No, but in the right circumstances (i.e. engine up to temperature, A/C not using a bunch of power, car in neutral and foot off clutch) my stop-start kicks in and turns the engine off until I press the clutch.

unless your car has a stop-start, in which case idling uses no gas whatsoever anyway.

brakes are a lot more accessible than clutches or transmissions.

my car has a start-stop that doesn’t engage unless your foot is completely off the clutch and the car’s in neutral.  So yes, come to a stop in neutral.

There are very few situations where you’ll need to quickly accelerate to get out of danger.  They almost all require very poor situational awareness, and all of them can be avoided by braking and steering.  And the benefits of not wearing your throwout bearing out more quickly have real monetary benefits.

Short selling is more about borrowing shares and selling them at the price they’re high at, and then buying them back at a lower price, and then pocketing the difference.  It’s one way to keep companies honest, go watch the Dirty Money episode about Valeant Pharmaceuticals if you want to see how it can actually be…

‘kay, have fun feeding your giraffes and calling people George wrong forever.

hook one pi zero up to the other as a controller, then you could control arduinos via usb from the controller pi, and your projects just got capable of way more complexity.

nah, they move by themselves pretty definitely.  ever take your foot off the brake on a hill?  they just don’t really direct themselves quite yet.  since “moving” and “propelling” are synonyms, I think it’s pretty apt.

I’ve pronounced it like the peanut butter since I first saw that word back in the 56k era.  That’s been a couple decades.  

it’ll be the most stolen car ever.  its name is already “taken”

I bought a meat smoker with points from my work, and it would’ve been cheaper if I’d waited for this, but my thanksgiving turkey got rave enough reviews that I have not an ounce of regret. They’ll change the way you think about barbecue forever.

I bought a meat smoker with points from my work, and it would’ve been cheaper if I’d waited for this, but my…

No, but it could mean that Ford might go “heyyyy Mahindra, pay us some money and you can say it’s Ford GP derived and FCA will have to leave you alone”

I had a water pump bearing go out on my M42-powered E30 on the freeway, and I’m pretty sure that impeller was plastic. Luckily it didn’t shatter, but the replacement had a ceramic impeller.

They’re launching for $2800.

They’re launching for $2800.

Also, they slashed its face.  Again.  Grr.

This is a trick question. I hate sleeping on the ground like a savage, so I bought a Hennessy Hammock.  Hammocks are the only comfortable way to camp.

This is a trick question. I hate sleeping on the ground like a savage, so I bought a Hennessy Hammock.  Hammocks are…

nah, that boat should be an anchor

Something about the W123/124 has always struck me as being too generic-looking. It’s just not styled enough for me to be interested. I think they’re probably great cars, if you can get past the looks, but I can’t.

This is still NP for being a good condition RWD wagon, because the seller is probably haggle-able.  You…