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Latest Reader Q&A (October 4, 2017)

News/Other Stuff eric - October 4, 2017

Here are the latest reader questions and my replies! Darrin asks: I am really wanting to get a 4x4 Sprinter van but have seen articles stating a redesign in 2018. Do you have...

Reader Question: Flat Towing Subaru?

News/Other Stuff eric - November 6, 2018

Here's the latest reader question, along with my reply! TwoBears asks: Can the 2019 CrossTrek manual transmission be flat towed behind an RV? My reply: I think so. Provided it's in neutral, which will permit...

For Clover –

News/Other Stuff eric - February 13, 2016

Here's a compilation of (as he styles it) people who "aren't having violence done to them" by the government:

Video Rant: 2018 BMW 640i Hatchba… Whoops! GT…

News/Other Stuff eric - May 24, 2018

Here's a quick look at the 2018 BMW 640i hatchback... er, Gran Turismo. Can't say hatchback at this price point... but, really, only an imbecile would object to having a 5...

Latest Radio: KMED/Bill Meyer Show 1/17/2019

News/Other Stuff eric - January 19, 2019

Here's the audio of my chat the other day with Bill Meyer over at KMED radio in Oregon! If you like what you've found here please consider supporting EPautos. We depend on you to...

Heroes Arrest Former Heroes

Off Topic eric - October 8, 2013

Police arrested numerous Vietnam veterans during a vigil at a war memorial in New York City last night after the protesters refused to adhere to a 10pm curfew. The veterans had gathered...

Special Oil for Specialized Vehicles

News/Other Stuff eric - September 28, 2018

Here's a quick video about changing oil - and which oil to change it with - if you own a speciality vehicle such as a high-performance motorcycle or a vintage car...

Mazda’s Having Problems Also

News/Other Stuff eric - February 2, 2017

Yesterday's dead pool article mentioned the dire straits Mitsubishi's in but wait - there's more. Mazda Motor Corp.'s operating profit tumbled 71 percent in the latest quarter, as swinging foreign exchange rates...

Michigan Heroes Stop-Interrogate ENTIRE TOWN!

News/Other Stuff eric - August 1, 2014

FBI agents and police turned the entire village of of Armada, Michigan into a checkpoint last night, interrogating every driver who attempted to enter or leave the town and then marking...

On InfoWars Today at 10:30 (October 17, 2017)

News/Other Stuff eric - October 17, 2017

I'll be talking with David Knight on Alex Jone's InfoWars program today at 10:30 eastern time. If you can't tune in live, as always, I'll have the audio up on the...

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Mark3: Probably my 1986 Mustang LX 5.0 supercharged with a methane tank in the trunk. The guys at the car shop say its the fastest car...
Anonymous: I reckon … I don’t throw rocks at grizzly bears, either. I’ve got enough trouble with the drug addict across the...
Anonymous: It’s becoming obvious that any modern car is going to have serious issues within 10 years. The over complicated...
Eightsouthman: As a young man, waiting for the next year model meant something to me. Now I wait 30 years till I know that’s a good...
Eightsouthman: chiph, I have a Samsung Galaxy S5 that quit charging. In fact, when you hooked up the charger, you could watch the battery...
Eightsouthman: eric, I got an email yesterday from Elio where they answered some FAQ’s. As for EV, they said that technology...
Eightsouthman: The insurance companies are complicit in this, refusing to sell you full coverage on an older vehicle. Monday I met a 57...
Eightsouthman: dread, you’re quite the good little soldier. If one stops me on my bike he’s not getting anything. This is a...
Eightsouthman: It will mainly be rural vs. urban from what I’ve seen. Art Acevidos, the top cop in Houston who was run out of...
eric: Hi AF, This is a capital idea! If I still have the writer’s email, I will send him a note to inquire.
Anti Federalist: Just came across this…Eric, how about a “chip in” or “go fund me” drive to purchase and...
Brandon: At least in the case of the state itself. People can leave and move to another State. It is harder when dealing with the Federal...
Marcus Aurelius Tarkus: To focus on just one or your points: Our best hope in re the BeatOff, uh, Beto-style confiscation scenario is...
Eightsouthman: As of 2010 there were 3974 people living in this county. There are many less now and would be even less if the Hispanic...
Eightsouthman: I fear we’re well beyond reviving the A of C. I also fear we’re approaching a civil war involving more than...
Mark3: the ovens / range / sinks / bathrooms in my moms house have to be 50 years old. Still work fine.
Marcus Aurelius Tarkus: “California compliant” is the real problem. When manufacturers of anything–including...
Steve: Conservation of Energy doesn’t allow that. That energy has to come from some where. Regenerative braking works because you...
chiph: Jim – I agree. I’ll be putting about $3k worth of repairs into the 15 year old Lexus this year. “Runs &...
dread pirate anonymous: Well, I dunno … I generally get along with the cops okay, even though I think they are mostly worthless and do...
ReadyKilowatt: The problem with replacing the battery pack is that it isn’t a monolithic slab like in a cell phone. The batteries...
MarkyMark: When someone says your car is only worth X dollars, that’s only if you’re trying to SELL IT! If you look at it...
Nunzio: Detectives, in trying to find the likeliest suspects for a crime, used to ask themselves “Who stood to gain from this...
Tionico: True enough. When California ratified the US Constitution and became a state in 1859, they endorsed, agreed to, and committed to...
Nunzio: C’mon, Walt…we’re talkin’ CA.! The state is on the verge of bankruptcy, despite being the world’s...
Anonymous: similar model and *chassis* condition.
Anonymous: I don’t think it matters much either way now. Modern ICE are too complicated and I would guess they will...
Spazatron5000: “The feminist-liberal tit-less androgynous blob with the bobbed hair, living amidst the cultural splendor of the...
Bostwick9: Keep that EV. I’ve got at least another 15 years of use left in my 05 ION with 72,000 miles on it. And it supports my...
Anonymous: One of my “careers” was riding along with a truck driver to help load hay bales on a flatbed semi. On the way back...
Eightsouthman: It’s the reason I want the first nukes to land in DC. If the terror attacks had been done by terrorists, the Capitol...
Eightsouthman: I’ve lost a lot of time dodging scales and state checkpoints. It’s worth it in N.M. and La. Nearly impossible...
Anonymous: Here you go, [img]https://revolution-green. com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04 /wind-powered-cars.jpg[/img]
Walt: I wonder what would happen if the auto manufactures just stopped selling cars in CA. I betca the would fall into line with every...
Nunzio: This is why I could never buy ‘voting for the [slightly] lesser of two evils”. Which tyranny is preferable: The...
Ernie: Typical 38% at the power plant x94%(6% line losses)× x75% li ion charging efficiency x85% typical electric motor efficiency. You...
eric: Hi Jim, I’d rather avoid the EV that’s going to require a $3,000 (or more) “investment” years before most...
eric: Hi JdL, You’re right, of course – and I feel bad for the people of CA; especially those opposed to all of this.
Eightsouthman: swamp, I’m afraid you’re right. It WILL get ugly if that happens.
eric: Hi Thomas, Sadly, you are probably right. This disease of control freakism is completely out of hand; it afflicts most people as...
JdL: “But CA ought to be free to burden itself.” Translation (??): California politicians should be able to dictate to...
Jeremy: Thanks Jason, I’d never seen that before. Cheers, Jeremy
richb: The irony of of losing longer lasting cars, appliances, other house parts (like windows hvac and water heaters) and consumer...
Anonymous: Nothin’ bothers me tonight. I can dodge all the scales all right.
Jim Henshaw: Re this: “But it makes no sense at all to put a $3,000 battery in a 10-year-old EV that’s worth $6,000”...
Jason Flinders: Jeremy, I always preferred the Weird Al version… https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=0WPzFnZkZmI
Jeremy: Hi Anon, To paraphrase Dire Straits, you can’t “get your current for nothing or your watts for free”. Cheers,...
Eightsouthman: It would appear the tree of liberty died under the onslaught of political Roundup.
WFJacoby: All batteries lose performance in the cold. What’s that have to do with cycle life?
WFJacoby: Where did you find 22% efficiency?
Jason Flinders: I suggest you acquaint yourself with a little ditty known as the “Second law of thermodynamics”. In brief,...
Nunzio: Unfortunately, John, they have the most powerful enforcement agencies ever known to man: Public schools and the Zionist media....
Eightsouthman: X, it’s probably middle-aged white females that eat that shit up the most, then the guys next. They’ve been...
Thomas Chase: Politicians are parasites and have no real redeeming qualities. Most are sociopaths. Trump draining the swamp is like a...
Eightsouthman: ICC is checkin on down the line. I’m a little overweight and my log book’s way behind. And now the big...
Anonymous: Hi anon, I have done NO research in this topic. And know very little, but it seems feasible to me that some form of generator...
Anonymous: “I don’t see why these EV’s can’t be outfit with energy regeneration devices that could replenish power as you...
john T Morzenti: The formerly United States is well on the path to dissolution. Think it can’t happen? It happened in the old USSR,...
Nunzio: ***”Government will never save us from government.”*** ^This!!!!!!! You just summed-up my last 200 posts in 7 words!...
Nunzio: Amen, Tom! If I may add: Trump can’t stop the corruption too, because he is just as much a part of it as anyone else (We...
Ernie: Since the total energy efficiency of the electric is LESS than that of a gas and much less than that of a diesel, there is...
dread pirate anonymous: Some old guy in a 4 door Sierra drove up past our barn and up to the two neighbor houses and right back down...
Thomas Chase: Death of our industry and form of Constitutional Representative Government is exactly what they want to destroy so that the...
Anonymous: Batteries including in Teslas have been found to have less than 50% charge in the cold. Also here in MN the 120v...
Nunzio: Hey Eric! O-Kkkkkkk…… How is acting like Dishonest Abe a good thing; even if it’s against CA.? I thought that...
Nunzio: How the hell did MB go from that…to making the over-priced plastic-laden short-lived garbage that they sell here in the US...
WFJacoby: Once again you clearly have no idea how battery chemistry works. Cell phone batteries last around 500 cycles. Thermally managed...
Anonymous: I don’t see why these EV’s can’t be outfit with energy regeneration devices that could replenish power as you drive. Like use...
ken: Have a 1998 Regal…. NADA claims its average value is $2300. (lol) Good luck getting that from people today that allegedly...
Brutus Anti Federalist: Do a bit of research on the Interstate Commerce Act and you will find warnings that it will give the gubment...
swamprat: Texas is falling fast. I predict in less than 2 years, it will be controlled by the loony libs that came from cali as well as...
Anonymous: I am, by no means, an EV proponent, but if they could have a refurbishment situation, that’d be kinda neat.. and probably a...
Tom M: All of this foolishness because of Marxist sanctioned “fake” global warming being caused by man. This has become a...
eric: Thanks, Charles – and, amen! I keep telling my friends here – I’m talkin’ to you, Nunz! – that the...
Charles Clifford Burgess: As a Southerner, I loved this article. The author is spot on. He is right that the Federal government is now,...
Tionico: The 126 Turbodiesle Benz get well above 30 mpg, are large, comfortable, beautoful cars wiht excellent handlng, and have been...
Tionico: this is a good start.. NOWHERE are FedGov granted authoirty to regulate any characteristic or quality of any piece of machinery....
libertyx: …”don’t the actions of California violate the Interstate Commerce Act?” Here’s the Violation: Tenth...
ReadyKilowatt: Every week we have a team meeting, and every week we’re reminded to take our lunch hour. Never mind that we get a...
X: Yeah, but when are the rest of the “middle-aged white guys wearing white guy clothes” gonna start figuring out that cops...
Eightsouthman: It’s not unique nor in one area. I see(since I’m out all day every day)countless chemtrails that take a long...
Eightsouthman: About 25 years ago, a local high school that was right off I 20 was constructed. It was nearly identical to a prison 50...
Eightsouthman: Recall that Obumer almost immediately said “White men over 40 are domestic terrorists.”. No exceptions. Oh,...
Eightsouthman: Like the story of Amazon thieves from people’s front door. I was asked about it. Lessee, seems like I mentioned...
Eightsouthman: eric, there will always be a place for it until those idiots get their asses thrashed by everyone they meet. I hear my...
Eightsouthman: Kinda like the time I offended this bitch doing DOT drug tests by saying my Eucalyptus lozenge would show me drunk. She...
Eightsouthman: They don’t want to offend the Pope. They’d rather just give him their kids for his entertainment.
Doug: Ignoring the fact Regulations violate Article 1, Section 1 of the Constitution, don’t the actions of California violate the...
Ernie: Sounds like you know the trouble points. The most annoying one for me is that German sense of humor where you make an economy car...
Nunzio: Heck, Ernie, I’ve always wanted a 300D…. Now THAT’s an economy car! Trouble is, only ones people seem to part...
Ernie: Im pretty sure Le CarCass came from the land of the edible snail already disabled… But that C111-3, 200mph for 1000 miles at...
Nunzio: I’d rather have a Renault Le Car than a Tesla! At least the Le Car can be refueled in 2 minutes, and go further than the...
OppositeLock: You’d be surprised how cheap a broken car can be if you’re willing to fix it yourself!
Ernie: See my expansion below- way ahead of ye slick!
Ernie: So I just did the math and a little DuckDuckGoing. Can’t help it, Im an engineering geek and always will be. Our gasoline...
FarmerChet: Except that many of the off-road capable vehicles since 2010 are not designed for anything other than Very Light off-road...
anarchyst: Electric motors may be more efficient, but battery power is NOT. Try driving an electric car in the middle of a Michigan...
Nunzio: Oh! Oh! [-Arnold Horshak], Eric! ‘Lectric motors are clean! That is: The feminist-liberal tit-less androgynous blob with...
Ernie: Electric motors are more efficient. Which entirely misses the point after generation efficiency losses, transmission efficiency...
John G.: Douglas, on my periodic drives from San Diego to NorCal, I see lots of white haze. To me, it appears to be settled/settling...

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