I knew a team that was working on this around ‘03 that was getting more on the order of a few hundred watts out of a TEG on a pickup truck, and even that much wasn’t worth the cost. To be excited about getting an order of magnitude less twenty years later is like issuing a press release about inventing a new wheel…

I don’t know why you have “the hubs” in quotation marks like that. Center lock wheels require a different hub assembly, and that’s what the $11k is for. The wheels themselves are only 6.

Which is probably why Tesla won’t take it as a trade in; they know there’s at least some expensive damage hiding under that wrap, but not how much. There’s also a chance that they made an offer low enough to cover the uncertainty, but this guy thinks he’s owed full msrp.

“Yellow is the heaviest point”

There are two reasons for putting the label at the valve, and they have nothing to do with balance.

Honda Fit

Like most people living out in the middle of nowhere, I have an egg guy who I text whenever I need a hookup. Seriously, “Who’s your egg guy?” is a regular topic of conversation around here. There’s no fancy “own packaging”, they show up on my porch in either generic cartons or re-used grocery store ones. Now, I have…

Restaurants are taking a beating on egg prices right now. Like $8/dozen wholesale in some places. I’m sure many of them would be happy to pick some up from an alternate supplier.

“Body-on-frame construction is optimal for off-road vehicles...”

That’s what Subaru is doing now; there’s a big, flat duct up against the bottom of the hood that pulls air from the top of the grille back to the top-mount intercooler. One of the main reasons hood scoops have fallen out of fashion is that engine cooling systems have improved to the point where enough air can be…

All of this is motivated by the fact that automatics have surpassed manuals for fuel economy, so every manual that a company sells comes with a cost to their fleet average. Because they really, really, don’t want to sell too many manuals, they will not only cap production at some low number, but also put them in the…

“If these things can’t be done perfectly under controlled conditions in a lab, how will that analysis fare on a tail light that’s been exposed to the elements?”

It’s not ironic at all. Statistically you’re more likely to get shot in that kind of situation if you have a gun than if you don’t.

Fun fact: the freezing point of water goes down with increasing pressure. So if you chill an aqueous liquid in a fairly rigid container past 0C some ice crystals will form, but because water grows in volume when it freezes that will raise the pressure and keep the rest of the liquid from freezing. But as soon as the…

Even the minister who said the prayer at the inauguration has launched a crypto coin, $LORENZO. The money changers really have taken over the temple.

Remember when the price of a 2x4 hit close to $10 during the pandemic? Different reasons now, but get ready for that to be the new normal.

This administration needs something that really speaks to its loves of processed foods, tacky commercialism, and phallic imagery.

My driveway is currently a slab of ice, and my garage floor is covered in a mix of sand and salty slush, so anything that requires me to get down on the ground isn’t happening for a while. Fortunately, the only things that are due right now are tire rotations.

Is there really anyone reading this who has never wandered down the dumb shit aisle at a truck stop?

Welcome to 1680 month financing plans...