There are some promising recharging technologies on the horizon that will significantly reduce the time at station for an EV - this one from a high school student, no less, seems particularly relevant: http://mashable.com/2013/05/22/sup…

Reverse: There isn't a price at which an electric car would be attractive to me. That's not to say I am anti-electric. I think what Tesla is doing is fantastic, and I would absolutely love to own one. The issue for me is not reliability or range, it's refueling.

"No, sir, Mr. Jones. That was pre-existing damage. If you'll look right here on the Fiesta-shaped car diagram, we've clearly notated the area as showing pre-existing damage. Feel free to file a complaint with our customer service department if you feel we in some way mistreated your vehicle."

I've been really happy with Dropbox, Soluto, and TeamViewer.

The answer always has been - and always will be: Miata

As someone who just spent the last week running around central VA for work, I would like to thank Doug for jumping on a speeding ticket grenade most definitely meant for me...

Honda CRV

Western Northern VA (Herndon, Sterling, Dulles Area)

I had a cop flat-out tell me once that he targets any beat-up POS he sees on the street. Often, he said, he'll pull over the POS that was speeding instead of the newer cars. He told me he could usually get 3 or 4 more tickets out of the stop for defective mechanicals or signals. If you have a car you're in the process…

Holy shit. Obviously, I didn't notice. Thanks for pointing it out.

Looks like nibbles ate my link. http://maritime-connector.com/worlds-largest…

The oil tanker Happy Giant. Coming in at a whopping 458m and gross tonnage of 261,000 GT.

Interstate 395 in Washington, DC. The road was initially designed and built to be the part of 95 north that cut through Washington, DC (by running under the mall and meeting up with 495 north east of the city). That was until the project met with heavy resistance within the city. The project funds were diverted to…

One of my clients is in that area (Galax/Hillsville), and I can tell you that stretch of highway can be nasty. One second clear without a cloud, and the next, well, you're in a cloud. Luckily I've never been involved in anything like this, but I can see how people would be ill-prepared for it.

This boils down to consistency. Aggressive drivers tend to be consistent in their driving. You know that an aggressive driver is eventually going to pass on the right. You know they may think of turn signals as little-used-and-never-required courtesies. You know exactly what the aggressive driver (within reason) is…

Not a scheme. The profit margins on cars are not as great as most people think, and while the dealership will ultimately make money off your purchase, it may not be immediately (think manufacturer bonuses, credits, quarterly sales markers, etc). One way some dealerships deal with meeting certain price incentives is to…

I may get some flak for this, but I think the E46 325i tries way too hard to be cool. Or rather, I think the people who drive them hope the car bestills upon them an air of coolness that's completely and totally missing from this car. 330ci, 325ci are cool, I'll give you that, but this just isn't...

I think it goes beyond that. We're so pressured to ensure that all communication is polite and that no conflict occurs. I also think we spend less time individually and as a society hearing opinions that differ from ours that we ultimately don't know what to do when someone doesn't agree with us. Long and short is I…

For example, start treating passive aggressive statements as rhetorical. Most of the time the PA is pushed through as "it would be nice", or "I could really use", or "a good would make this happen." Start treating those as rhetorical statements. If you get called out for not-paying attention, simply state that since…

My current boss has some P-A tendencies. Since I work in data/logistics/operations, I tend to be a no-shit-literalist. I also grew up in a passive-aggressive household (mom my is one of those mothers), so I've developed a pretty thick skin for it. But, one strategy that works well for me is to address passive…