Back in the 70's and 80's, you could buy a one ton version of a Datsun or Toyota truck. It still had a 1.8 l engine with about 75 HP, but it had duallys.

And the Cessna is spewing leaded gas exhaust all over you too.

38 because that’s when BMW thinks the road might be in danger of icing if the temperature’s dropping. On my Audi it was 36.

70's Toyota pickup: when switching from low to high beams (or the reverse), half the time the headlights would just turn off. Of course, this was always on a very dark road and there would be a few anxious moments while you frantically toggled the stalk back and forth to try to get them to come back on.

Say goodbye to M3 and M5!

“...half of traffic fatalities are related to passengers not buckling their seatbelts”

Oxidation is rusting. Reduction is the opposite, rust turning to metal.

I remember flying in 1975. There was a lot more legroom and the stewardesses were hot. Free magazines and lots of booze too.

If you use Red Bull instead, it adds 10 HP.

Actually I mean VW 412, not Dasher.

Hilarious. If magazine publishing were still a healthy business, Mr. JT would have been poached by Car and Driver for a columnist job a long time ago.

Neither. Mitsubishi Starion.

You should insist on your turn to DJ, and play your pink noise playlist.

People are already inured to traffic fatalities caused by drunks, weather, bleary eyed semi drivers, reckless speeders, texting teenagers, etc, etc.

This type of arbitrage is no different than what goes on every day in financial markets with stock of companies that are going to be acquired, bonds issued by bankrupt entities, etc. etc. Just last month Warren Buffet made headlines by providing long tail retroactive reinsurance at a steep discount. All these things…

I’m a professional hardware monkey with experience in electronics reliability and I double-agree with you. I don’t need everything in my life controllable by smartphone.

Not a reason to get rid of dispenser vapor recovery, a reason to not top off.

Maybe that would work in Florida, but where I live they spread grit on the streets for traction in icy conditions. It sticks to your tires and then grinds off the epoxy paint in a couple of seasons.

A gas station attendant once told me that if someone tops off their tank, the boot can fill up with gas and it messes up some of these automatic mechanisms, and can cause overflows for the next person.

I came here to post that.