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The End of Tesla’s Useful Idiotness?

eric - January 18, 2020

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Reader Question: TSBs?

eric - January 18, 2020

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Latest Radio: Bill Meyer Show/ KMED January 18, 2020

eric - January 18, 2020

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Reader Question: The Rental Car Nanny?

eric - January 18, 2020

Classic Cars

It Could be Bad . . . But Sometimes Isn’t!

eric - January 17, 2020

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Our Worser Half

eric - January 16, 2020

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Reader Question: Asian Ads?

eric - January 15, 2020

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Reader Question: John Deer and the Right to Repair?

eric - January 15, 2020

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Reader Rant: Thanks!

eric - January 15, 2020

Politics

Minding Your Mood

eric - January 15, 2020

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Bob Smith: A partially autonomous vehicle under the control of over a million lines of remotely updated software, powered by a volatile...
Anonymous: I have been getting the below occasionally, ———— Service Unavailable The server is temporarily unable...
ReadyKilowatt: Hadn’t heard about the Teslas just taking off while parked. WOW! There’s a reason why aircraft have circuit...
Eightsouthman: eric, your comment here is the last I have received. Strange that. I don’t know how to account for it other than the...
Eightsouthman: eric, I have trouble posting a comment and get a warning about the internet not being available. Good enough except it...
Anonymous: OHM, Since it looks like you are dodging this one, 136 mile round trip. (really?) 2013 Volt with magic, no degradation...
Anonymous: Forgot to mention the obvious. My old MK2 Golf got about 50mpg. When crossing the middle of Canada there are huge stretches...
Anonymous: He does not specify what EV or the cost to buy it either. But to achieve anything like his claim it would have to be an...
Eightsouthman: I meant “didn’t” install it. Well, that was stupid and I have no excuse, just being a dumbass.
Eightsouthman: brazos, I bought a drain plug kit for my z 71 and then install it. What a stupid move. Now I need to drop it again and put...
Eightsouthman: Crusty, I had to read every comment since none are coming into my inbox. Don’t know why since everything else is...
Eightsouthman: eric, I forgot to ask if you used Amsoil. I suppose that’s a silly question. I do know transmissions will operate...
laura ann: Eric: sometime in the future maybe by 2030 everyone will be on bicycles, donkeys or electric scooters that can’t afford...
laura ann: Few will ever speak out, most are addicted to cell phones and video games. I have a Kia Soul 2020 averages close to 40 mpg....
Eightsouthman: eric, Amsoil came out with those squeeze packs right after I bought a 6 or 7 quarts….dammit. I have to wonder how...
mobius: When they pry it from under my cold lead foot.
Tom: The determination of what the MPG limits should be is purely based on a false deduction. That of global warming being caused by man....
eric: Amen, Freeholder! Naturally, we all have different subjective values – and a free market is the best way to sort out (and...
eric: Owen, It baffles me that people such as yourself can say – with a straight face – that “two 15-20 minute...
eric: Owen, Battery degradation is a fact of life – of chemistry. It is not arguable. And 2013 is only six years ago. Wait. EVs...
eric: Hi Crusty! Amen. I try to tell people . . . there’s a reason these Iffy Lube (thanks, Nunz!) joints can offer...
Handsome Farmer: I got ya beat, Randy. I’ve got a ’39 Farmall A with absolutely no electrical components other than the...
eric: Hi Owen, Your data is very out of date. You may not be aware of it, but the US exports oil; it is the world’s largest...
eric: Hi Owen, Of course they are happy with them – someone else is paying for them! Free – why that’s my favorite...
eric: Hi Jim, Yup. Notice also that GM is about to bring out the biggest SUV since the Ford Excursion of the ’90s…
SixShooter: The perception that the money we make, earn or use is ours is a errant one. The money we are forced to use is someone...
Jim: I noticed something interesting around New Year’s this year. That’s when the car companies and dealerships advertise...
Anonymous: Just curious: at what point will Amerikans say “enough?”
Owen Harald Morgan: A few police departments have in fact bought Tesla”a and are very happy with them. Usually, the Tesla is the...
Nunzio: There are 87 2018 Model 3’s on Auto-Trader alone! Dude, you are either delusional or on some serious drugs…..
Anonymous: So you normally commute in a 2013 Volt?
Owen Harald Morgan: Yes, it would be a good idea to cut some of the large subsidies to the oil industry, and stop financing terrorism. My...
Owen Harald Morgan: I am perfectly OK with all cars paying a roadtax per mile x weight. The problem is that some states are now taxing...
Owen Harald Morgan: Very few people are paying that price because at present there are only about 100 2018 model 3″s for sale in...
Nunzio: *****”V’s do not have a history of batteries degrading. My 2013 Volt with 85000 miles runs exactly like it did the day it...
Eightsouthman: ancap, it was 3-5 years ago the roads were replete with big rigs, brand new one, on the side of the road with a...
Nunzio: Hey Eric! Ha! Michael67 saw that one coming! I wasn’t even thinking “Iffy” Lube. Didn’t think anyone...
soapweed: About 8 yrs ago, bought a 976 Versitile [Ford w/cummins] and gave 18k at a local farm auction. Works flawlessly, in beautiful...
ancap51: Patty, You really think it’s as a easy as “DEF urea injection solves most of the problem”. Like it cost...
Crusty Old TV Tech: Oh, BB, imagine an auto trans that has a drain plug, but no fill port or dipstick! You check level by getting the...
Eightsouthman: Thanks BJ. This is a good source. I like Corbett.
Crusty Old TV Tech: Had my 09 Jetta’s engine erl and filter replaced at the local VW dealer a couple years back, while it was in...
Eightsouthman: This is the kind of repair I really appreciate. I’m an aluminum welding, brazing, jam nutting SOB. Got tired of the...
JWK: Not to mention fuel is less than half the operating cost of a vehicle.
JWK: Given the power to tax there is no legal limit to how high they can be. Nothing but friction and gravity keeps the US Sociopaths In...
Anonymous: Wait. From the other thread, are you talking about your Volt or some other EV?
BrentP: The batteries degrade, it is their nature to. And yes, Tesla Motors has battery pack problems. They aren’t horrific like...
Eightsouthman: TF, amen, amen, amen. The very reason I’m rebuilding my 93 Turbo Diesel. Mechanical injection, no computer and...
Anonymous: Any more stops making it longer than 11 hours makes it a two day trip because of the traffic window. Either that or drive...
Anonymous: Last one was $1000 Canadian dollars. So $13,000 eh? And your $13,000 EV goes 250 miles on a full charge? Really? That seems,...
Owen H Morgan: I paid $13000. Did you pay 4250?
Owen Harald Morgan: Except for the badly designed Nissan Leaf, EV’s do not have a history of batteries degrading. My 2013 Volt with...
Anonymous: “Two 15-20 minute stops”? That seems very optimistic and bordering on BS. “You just go right on paying four...
Owen H Morgan: 68 miles each way and the gas tank on the RAV4 is only 14 gallons. That’s 272 miles. I didn’t use up all 14...
Owen H Morgan: How often do you make that trip? If it’s several times a month, you have my sympathy. That’s a brutal drive!...
TechieDude: I know I’m projecting when this happens, But my toyotas and nissans seem to purr after an oil or lube change.
The Freeholder: No Eric, you aren’t on crack. You simply have the same philosophy as the Amish, if I understand their philosophy on...
Anonymous: Hey, it could get worser, https://apnews.com/4071a69453c cac372f2cb710dfdb2374 Bloomberg said in a statement accompanying the...
Ernie: Hi, Eric. Our carburetors are- analog mechanical computers. The valve bodies in our older automatic trannys are also analog...
Anti Federalist: The future is fail.
TechieDude: Mark3 said it. This is a subscription sales model where they monetize your ownership of their product. You see that in...
Anonymous: Some of that might have to do with the crazy grip modern wide tires have. Old skinny tires could slide sideways much more...
ekrampitzjr: There’s a potential big problem brewing with trucks going at high speeds. Many tires for Class 7 and Class 8 rigs come...
Anonymous: That would be true for single vehicle rollovers, but I’ve seen lots of videos of intersection crashes where fairly minor...
ReadyKilowatt: In defense of chain quick lube stores, my work truck has been through countless oil changes at (important) the same quick...
Anonymous: I changed a flat tire on a friend’s Lesbaru. When I saw the rear suspension, that ruined me on them forever. It’s...
Anonymous: I would have expected “Fruity Oaty Bars” LOL
ReadyKilowatt: That’s probably more due to the driver understanding physics and knowing the vehicle isn’t a sports car.
Anonymous: Or like my old Cat, just pull the throttle all the way back.
Anonymous: That’s the way all the diesels used to be.
Johnny DOH: I wish someone would steal my old ford 3600. Its too hard to steal though because of the trees growing up through it.
Anonymous: Well, whoever had been servicing it hadn’t checked the TC in long, long time. The rear output seal is leaking but only...
Johnny DOH: My old romanian tractor has a rod that goes to the pump you pull to shut off the tractor. My newer new Holland (actually a...
Eightsouthman: eric, there is about, on average, 400 ppm/Cu. meter in the atmosphere. In times when the world was more green and...
eric: Hi Anon, I have several such stories in my memory banks. Oy vey! I realize that most of these places probably do it right most of...
Anonymous: When we bought our Jeep off a used car lot, it supposedly had been recently serviced by one of those XXX-Lube places. But the...
eric: Hi Nunz, I should have mentioned Guess-Who-Lube… yup. She had it “serviced” there about six months ago,.
eric: Hi Mike, I love this truck; it’s like my ’02 Nissan but better because it has no got-damned air bags and does have 4WD...
eric: Hi Erehwon! It’s hard to know – because statistics are no longer honest – if they ever were. Fatality rates are...
eric: Hi Thomas, I hope you’re wrong – but dread that you’re right. I know for a fact that some AGWs have gone to...
eric: Hi Ernie, One of my primary objections to all of this is that it’s not necessary – and moreover, not a meaningful...
eric: Good stuff, Brazos – great minds (and wrenches), eh?
Ernie: Well, the electronic controls are technically better and cheaper. What everybody is rightly upset about is the disposable design...
Ernie: Heh Heh… If i remember right we did leave some cash on the Cat for the fuel we wasted- but still…
Ernie: Hmm. Sort of like healthcare/medical insurance. Almost seems like a plan. Good thing I’m not a crazy conspiracy theorist....
Thomas Frey: Or they are purposefully looking for knuckle dragging mental midget thugs because they know they will just follow orders...
Thomas Frey: I have actually heard a personal account of the same. However the argument from my friend was that the Israelis always put a...
Ernie: I’ve owned several gov surplus cars. Ex cop and military cars get more power, and are still pretty fuel efficient. For...
Erehwon Man: I’m genuinely curious, how has the deaths per million miles driven changed? At all? Up or down. The last couple times...
MikePizzo: With that body, Toyota was doing different decal packs almost every year. Some of them were quite tasteful. Had forgotten that...
michael67: That was my thought – usually there’s a sign of oil egress. Assuming it wasn’t a Jiffylube screw up and...
brazos_bend: On a second note, compared to the Jatco CVT of today, the RE5R05A in the vq40 engine vehicles is fairly trustworthy if...
Nunzio: Where did the erl go? If it hadn’t ever been attended to before….it’s understandable- but better keep an eye on...
brazos_bend: On a side note the Xterra does have a drain plug on it’s pan though it is barely 1/2″ long, but it has a bolted...
Anonymous: Shhh. Stop telling people this stuff. It is how I get my cheap beaters. 🙂 Typical ad: Mechanic special. Car in very good...
BrentP: The government will be deployed to force men to do these things at the barrel of a gun.
brazos_bend: Man what timing Eric. I just purchased the 8 quart PML 6l80e pan for the silverado to swap the fluid. It comes with a drain...
BrentP: Well it’s Japanese characters. And it appears to be spammer stuff, what I grabbed as a test translates to “Giuseppe...
Anonymous: I have no idea what Vonu means but you can be sure that at some point in the not to distant future, yes. And it won’t be...
swamprat: At least with Texas high speed limits, the number of tickets written have dropped by 2/3rds.

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