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Mustang GT vs. BMW 850i

eric - October 12, 2019

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Reader Question: Water as Fuel?

eric - October 12, 2019

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Reader Question: Automated Headlights?

eric - October 12, 2019

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Reader Question: Touchscreens and Saaaaaaaafety?

eric - October 12, 2019

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Reader Question: Buyback VW?

eric - October 11, 2019

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E-Rant: BMW 8 Series

eric - October 11, 2019

Politics

Dyson Admits The Obvious

eric - October 11, 2019

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Reader Question: Block Heaters?

eric - October 11, 2019

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Rearviews in the Rearview

eric - October 11, 2019

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AGWs Hear Their Master’s Voice

eric - October 11, 2019

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eric: Hi Eight, I’ve not owned a Harley myself so I can’t speak to this directly, but my sense of the mess is that HD priced...
eric: Morning, Brent! Yup. 35 on this road is palsied – but according to Anonymous, I’m a “clown” for objecting...
eric: Hi Mac, I feel the same – and I say that as a clean-cut, middle-aged white guy, exactly the demographic which is supposedly...
MacP: I used to be deathly afraid of the south side of Chicago for fear of being a fatal victim of gang violence or something similar. In...
BrentP: 22mph on that road going downhill? Gravity alone would have me doing that alone on my bicycle. Simply picking up speed from the...
Eightsouthman: A few years ago I knew a guy with a brand new hog, something along the lines of a big cruiser. His drive belt didn’t...
Eightsouthman: eric, There’s rarely a speed limit below 70 in Texas and almost always 75. You’d get run over and/or cause a...
Eightsouthman: So, which one are you most serious about. I stay in touch with a local dealership that sells Fords and Chevy’s but...
Eightsouthman: eric, it’s the roller rockers where the lack of life comes in. You don’t see diesels with roller rockers for a...
Super Anonymous Joe: Boy, with H-D trying to sell Livewire’s at $30K and suspending production over supposedly 1 defective...
Mike in Boston: Probably a pre 2010 Corolla or Camry, possibly a RAV4; just my personal prejudice that Toyota makes some of the most...
eric: The “clown ass” move was the Clover’s – not mine. People who don’t use their mirrors and yield to...
Anonymous: You simply went around. This much is true. But without understanding the situation and posted a clown ass vid without that...
eric: Hi Anon, When you’re going that much below the speed limit – 22-25 in a 55 – the obligation is on the slow poke...
eric: Hi Anon, Yes, the lifters are different, too. Should have added that! See here: http://static.speedwaymotor...
Anonymous: So the only difference is the shape of the cam lobe ???? Somehow I thought there was some sort of literal roller (wheel) on...
Eightsouthman: There’s a justice reform group in Texas. They have done some good things but reducing arrests isn’t going so...
Anonymous: You made an entire video, and posted it on YouTube, clowning a person behaving outside your standards. That’s not nice. Maybe...
Eightsouthman: I can get a stereo that does what I want with no apps. You can still find units with rotary switches. They have usb ports...
Bin: This system will destroy a lot of jobs and revenue. A whole industry is built up around DUI’s. The state gets fines, the...
Eightsouthman: switching to a roller cam and tappet is doable ok but on vehicles made for roller cams, the cam is a much larger diameter....
Eightsouthman: Jim, NOT buying a new car is easy for nearly everyone. The economy has already tanked quite a bit. That bullshit...
Eightsouthman: Mike, what are you looking for?
Eightsouthman: eric, a car like that with dual 2 1/2″ exhaust, a flipped lid on the air cleaner, a little playing with the QJet and...
Shotgun Chuck: So it can actually park itself and call the cops? Who would actually pay money to have this demon in their life?
Nunzio: I love it@! I freaking love it! People getting the government they deserve, and the products that they line up to go into massive...
eric: How was I dick? All I did was pass this Clover who was operating at half the speed limit…
James McClinsey: Watching this again, I just have to say turn the phone cameras off and just start killing these idiots. Put a few in the...
ReadyKilowatt: The rich are moving to Puerto Rico. I’ve heard if you stay out of San Juan it’s a pretty nice place....
Anonymous: Don’t be a dick.. maybe it’s a new rider. Damn dude.
James McClinsey: ‪It wouldn’t make me lose a half hour of sleep if one of these fucks did this to my kid, thusly necessitating their slow...
ReadyKilowatt: One thing that I love about the carrier-class routers and switches I deal with at work is that the parts are fairly easy...
Jim McClinsey: This is real and easy to deal with. Just don’t buy a “new” car. I’m extremely sure that the market will adjust if they...
ReadyKilowatt: Still fairly easy to add 90% of the interesting “apps” to an older vehicle, if desired. Even easier if the...
Eightsouthman: Here in west Texas we have hogs, deer, coyotes, emus, ostriches and nearly every sort of horned animal Africa has to...
Eightsouthman: Mike, GM has come up with a Doozy. It’s a 5 or 6 cylinder inline engine in their small pickups. Dual overhead cams...
Bostwick9: I may just enjoy watching these kings of “Transportation” taking it in the pants for not having the balls to stand...
eric: Amen, Mike… I’ve been putting money aside as I can for that circa ’78-79 Oldsmobile 98… damn near the...
Mike in Boston: This stinks on ice; my ‘03 Corolla still runs like a Swiss watch but the rust is going to get it eventually, probably...
Jim Brook: That was exactly my thought when I saw this. If it happened in Idaho, not California, then there is a good chance the perp...
Mike in Boston: Great story Eight! Yeah, after that experience I did my research ahead of time and made sure any car I bought had a chain...
MikePizzo: Tuanorea, You’re right, the probable cause requirement is long gone. Only reason it has taken this long was the time...
to5: And here in Australia we have kangaroos and emus to worry about. Swerve without signalling and the car will take you right back into...
eric: Hi Anonymous, Yup. And how about a federal property tax on homes and land? We already have state income taxes piled on to federal...
Eightsouthman: Mike, the first time I saw a car advertised with a replaceable belt for timing I thought, “you gotta be shitting...
Tuanorea: Mike, Well they did it with airplanes, space travel, and boats. Why not cars? Almost a bit surprising that it has taken so...
Jeremy: Thanks Vonu, I did not know of this movie, I will watch it. Cheers, Jeremy
Mike in Boston: In a perfect illustration of Murphy’s Law my ‘91 Honda Civic lost the timing belt exactly one day before its scheduled...
Vonu: OK, it is an extension of Surface Mount Devices without which the Technology wouldn’t exist. I don’t know of anyone who...
Eightsouthman: I had a neighbor(leased land)briefly like that. My dog survived but I let him know I could hit him at any place on his...
thoughtcriminal2084: Hey Eric, I hope you monitor these older threads. I just got my mafia notice, I was wondering what came of yours....
BrentP: Surface Mount Technology. Components are soldered to pads on the PCB (Printed Circuit Board) rather than having through hole...
ken: If one pays close attention, one can see the intent of all this is so the car can be controlled remotely by law enforcement and the...
Vonu: Jeremy, There is a new movie coming out that you should review for us: The Current War
Nunzio: Even when I had cows, I’d never shoot dogs. Never had a problem. If they were hungry, I’d feed ’em. Do that,...
Anonymous: Just wait until this ‘thinking’ on the part of our overlords is applied to homes. Houses are already massively...
Nunzio: ****”They just all seemed to agree the small dog should be dead.”**** Sounds like they believed in democracy! You...
ozymandias: Those J•eric•ho walls gotta’ tumble. & that ain’t no downstream premise. But, sometimes, there’s things a body can do for...
Anonymous: At this point, I have gotten like the old time ranchers around here and determine to just preemptorily shoot any loose dogs on...
Eightsouthman: With Trump’s sanctions against China, they have reacted by not taking our plastic and recycling it. Now it’s...
brazos_bend: I have driven in drive by wire cars and they are less reactive than ones with a steering shaft. There are oh so slight...
brazos_bend: I was thinking the other day in the Houston rain that these cameras with eyes cannot determine water pooling on the road at...
Eightsouthman: Several years ago I head a commotion and grabbed a gun to see what was going on. 4 dogs out of 5 that ran in a pack had...
Eightsouthman: Nunz, I used to have friends from Brooklyn and Queens(and Harlem). They’d be sitting around smoking pot and drinking...
Eightsouthman: eric, like I said about the “raid” in 2016 we two old people endured because of “rumor” told to...
Eightsouthman: My daddy let me steer when I was 4 or 5 to the point I didn’t need his legs to reach the pedal at which point I...
Vonu: Is SMT similar to SMD? Governments in the USA have deferred to the private Federal Reserve for so long that it wouldn’t be up...
Eightsouthman: I would bet if a study was done on backward facing carseats there would be things that happen in the brain and quite...
elysianfield: “Why doesn’t NIPSCO repurpose their coal plants to burn natural gas?” MM, Well, carrying the idea further, why...
Nunzio: Anon, You shot Boris?! o: 😉 Wow…I’ve never even heard of those dogs…. Have’ta look ’em up! (Do...
Anonymous: So you never idle in neutral ??????
Anonymous: Nun, it was a “Russian Bear Dog” that are bred to kill anything/anyone except their handler or family they are...
Eightsouthman: Nunz, I have never had my name on a gun of any sort. The Uzi comes in semi-auto and full. The long barrels makes a 9mm...
Zane: Earliest memories I have are sitting in the front seat of my parents car as young as 3-4, and I’m alive and well today...
Eightsouthman: I don’t want it to work that way. There is a reason for it. Only when it gets to the floor, just like on big rigs,...
Chris: My family and I will never buy a car like that. I’d even go as far as saying I would drive a not technically legal vehicle...
Nunzio: I think I read that same article, 8. Been a long time since cops were like that. Back then, it was more the case where it was...
Anonymous: This on a car that I paid for…… I don`t think so. Volvo and the and the Chicoms can go to hell.
Nunzio: Anon, Why would you shoot a dog? Much less a 200 lb. one? Never saw a dog anywhere near that size that was anything but docile....
Nunzio: Hey 8, Yeah…I think .357 is the perfect handgun caliber, but for the noise! I keep one’a them ear-plugs on a...
Anonymous: When guns are outlawed, only outlaws and cops will have guns. But then I repeat myself 😉
Anonymous: I’m sure there’s a way to hot wire the clutch safety switch as on the squarebodies. I just haven’t looked at...
Mark: What will happen when you dodge fallen tree branches and debris after a windstorm? Here we get those from October-February but...
Anonymous: I carry .357 and practice with .22. When I had to shoot for real, I hardly heard the .357 go off and felt no recoil at all. It...
ken: Correction (Edit) He was Chief executive of Columbia/HCA fined (as they all are) for defrauding Medicare and other programs…
ken: Scott is an asshole. Yankee clueless slugs fleeing States they screwed like California and New Jersey are now screwing up Florida,...
Eightsouthman: Nunz, I read an article recently by a retired cop from NYC. He said he was taught to de-escalate a situation and only use...
eric: Agreed, Mike… and it’s picking up speed. Five years ago, I was writing almost exclusively about cars. Not about cars...
Eightsouthman: Nunz, I Don’t doubt a .357 would take a guy out even if it didn’t penetrate. A heart hit might kill with body...
MikePizzo: Within the lifespan of most of your readers, the automobile will have transformed from one of the greatest symbols of personal...
eric: Hi JWK, I agree… something like this is going to happen again… and at some point, people are going to step in and tear...
eric: Morning, RK! Spot on… it’s a push from several directions toward a common result: The ending of driving in favor of...
JWK: There will come a tipping point. Could have happened in this situation. If a person carrying concealed had seen this thug, in street...
JWK: New car prices, along with the decline in real income, are already encouraging us to keep older cars going, which I’m happy to...
ReadyKilowatt: “But Eric, we have to do SOMETHING!” I think we should outlaw driving unless you are a paid professional. Back...
BrentP: It can be fixed much more cheaply with board level repair. But TM products are filled with these bone head things that make the...
Nunzio: They hate the government because they see it impeding their “beneficence” by bugging them with such things as those...
Nunzio: With ANY automatic, it’s always better to change the fluid and filter before the fluid gets worn or funky, and before the...
Nunzio: The VW TDI’s are (like all VW’s) kind of a conundrum- the “economy” one gets from the superior efficiency...
Anonymous: Once upon a time, a very old man told me something he learned in the army. “All personal armor has one weakness, fire....

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