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BrentP: Speaking of centralized computer control and monitoring it’s time to rewatch this episode of the Rockford Files. Season 4,...
Mike: Tell me I’m wrong the…i pay $408 to register my 99 Cherokee in Hawaii and $62 to reg the ram 3500 diesel in oregon....
Mike: She has two short last names…find the time and help us rid the Congress of the nutty kid
MarkyMark: I only use AOC because she has THREE long names! Even though I can type fast, I don’t like typing out Alexandria...
Tuanorea: Mike, Being a little rough on dakine aren’t you? I thought it was the mahu tax that had the massage. Hang loose brah.
Lurker2142: This article was very well crafted and thought provoking. Congrats, you have earned a new fan!
mike: don’t be silly Ready-Kil…the maps will update themselves whether you like it or not…the daily software updates...
Jason Flinders: I prefer to refer to her as “that stupid spic”.
mike: a request for my fellow travelers… PLEASE STOP REFERRING TO ALEXANDRA OCASIO CORTEZ BY HER INITIALS…this just...
Anonymous: you’re a good friend eric peters!
mike: if we consider it A PHONE, and use it AS A PHONE…the things are a profit center and a good way to communicate like we have...
Nunzio: Awwww, Eric, buddy, I hope you can take some time to just kick back and relax a little; look at the clouds, and do nothing, and...
Muggles: At least this scheme is voluntary. And Elon’s self driving software is nowhere near ready to be rolled out. So this is...
richb: Most of the used cars sold in those buy here, pay here, lots (or cars sold to people with poor credit) have the remote turn off...
Anonymous: You can brush your teeth well enough to keep em healthy yourself. Your dentist just doesn’t want you to know that. your...
Eightsouthman: gtc, I was at the NAPA store earlier to get some JD filters. A guy about my age asked if I was getting some parts for one...
dread pirate anonymous: It’s ridiculous, isn’t it? If I were more ambitious to work on stuff, I would pull the engine and...
Eightsouthman: eric, liberals don’t work….or don’t work much from what I see. Oh, I know there’s the ones who...
eric: Hi T, I probably ought not to advertise this, but: I have a backpack with all the essentials on standby and ready to go. I live...
eric: Amen, Tom! I don’t get the Elon Worship. He struck gold with PayPal. Ok, good for him. And for us. A useful service; not a...
eric: Hi Jim, I remember that one! IMSA GT bodywork and all… and if a 262 fit, so will a 350… 😉
eric: Hi Crusty, I, too, much prefer the six for auditory and other reasons… but the new Three with the four is (per the article)...
eric: Hi Fred, It certainly isn’t good for the battery. 12V starter batteries are basically the same today as they were 50 years...
eric: Hi Dread, I know about what this would cost – around $70k to start. See Rivian. See the divide being engineered? Rich people...
Jason Flinders: Who says you’re permitted travel the country, Prole? Doubleplusungood, that priviledge is allowed for Inner Party...
eric: Hi RK, I am not always the brightest bulb on the Christmas tree, but I saw what’s here coming back in the ’90s –...
eric: Hi Cantankerous! The sub rosa thing here isn’t even the Teslas, per se. I certainly have no issue with people buying them...
Jason Flinders: Haven’t heard much of anything about Elio in a while. At this point my assumption is that they’re in the...
eric: Hi Nunz – and everyone! Sorry for being offline for much of today; my left shoulder has been killing me (tendonitis) and I...
Nunzio: 😉 “Musk[rat], while speaking to a group of Tesla employees, told them emphatically to “Cut the shit”. When...
Nunzio: Honey, round up the kids. Let’s go for a nice ride in the country. “O-K, dear, did you call Uber, or shall I?”....
Cantankerous: Holy crap, so many fan bois coming out of the woodwork to defend Tesla and Elon’s honor. I’ve learned never to...
ReadyKilowatt: My first full-time “career” job was brought to an end a few weeks after the memo explaining that we’ll...
dread pirate anonymous: Actually, what would be very useful to me right now would be a plug-in electric jeep: fairly compact with high...
Eightsouthman: Opp, I doubt we’re ever going to see an Elio in production, due to ever more stringent hoops they must jump through....
Fred: Not exactly on topic Eric but I did witness first hand a bit of the stupidity bought to by modern CAFE standards. While in stop and...
Crusty Old TV Tech: “Is a 3 with a four enough?” Well, if it’s an E21 3-Series weighing ~2300 pounds it is. A G20...
Jim: The only Monza with wheel well modifications was the 1977 Mirage with add on body parts over the stock wheel wells
Jim: Motor Trend car of the year in 1975 was the Chevrolet Monza with the 262 V8,4 speed Saginaw transmission, factory stock.
Jim: I’m wondering how you had a 74,first year of production was 1975. I have a 75 and bought a new one in 78
Anonymous: That big tunnel was 1975 only . I found this in the Monza Madness club. I put a 4L60E transmission in mine no problem, the...
Eightsouthman: The wife had a rent car and one tire showed to be down. This was right after her Accutire digital gauge had quit and I...
Eightsouthman: The wife had a rent car and one tire showed to be down. This was right after her Accutire digital gauge had quit and I...
Eightsouthman: RK, you won’t have to worry about recording Confederate or Texas heroes much longer.They are steadily being taken...
Anonymous: http://investmentresearchdynam ics.com/more-evidence-tesla-is -in-a-death-spiral/ —— Tesla’s Solar City business...
Tom M: Great point about not being able to obey the laws of driving. Vehicles are becoming like jails. You have less control and some eye...
BrentP: Those are the exact same rules that existed when I worked at a unionized grocery store in the 80s. Which doesn’t surprise...
Nunzio: Amen, GTC! E-loon can keep hisour filthy lucre! He’s nothing but a glorified con-man; a robber-by-proxy. When he serves the...
Tuanorea: Eric, “ I probably ought to because his “on time” device presaged what’s coming . . . for all of us.” I wonder what the “P”...
mark: There’s no sound quite like that in-line six. It will be a shame to see that go. Are they keeping that on the...
Eightsouthman: Jeremy, I had a brief but high mileage round with a small Mitsu pickup. It was underpowered as hell but seemed...
Eightsouthman: Reminds me of a friend who built a custom class 8 sleeper truck for hauling households. He built it from a wrecked...
gtc: Since this is already being done by John Deere, and others, in the form of proprietary software that requires a...
gtc: One should be reading that E-Loon Slogan as “It Will Be Compulsory!” I, personally would take a dime I hadn’t...
Crusty Old TV Tech: Ok Sport, I’ll bite. Houston “metroplex” (you must be a Dallas type), which includes Harris County...
Jeremy: Hey Eight, The best vehicle for me was my ’86 Mighty Max, unfortunately I didn’t realize it at the time. I wish I had...
Crusty Old TV Tech: It’s even more perverse than you’ve explained Eric…some cars have a TPMS implemented in software...
gtc: That would be one sweet sleeper! The laqst full-sized Buick wagon I had was my ’86 Estate Wagon that I built a ’77 Olds...
gtc: Haha…I originally read that as “Spand-X Launch”! Well, there’s a thought, why don’t we just make a...
ken: Because they can and no one will stop them. Soon they won’t be stoppable. Most just show their government Id (that’s...
freakNH: Re: Tow ratings The GM twins with the diesel rate 7700# in 2wd. The Gladiator has the highest 4wd tow rating in class at 7650#,...
Jeremy: Hi Mark, Excellent points, at best those who cling to “failed” policies display a preference for their own self...
Eightsouthman: Jeremy, the “best car” for me would be a 96 anniversary model Roadmaster Wagon. I saw one recently, in fairly...
Zane: I’d rather drive a 91 CRX base model for the rest of my life than ever set foot inside a Tesla Dealer or look at some...
Eightsouthman: gtc, I loved that Steven Wright skit and hadn’t thought of it in a long time although it’s a classic. The wife...
Nathan Hail: I used to work at Wally World on the floor maintenance crew. We only had 30 minutes for lunch and most employees buy items...
MarkyMark: Even if the proponents of these failed policies and programs were well intentioned in the beginning, they didn’t REMAIN...
Nathan Hail: Democrats- Proudly destroying America since 1824 !
Eightsouthman: ancap, have you seen a Japanese truck of any sort with an 8′ bed? I’m not saying they don’t exist but...
gtc: This could be a dangerous move for a company whose chief commodity is bullshit!
gtc: Hey 8, I think I got it. 1,000 MPH means you can drive 1,000 miles on one hour of battery life……wait̷...
gtc: You knew his answer was going to be another Tesla model eh? I’m beginning to see a pattern here, lolol!
gtc: The entire keg of it, apparently. After that spiel, I’m surprised he has any left to even offer the rest of us, who, btw, are...
gtc: BTW, if safety is such a concern, what would you tell the families of the 3 dead Tesla occupants in Florida several weeks ago? How...
eric: Well-said, Jeremy! It took me several years to come to terms with what I now am certain is a calculated, long-term plan to get most...
Jeremy: Hey Mark, “Gov’t could screw up a wet dream!” Government, from their perspective, rarely screws up anything. The...
Jason Flinders: This was common practice in the computer industry many years ago. Back when companies would lease IBM mainframes, if they...
Eightsouthman: I meant body parts you “can’t” buy.
Eightsouthman: gtc, I approve this message. The US patent office holds, illegally, thousands of patents relating to creating energy. I...
BrentP: This shows the nature of Mr. Musk again. The battery cells are what is expensive. When a smaller capacity battery is made...
The Freeholder: It’s not a truck at all. It’s a car with the worst trunk design in history.
BrentP: The reason TM is going into the insurance business is because insurance companies are charging ever higher rates to the owners of...
Anonymous: I thought it was the Onion when I read the headline. https://www.zerohedge.com/news /2019-05-24/not-square-spar...
MarkyMark: And now we have a new problem. Created by a complex, failure prone (and expensive to fix) “solution” to a simple problem....
gtc: The Tesla on-site “safety statistics” have already been debunked on several occasions as it grossly misrepresents data...
Nunzio: ***”. by compelling policyholders to let him (and the sickly-named Liberty) monitor their driving via real-time telemetry –...
dread pirate anonymous: What ever happened to just walking around and kicking the tires ??? (hard to do in sandals, I reckon …)
OppositeLock: OBD-II is an open standard – I can synthesize any data I want and feed it to an OBD-II reader, cheaply. I think I...
ken: Wouldn’t it just be easier to get the bas****ds from implementing this instead of ‘work arounds’ that probably...
Eightsouthman: I recall when Florida had the bad hurricane a couple years ago. Frog Face, in all his glory-hole kindness, let his...
Eightsouthman: Being a decently good electrician I don’t remember what MPH stands for as to electrical charging. Funny thing about...
eric: Daniel, Those battery life projections are nonsense – unless a way has been found to circumvent physical facts about battery...
eric: Anonymous, For most people, the cost of the car is a very relevant consideration. You make my point for me. Teslas aren’t...
eric: Hi Anonymous, “With current electricity and gasoline prices, Tesla is the most affordable car to drive in terms of gas...
ReadyKilowatt: This happens fairly often with people flying small camera drones around interesting sites like dams and bridges. It...
eric: Daniel, I can drive an 707 horsepower 12 MPG Hellcat farther than 150 miles – with the AC on and a lot faster and harder than...
eric: Hi Alex, Indeed. The ones I’ve dealt with are supercilious and condescending. And when you challenge them – and poke...
ReadyKilowatt: One of the first things I did with the Cherokee is compare the TPS to a known-good* gauge. I found mine to be in agreement...
anarchyst: It’s only a matter of time before the “telemetry” in cars is hacked. False data could be inputted to the...
AlexP712: One does NOT spend $60k to save money!

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The Return of the Triple

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2014 Ford Focus ST

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Ecoboost Ford Engines Being Investigated

2015 Mustang… Will it be Probe Revisited?

Retro Review: Ford Maverick Grabber,1970-’75

2013 Ford Flex

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