This is why I don’t buy gas in New Jersey on principle. For the approximately 6 driving years I lived in the northeast, I’d pick up gas on the last rest stop on the Merritt getting into NYS and not stop until Easton, PA - same for reverse. Or somewhere in Delaware and then not until I hit the Bronx.

I managed to avoid…

You’re thinking of the generation before the Previa, which was the Liteace in Japan and Toyota Van in the US. They were first to move after Chrysler as you can get a 1984 Toyota Van. The other Japanese makes only got around to it for the 87+ model years until 1991.

I starred you because you’re correct, but let me condition that by saying that I’m one of those people who would willingly pay hundreds to thousands of dollars over an advertised price if it means I don’t have to talk to anybody.

This is a very correct color

We call that “rolling thunder”.

I don’t currently have all of them, as I sold Sadvan and Murdervan not long after retrieving and fixing them up. They were both slated to be parts cars, but ended up being too complete and functional so I decided to fix & flip instead.

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Mikuvan, Spoolbus, and Vantruck have been to C&O on the regular. I also take them on the Dragon and in and around the general area every few months.

It’s exciting when the road is 0.9 duallies wide.

There’s a custom company truck near me with a “Big Blue”. It’s pretty cool, but am told it hasn’t been moved in years and is just a billboard now.

I build a lot of projects and have historically named everything idiosyncratically as [DESCRIPTION][NOUN], just from what it reminded me of or what the circumstances were of its construction or purchase. I don’t try too hard at it, but maybe only 20% of everything I’ve owned or made have “names” in the typical sense,…

So question.

Actually thinking about this, it brings up something I say often whenever I get jammed up in debating the merits of hybrid and EV technologies.

“Well xyz technology costs too much to put in passenger cars”

“It wouldn’t cost so much if we spent all our money on it for 80 years instead of making 10-speed automatic…

I’m going to wager that cost, both in developing the manufacturing and parts infrastructure for legacy manufacturers as well as the actual cost of goods sold due to the greater number of systems (engine, generation, storage, traction) involved made it not worthwhile for consumer vehicles.

However, I also wager now the…

The series hybrid is criminally underrated and underloved for automotive use. I dunno why anybody is treating this as breaking news and fancy tech at this point besides puffery and marketing. It should have been every hybrid vehicle from the start, and has been dominant in commercial use for decades. Trains, ships,…

Yup. Full Self-Driving with all of the running into things and dumping out into confusion until my outer cortices boot up. Rote things only at work until then... I can’t Smart until mid morning snacky time.

MRO is one thing, but engineering and test? Usually those guys get up real early (to my chagrin) and pack it up early...

Now, if there’s a company where all the engineers are night owls, sign me the fuck up... I’m a lizard-brain-until-10:30AM person.

“Engineers took the mule out for a test drive on public roads a little after midnight on Jan. 13. By 12:29 a.m....”

> 12:29 a.m

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Either someone’s cranking ridiculous hours per week or there’s more to this tale than the current public details reveal.

yes

Yes

YES

Not only Cab Over Best Over, but electric too.

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