Why do all cars put rear window defrosters on timers? I used to have a 1987 Toyota Corolla (one of the last passenger sedans sold in the US with a carbuerator), and its rear window defroster was a switch, on or off. You could leave it on for hours at a time, which is fantastic when it’s raining, since it prevents…

2 reasons - it creates a glare on the inside of the windshield, and your eyes adjust to the brighter light inside the car, making it harder to see outside the car, particularly with the dim headlight of yore.

That would be a much more palatable way to spread the cost. I think it would be a good idea to bundle it with something random though. Maybe “The Heated Seats, Indicators and Retractable Tow Hook Package - only $1,200 a month”?

1. Who developed the WK2 (2011-2020/1) Grand Cherokee platform? — This platform was also used by the gen. 3 Durango (still in production), the 2012-2019 Mercedes-Benz M/GLE-Class, and the 2013-2019 Mercedes-Benz GL/GLS-Class. It’s probably the final DaimlerChrysler collaboration, and didn’t even debut until a couple…

Oooh. Maybe they can just make it a subscription.

It’s a rarely selected optional extra. I think it’s around $15,000 to get your indicator stalk linked up to your indicators. They do throw in a free blinker fluid replacement after 5k miles though.

Why BMWs don’t seem to have an electrical connection between the turn signal stalk and the front and rear signal lights.

GM TBI engines. Around 75k miles, they would go into this weird idle thing (happened on 3 TBIs) At engine start up, hot or cold day, the car would rev to 3000 rpm and slowly start stepping down. If you put it in gear and drove off before it was down to 800 rpm, the next time you stopped or put the clutch in, it would…

There was a Press Conference held by Gov. Wes Moore confirming that the Bridge Crew issued a May Day due to a power failure.

This video is severely underrated here. I hope it gets credited up the whazoo!

Forget it Jake, it’s Kinjatown.

This is horrific.
I feel for all the families in this.

It didn’t take long for nimrods and bots on Twitter to blame DEI, wtf?

Is this going to end up being a Captain Hazelwood thing? Probably not since it looks like they had mechanical, power issues.

What does bother me is why aren’t there bumpers to protect the piers…

More importantly, every vessel that visits a US port is held to *some* standard of care regardless of if it’s foreign or not. I’d actually hazard that this standard might improve once we find out how borked this thing was. 

The whole McAllister family out for a boating adventure?

Sounds like it was being captained by a port pilot, so I don’t think it was an issue of navigation familiarity. Details are popping up here and there but a sudden loss of ship power / steer is a strong possibility.

Can’t speak to the accuracy of the data, purple represents the approved path.

Jones Act, simultaneously keeping domestic waterways expensive and killing foreign shipping.  One of those laws that makes you want expiration dates.

The Key Bridge is the transportation option for moving Hazardous Material around Baltimore. Now that same traffic will have to go the long way around 695 to rejoin 95 south of the city. (Anyone whose driven that section recognizes the traffic flow is going to take a huge hit from the increased trucks.) There area also…

dammit. Take your star.

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