Haha. Just yesterday I was in San Francisco and there was a RAV4 trying to parallel park into a nice big spot. As I was slowly passing by (traffic) the driver was almost 90' to the curb so I could tell it wasn’t going to go well. I was able to watch in my mirror (did I mention traffic? It was stop & go, emphasis on…

Long term the pension savings from him being a Private versus a Sargent should more than make up for the Humvee costs. So he’s doing us a favor ;-)

You forget the Model X which is plugging along at about 20k units annually. Sure it was delayed, but once it got going has been a good seller for Tesla.

Here’s the key (from another post above) “the enclosed rear makes them eligible to be registered as commercial vehicles.”

Saw this Pagani at Alice’s Restaurant in Woodside CA about a year ago, with the carbon fiber body option. I didn’t know these were even street legal in the US.

Seeing that guy chip away with all those open coolant passages makes me irrationally angry.

And for the love of God it’s not a “mute point” and if you don’t care about something do not say “I could care less”.

Those who drive on that road know the condition of the surface is horrible due to all the trucks. Makes it even more impressive.

+1, it’s too long and wide for my tastes as well.

Depending on how much time he had he could make some money on the return by accepting rides heading in the general direction towards home.

“The fact that you can be driving along and plow into the back of a giant street sweeper that’s blocking half of your lane with no warning is kind of insane to me.”
 

So true.

Yep, they had a bladder to reduce fuel vapor emissions. AFAIK it caused a fair amount of problems so the gen 3 got rid of it.

And the Gen 2 Prius :-0

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Claiming 8 years to make up the cost on electricity vs. gas equates to environmental benefits is apples and oranges.

It all sounds cool, but if it needs a spark to ignite the fuel/air is it really “compression ignition”?

I’ve seen three now and for me they also look better IRL than in pictures.

There’s a big metal 11'8" high beam in front of the bridge to protect it, so the repair costs are minimal. On this one it looked like it flexed a bit but once the truck left seems to have survived in fine shape, so the only costs will be to sweep up the mess that idiot driver left behind.

Once driving home from school after finals, and not a lot of sleep. It was during the middle of the day and all of sudden a guy in a tuxedo starts walking his poodle across Hwy 101. I hit the brakes hard and he disappears. Then I took the next exit and napped in the car for awhile.