And of course, the obligatory response from people trying way too hard to show they aren’t one of the common masses

You realize that the author over on The Drive is being dragged by anyone and everyone who understands the film making process and that they were basically filming something for post-production, and not documenting a “real life” pit stop?

A lot of data can be retrieved from your phone if you pair it to the info system in the car.

Welcome to Gilead.

Yeah VW routed the fuel coolant through the headlight fluid distribution manifold. It was a pain in the ass and would cause the headlight fluid to go over pressure and eventually boil. The fix was to replace the fuel coolant lines with rigid perspex tubes, or to replace the xenon gas in the headlights with argon,…

I never thought of a Monte Carlo as a sports car. I doubt they meant "Intimidator" as describing the car so much as a tribute to Dale Earnhardt.

And speaking of touchscreens; this Tesla Model 3 now has the gear selection on a touchscreen, much like the Model S and the Model X.

Old car? This is how thermostats work on cars being built today, and will be built for year and years into the future.

That generation of Monte Carlo had basically perfect ergonomics for a tall guy.

I’m not normally one to whine about automotive interiors, but it’s also the car that made me understand the shit GM gets for their materials. But everything is exactly where it should be. Late 90s to early 00s GM in general was pretty good…

First generation Dodge Avenger in the 90's, a sporty looking car from a brand with a deep performance history... with the hottest available drivetrain being a 155 hp 2.5L V6 4 speed automatic shared with the Stratus Sedan. Would think with the shared platform and interiors it would have at least shared the much…

Newer phones account for this. Example: My Google Pixel knows that if I plug in my phone after 9pm on a weeknight (aka I have an alarm for the next morning), it will slow charge to get to 100% closer to 6am (my alarm) as it knows I won’t likely be unplugging it anytime between those hours.

But even aside from that,…

I’m absolutely with you on this too. I’m just waiting for the car that I want: a smaller, 2-door sporty coupe. I’ve been daily driving an FRS for almost 11 years now. Give me something of that size, shape and mostly classic looks that can manage 39 miles of electric-only driving and I’ll buy it. My commute is 14 miles…

No amount of realistic public transportation can sustain a ban on private cars, unless you ban living in rural areas as well and move everyone to the city.

In the U.S., the typical non-luxury EV needs to log between 28,069 and 68,160 miles before netting any emissions benefits.

Unless people are sending their cars to the junkyard at 69k miles, I don’t see what the issue is. Today most cars can make it past 150k before ending up in the junkyard. 

Whether they pollute less or not on the whole, EV’s decrease our dependency on foreign oil, which is absolutely a good thing.

So, wait, the car only has to be driven between 28K and 69K miles before it is scrapped? That seems like a very minor hurdle to me. I guess battery replacements are also relevant; would love to know the average life expectancy of an EV battery.

1) Micrometer = µm (Check your character map, Alt+0181)

0.09 mm is 90 microns but even then it’s overkill for body panels. I work for a company that makes fuel injectors and even for those the baseline tolerance for tiny machined parts are around 100 microns, and critical functions ranging from 50 to 5 microns. Sub-10 micron tolerances are on parts or features that are…

Musk? Out of touch? Never.