shouldn't be operating at all." Tim's right.

7/17/14

Every new car that keeps a hand pull e-brake elicits a sigh of relief

7/15/14

I can and did pass it as a boy scout, ages ago. There were loads of other tests and activities we could try our hands at during camp, also. Treading water in jeans is not fun, and more daunting than it seems.

6/24/14

I completely agree! Less touch, more buttons & knobs.

5/13/14

It's still going - over 400 KC-135s still in service with 160ish on active duty.

5/3/14

5/2/14

The ballsy part comes from not being able to put the plane back on the ground safely if something were to go wrong. There was probably a low chance of that happening, but it could have been a fatal risk.

5/7/13

Manassas, VA

4/30/13

Seconded. A severe aft-ward shift in cargo can throw off the weight and balance of the aircraft so much that you just pitch up uncontrollably until the plane completely stalls. Modern aircraft (mostly) are designed to instantly pitch forward in a stall, which you can see the 747 do, but it's unrecoverable from an…

3/22/13

I've had the displeasure of driving a Chrysler 200 around for the past week, and again for the week upcoming (unfortunate MS3 accident that involved receiving a T-Bone, an uninsured driver, and my 7 month old MS3 heading to the body shop).

1/11/13