I probably have 30 sets of vice grips. On most of the big ones I’ve added a ring to the knurled knob by either replacing the knurled adjuster with a forged eye bolt, or welding a thick washer to the end of the adjuster. It can be a PITA to turn the small knob with gloves on, in the cold, or when they get oil/grease on…

No, I’ve never stolen a bike.

If you’re driving across the country and stop at a battery swap station, you get a different battery, one that might be more or less degraded than the one you leave there. If that dynamite Tesla guy just went to a swap station and swapped out his battery, his problem would be solved, but whoever picked up his battery…

While I totally agree with your argument that making the least reliable part of an EV a structural element of the EV is absolute crap for the consumer, note that the car your holding up as an example has only a 98 mile range with a 40 HP motor that delivers 0-60 in 13 secs. You can certainly argue that is adequate for…

That makes way more sense than my theory that they just ignored collectors plates.

They may be confusing the issue by counting cars built by the independent Triumph Motor Company (1923-1944) or Standard-Triumph (1944-1960) as “Triumphs”, but categorizing cars built by Leyland (1960-1968) and British Leyland (1968-1984) under “Other” as Leyland and BL are defunct. They are probably further confusing…

Jason keep in mind that Experian (and R.L. Polk, owner of CarFax) are only obtaining registration data on cars with the SAE/NHTSA standardized 17-digit VIN format. This was mandated for 1981 Model Year cars, although I have seen a few 1980's using it also.

I wish that guy was me.

I like the idea that just saying so can make something safe. It’s a wonder the tobacco industry didn’t happen on this. “Only smoke 5 a day and not 10 and you’ll be safe.”

Ladies and gentlemen, we’ve found the one person who has a satellite radio subscription for a reason other than forgetting to cancel after the free trial!

We later found out that the cause of my pain was a neighbor who dislikes me so much that she describes me as “it.”

Last night, the coyotes were howling somewhere in the woods around me. Second best neighbors I’ve ever had. Best was a skunk I named Lockheed who lived somewhere behind a more urban apartment I lived in. It would come out around sunset and I’d toss it some food and it would hang out while I talked to it for a few…

I need to hear more. From these shevanigans to whatever’s going on with the condo association - it feels like all of my favorite clickbait stolen Reddit story listicles wrapped into one.

“Driving more than needed" isn't advice in the same way. Most people only drive when they have to and people and animals still run into them. It's a massive pile of bullshit to even pretend this is advice. 

“Drive carefully” isn’t advice. Last time I was in an accident I drove plenty carefully but the guy who hit me still blew a stop sign.

One of my favorite games is asking moon conspiracists how many moon missions there were. They always say, “One?”  Good work, conspiracist.

English is hard -- even for professional riters.

Do you think it’s a good idea for a company to go through the entire process of entering the US auto market just to sell cars in CA? Do you think it’s a good idea to start selling in CA without a plan for the rest of the country?

So, the “freelance” salesman dude did list the 2016 Mazda CX-5 in his bankruptcy plan (in October of 2021) and, as part of the plan, intended on paying $271/mo. on the reported $14,580 balance for the next five years.

I even store (and charge) the batteries for my R/C airplanes outside. Even those little things can be scary if they pop off (and I have seen it happen at the airfield), and they are tiny compared to those in a scooter or eBike.