I will say that I’m impressed with Franklin. I remember when he was coaching at Vandy and this happened.

First gear: I knew a guy with a Honda Passport. Swore it wasn’t an Isuzu product. History repeating itself.

Do  what I did.  I got a new Toyota Sienna in 2007.  Haven’t even tried to wrench on it.   But haven’t needed to until about a year ago.

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Yeah, some dealerships absolutely suck on ice. I think of them sort of paralleling hotels.

Yes, the air going into the combustion chamber is almost all nitrogen. You are right that the high temperatures in the combustion chamber lead to NOx. I shouldn’t have said exhaust, I was thinking some experimental engines in college where they used a ton of ceramics and had exhaust temps hot enough to nearly melt…

If you read the long reply by H4llelulah, the reason why we the consumers find these dealers shady and crappy is because Stellantis is getting what they paid for.

As soon as you reduce the temperature difference with the EGR system, you reduce efficiency. The US focused first on NOx to reduce smog, the EU focused first on particulates so their white cities stopped being black.

Scanning through the video, one thing he misses on a downside is NOx. Which being from the UK (based on accent), is understandable. In the UK, the sun angle is much less than in the US, so the impact of NOx is less important than in the southern areas of the US where the NOx combined with the sunlight going through…

I’ll bet F1 uses Carbon Fiber a lot. But I do agree it isn’t a perfect application for wheel to wheel racing.

Yeah, I’ll never not be a dad now, but it’s no longer ALL that I am. I’m not sure exactly what part of me will start to dominate in the next couple years.

Dis is why you go to da Gym, so dat you can build up MUUSCLES so dat you can rip Johny off the floor and take full control of the cab.

Found him!

As a rotund guy that has worked for a series of companies with crappy travel policies (basically C-suite fly private jet, non-C-suite fly coach cheapest ticket available), I would rather take the chance of being first into the mountain, rather than the certainty of someone reducing the toilet to a smoking ruin in the…

In completely unrelated news, cruise ship passengers were around 12% higher in 2024 than 2023 and were significantly higher than pre-covid rates even.

Pulled off a beach in India by a dude in a oxen driven kart? All I can say is...

I’m shocked they aren’t carbon fiber.   Seems to me that for that money, they could be and be a lot lighter.

I suspect that sooner or later, major Trump supporters will start to realize he’s a snake oil salesman, not the second coming.

My son’s 99 Corolla. I don’t think it’s had an oil change since 2010, the oil light has been on for at least 8 years and my son drives it like he’s trying to break the track record.

I think we have come to agreement, but with a twist. I would call it