Uhm, no.

I learned doing the same thing. My friend and I ran through the basics on his Katana 600* (aka the GSX600F blob) for around an hour or two. . . before I went and picked up a used K3 GSX-R600Z a couple days later and rode it home some on 40 miles of highway. And then I missed a turn because my other friend (who I…

Oh hell no. These items caught my eye.

If you live in a state where the MSF is free, go do that first. You’ll just be puttering around in a parking lot on some under-powered old crusties but you’ll get a feel for if riding’s for you before dumping a load of cash.

Now, if you’re cool with sport-y bikes, or their naked equivalents, I’d say look at the…

I like it but two. . . concerns? Maybe, I guess. . .

One. No tach? Kinda tough to tell, and might be there as a screen option. I really dig the big/little instrument combo. Personal preference but I’d rather have seen that analog sweep being used for a tach and have the speedo on the LCD ring.

Two. Only 20hp/19ft.lbs…

Except that weight is now pulling double duty as a battery and the lion’s share of the car’s unibody.  It might not be energy dense enough for a “performance” applications but a standard commuter like a Volt?  There’s the rub.

(but when a mother rams a 5 year old into the garage wall killing her own child, somebody must pay for her loss)

I can’t help but think of the IKEA MALM lawsuits. I have one of those “deathtraps” and the instructions clearly stated that it’s intended to be used with wall tethers. I’d lay odds those went straight into…

Wonder how much of the Link’s Awakening remake’s engine and assets could be reused in bring the Oracle games and TMC over. To me, it seems like the heavy lifting is already done.

I’m trying to remember the whatever behind it storywise, but there’s the weirdo anomaly/station thing that’s a sort of hub. Everytime I go there for reasons, it’s full of peeps. Never bothered interacting with them because those deposits aren’t going to mine themselves but I’ve had people eye up my pre-order freebie…

Been a year-ish(?) since I fired it up, but for the most part outside of some hub and event areas, you won’t see another soul for hours of actual playtime. Given the last couple updates, I’ll probably dive back in for a little while again.

Mea Culpa, missed that part of the timeline. Shouldn’t attempt to post before coffee. If I had done this, I’dve been watching that transaction like a hawk. Like, as soon as Tesla swiped my card I would’ve waited five and checked my statement the transaction. Once it posted, my bank should’ve been able to take matters…

I loathe defending Tesla but this is an issue with modern banking and payment processing. If I catch an erroneous or fraudulent transaction in flight, e.g. pending, there is not a goddamn thing that a vendor or my bank can do about it until it has officially posted.  If they had just answered the phone and told them…

Too bad this is about trademarks. Not sure why anyone’d argue this was fair use.

Dude, I’d be ordering a set of Lucas Electrics vinyls immediately.

It sounds awesome.  Too bad I’m fully expecting a not-so-awesome pricepoint.

Kangaroos are the deer of Australia. Found everywhere, will wreck your car by crossing the road at the wrong time and are utterly delicious.

It’s kinda funny how the attitude shifted. I will say the ZF9 deserves all the hate it garners. Still, I’d blame the general decline of the former Gawker sites; the commentariat’s just burned out. That and 2015 was a whole different culture ago, to be blunt.

My wife and I bought one of the first ones in our area. If I…

Neat. Coulda sworn they dropped it when the Crosstrek got the bigger engine. But after taking a peek, the cowards didn’t pair it with that bigger engine.  Also, apparently you can’t get a hole in your roof on either trim the manual is an option, so yet again: they try to make the manual a penalty box.

The sensor went under warranty and only affected some of the automatic functions of the parking brake, like setting itself when the car turns off or something like that. Can’t remember and I always set it before killing the engine because old habits die hard.

The overall/lifetime average it shows us is 28MPG but the…

Did the Crosstrek lose its stick, too? Bah!

I’ve actually got a Rennie manual. In that format it’s been a blast and in 65k, we’ve only had a lone clutch pedal sensor go. These things seem fairly tough in the right spec.