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BrentP - August 30, 2016

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BrentP: Yes. Trucking is subsidized. Trucking companies have lobbies. As much as the regulations come down they have enough to pull to...
Ancap51: You can keep things out of your back yard if it is literally YOUR back yard. You are speaking figuratively it seems, in which...
Ancap51: Also, many states tax diesel at a higher rate. Many at more than 8 cents per gallon extra.
Ancap51: I don’t disagree that trucks do far more damage to roads than cars. That’s a given. My only contention is that it...
Chris: My ’18 300 indicates the correct speed limit in the Nav screen and turns red when you’re over. It does nothing else...
Jim Denny: It’s a user fee for using STOLEN property. That’s why your argument falls flat. I think you are incorrect that...
ReadyKilowatt: Oh, and as for that million dollar production? I get more entertainment from watching a pair of hands on a workbench tear...
ReadyKilowatt: I think we’re at a crossroads. Since the 1990s the cost of sending a bit across the network has dropped by 99%. The...
Tuanorea: Matt and ReadyK, I had some friends with a kid who was required to drive 50 hours with a non-relative. This was his penance to...
Greg Norton: Driving home today, I heard one of the car-oriented radio shows discussing how the new Mercedes sedans can read the speed...
Tuanorea: MikePizzo, “Dedicated groups (like the NRA et al,) provide organized resistance against the erosion of 2nd Amendment rights.”...
Anonymous: Put wings on those pigs.
ReadyKilowatt: Exactly. Navigation aids are a tool, nothing more. You should still have a pretty good idea of where you are going before...
Chris: Interesting Eric. So when a camera is pointing at me in a new car, I will have to test drive the thing to see when I cover it, if...
eric: Hi Graves! Lutz misses one (of several) important – arguably, decisive – things ride-sharing will never deliver:...
gtc: Thus proving Lutz would be right at home in a Pringle’s can! Why don’t we all just get on the IV now, so we can merely...
Anonymous: No brain wave service here under my aluminium hat!
eric: Thanks for linking to this article, RK – it’s good stuff. As a publisher as well as a writer, the topic is of...
Matt: I was recently surprised to find that they still sell Rand McNally Road Atlas. I loved these as a kid and still do. I find the...
gtc: Exactly, and to say nothing of the fact that no one even discusses the compound interest that accumulates on that car loan, nor the...
gtc: JL, some people want heroin instead of cocaine, and like your watches, both do the same, each in a different manner and/or social...
R Jensen: “But what if you’re paying for it – and you’re still the product?” Then you are a college student.
ReadyKilowatt: Ironic, then, that when most of the population lived their entire lives in a 40 mile radius they were far more free than...
MikePizzo: Personal mobility is just as crucial to a free society as is the right to keep and bear arms. Dedicated groups (like the NRA...
ReadyKilowatt: “If you want to consume McDonald’s, be my guest. If you want to read whatever LinkedIn calls news, go right ahead....
Thoughtcrminal2084: I remember being a kid in the 1980’s when the first airbags were being rolled out and how they would soon be...
Tuanorea: Another piece of the puzzle. “It drives me almost to chewing the carpet” So indeed, Eric is a lesbian trapped in a man’s body.
Libertarian: You know that you are in hell when you live in a police state and are not allowed to say it.
eric: Hi Mark, Many of these systems are specifically designed to brake (in the event the driver doesn’t) when a pedestrian moves...
ReadyKilowatt: Back when I did cable advertising, my department fell under the “incremental revenue” section of the budget....
Mark in BC: Eric, Ed brings up a point in his question which I don’t think you address. He says ” I’m interested in the new...
eric: Hi Jack, Yes – and that’s fine (Rolex vs. Timex) so long as the guy buying is the guy paying. The problem with EVS...
eric: Hi Mark, Yup. VW had to stop selling the Beetle in the U.S. after 1979 – but continued to sell it in Mexico and other...
eric: Amen, Brent – me too. It drives me almost to chewing the carpet when I hear Musk referred to as a “Libertarian.”...
eric: My pleasure, Matt!
Devin: In this brave new world a cell phone will be a toy and you’ll use brain waves to summon your module. Which will always be...
Matt: Awesome reply, Eric. THANK YOU very much. I will get snow tires so that I will be better off for the rest of the winter. Duly noted...
Nunzio: No, much worse than that, Brent, my sister matter-of-factly said “….that time we had all that snow, [pig]’s VW...
BrentP: The studies have been done over and over again and truck just does a great deal more damage to the roads. From an engineering...
BrentP: Street parking in the city? He sounds like the kind of person that caused ‘dibs’ to be invented. The kind that drives...
BrentP: Thing is Elon Musk could have been someone I cheered for if he just used his own damn money and didn’t invoke government.
mark: This article made my day. Thanks Eric!
MarkyMark: I remember seeing these when I was a kid, and I thought they were cool. I always wondered what happened to them. Uncle has to...
MarkyMark: Ah, my grandfather had a Buick Electra back in the 1980s! I think it was one of the downsized ones, because it wasn’t as...
Guerrero: “Which maybe worth it to those who get wet over thoughts of driving a battery-powered car – but for the non-EV-addled,...
Jason Flinders: What I want is a car that does not require a “trip planning function” to take a cross-country drive. (Also a...
Jack Lundberg: Some people want a Rolex, some want a Timex. Different strokes for different folks. Neither is wrong. Argue abolut...
Jason Flinders: Possibly the later models didn’t need as much TLC in that area, or maybe the valves were serviced with more modern...
Chris: Exactly. While I would never own a 50mpg car, let alone a 30mpg car. I like the around 15-20mpg cars. So to me, the difference...
eric: Indeed, Brent… and the thing I suppose I will never grok is partaking of stolen goods. I am by no means a moral avatar (ask...
eric: Hi Anonymous, I’ve owned four old, air-cooled VWs and never had that problem. I checked clearance once a year as part of...
richb: that was supposed to go under jim brooks comment. hmmmm
richb: Selling gas is a very low margin business for a retailer. That’s why most gas is sold at convenience stores, rather then a...
richb: Well, even when “sustainability” is meaning the “environmental reasons” for it, it fails at that too. If...
Anonymous: My experience was the VW engine needed the valves adjusted every five minutes, or sooner, whichever came first.
no one of consequence: After the wreck, we removed the remaining glass and both doors and used it for a mountain buggy. One time that...
Jeremy: Hi Doug, A few more thoughts. In theory and design, the US is a constitutionally limited (that’s the Republic part)...
BrentP: Musk should live out his boyhood dreams, just on his own money and that of anyone who gives him theirs voluntarily. But alas...
Nunzio: Yeah, Pat[agonia], THAT kind of spartan I not only like (Rubber floor; vinyl seats, etc.] but I actually prefer! It’s just...
Nunzio: Oh, and good point about the valve lash adjustment. I’m usually a nut about that- on my mowers and tractors and small...
Nunzio: Jason, even though I’d never been into VWs, I’ve been hearing about that book for the last 35 years! I’ll be...
Nunzio: Ha, yeah- my dopey sister used to date this stinking pig who was 6’4″ and drove a bug…. Funny, but just out of...
Nunzio: Ha, Eric! These things just BEG to be mildly modded, don’t they?! I want it to look bone stock (as it does now- with the...
Nunzio: Great vidjayo, Jason. Thanks. That really lays everything out and ‘splains it. I’m kinda expecting similar to what...
"Sustainability": Someone should ask Elon how long a company can be unprofitable “sustainably” in the USSA without government...
eric: You bet, Nunz! Get a zoomie header and muffler for it!
eric: Hi Anon, The CX and GL series (500 cc) and the same basic bikes are pretty common and service parts are no problem finding. The 650...
eric: Hi Spartan, in re: “Spartan” is a feature, not a bug”… amen. I wish the car industry felt the same.
retired in patagonia: GM stopped offering the Burban with a manual sometime in the late 1980s. I had a 1977 2wd 4 speed which was a...
AnonyAnonymous: MarkyMark: How’s that going to work when you live 60 road miles from town and have no cell phone service ???
no one of consequence: “minor ‘lectrical issues” is the definition of VW Bugs! The super beetle is probably much better than...
Jeremy: HI Doug, PDO’s are a mechanism for providing justice and security absent a monopoly State. So, things would be very...
Jason Flinders: There are some detailed buyers guides out there than can be helpful as well. This one looks pretty complete, and there...
dread pirate anonymous: The floorpan isn’t much of a frame. It relies on the body shell, or a fabricated dune buggy roll cage if...
Anon: These do look like nice bikes. What is the availability for parts? My experience with buying old bikes with low miles is that you...
Jason Flinders: Minor nit, Eric, the VW Bug is not a unibody vehicle, the floorpan is the frame. https://www.youtube.com/wat...
Nunzio: Thanks, Eric! This really sounds encouraging. If she’s structurally sound, and the engine and tranny aren’t toast,...
Jason Flinders: “Tesla offers a trip planning function” I have to laugh at stuff like this. I can buy the cheapest econobox...
gtc: You can’t imagine how many people I have tried to explain this to. The cost of fuel they actually would use is inconsequential...
Nasir: Eric – get with it – the newspeak definition of “sustainability” has nothing to do with people wanting to...
eric: Hi Mark, In fact, you are not obliged (legally) to give your name to an AGW unless the AGW has accused you of having violated a law...
eric: Hi Mark! The 750 was known as the “widowmaker”… ; for the reasons you list – and it would got a lot faster...
eric: Hi Keith, Amen. If it’s about economy – any currently available $15k-$17k economy sedan is superior to the least...
Jack Lundberg: Douglas L Self – no I don’t own a backup ICE vehicle. I have not taken a really long trip via Tesla, but...
eric: Hi Speed, The G37 is a great ride; I always considered it a more subtle – and more comfortable 370Z.
Jim Henshaw: Here’s how little gas this car uses on the highway – buy a bunch of 5 gallon gas cans. Lay out in a 20 by 20 can...
Jim Henshaw: The highway gas mileage difference is neglible. If you drove entirely on the highway, 49 mpg versus 59 mpg is only a bit...
ReadyKilowatt: https://youtu.be/5HO70-Rk3jE “All suspects are guilty… otherwise they wouldn’t be suspects, would...
ReadyKilowatt: It will matter when someone realizes the city bus experience sucks and offers a “premium” ride that has...
Speed: I do still love my 13 Infiniti G37s coupe. The 3.7 VHR engine is pretty wild. I’ve massaged the suspension a bit, and now...
ancap51: It could be argued that smaller vehicles aren’t necessarily subsidizing trucks. The weight of the trucks are spread out...
Keith: Don’t forget – once FedGov shoves us all into EV’s – we will have only one choice for our energy needs – the...
Chris t: I for one am NOT going to let you redefine the normal by accepting this bullshit meme, ICE. A car, other than your marginal...
MarkyMark: I was too young to GO to Woodstock; I’m not sure I’d have gone even if I had been of age. That said, I’ve...
MarkyMark: Eric, After I started riding and cutting my teeth on a Yamaha XS400, I started looking for something bigger. I checked out a...
MarkyMark: IIRC, when I’ve watched other videos on dealing with the cops (e.g. Jay Ramey or Flex Your Rights), I was under the...
Douglas L Self: I wonder how many received training by companies who are run by and staffed by IDF ‘veterans’ of the brutal...
Douglas L Self: The cops and PTB don’t give a fuck for s-a-a-a-f-t-e-e-e on the roads, Mark. What they all want is their...
Douglas L Self: The idea of a PDO is intriguing, but I can’t see how it would work under our present system of law. Shame....
The Bobster: Pate? Hee hee. 😉

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