I mean, it doesn’t even have to run a reserve off the 12V battery. Just a lithium button battery on the circuit board, like the one that powers the BIOS on a computer motherboard, would probably be enough to get the circuitry to talk to the charger and get things running if everything dies at once.

You may have nailed it. They could be out to exploit the Streisand effect by highlighting that they did something worth copying...

Or the oil leak.

Well... somebody’s backyard anyway.

I think what they are trying to do - in Harley’s usual delightfully misunderstood way - is understand that there is a significant crossover in H-D and BMW ownership. Harley riders tend to have BMW’s as their ‘other’ bike. Or they get too old, or want something more practical, and get a BMW.

That’s basically it - on a more powerful bike, banging out a downshift at high RPM without matching revs can result in a decompression lockup - the rear wheel locks up until the engine RPM rises to match the wheel speed. In a straight line on a good surface it just causes the rear of the bike to hop a couple of times.…

Well then I hope that the taxpayers don’t realise that the Ram Promaster is a rebadged/badge engineered FIAT Ducato.

Cop car cosplay just sucks

Especially if they’re on a mission from God.

*Rides. He rides all over the country. And riding is necessary.

The only thing that could make it ‘safer’ would be the proverbial spike in the steering wheel centre.

So not only do you have to stand up next to the open door, you have to do it standing on one foot to operate the pedals? Do you have to swap feet to use the brakes? How do you even use two pedals at once? Are there grab rails on the roof so the driver can sort of lift himself up? But then you’d have to let go of the…

I’m inclined to believe you. I have watched motorcycle racers use a bicycle pump to carefully squeeze an extra half of a psi into a front or back wheel because they say they can feel the difference.

It was ugly. But that is ugly, functional and has purpose, which makes it beautiful.

The Jeep is an enthusiast machine. They are ‘king of the hill’ because it’s a hill that no other manufacturer was prepared to make a stand on. The ‘heritage’ of Jeep is of questionable reliability, and... interesting... modifications. If you’re not up for that, then you’re simply not in the market for one.

I keep thinking it’s a meme and scrolling back to figure out the context.

Holy shit this thing has more red flags than a parade in Pyongyang.

he vaporized his backyard

So he drove the MX5 (Miata) for a couple of days to make sure it was OK.

VAG are getting a hell of a lot of mileage out of that Touareg platform.