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eric - November 21, 2018

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eric - January 28, 2017

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ReadyKilowatt: Too many stories of Vietnam vets being spit on. I’m sure it happened, but probably not anywhere near as often as...
eric: Hi Handler, I often write about the rip-tide effect; about how those of of us who try to live modestly are carried along by the...
ReadyKilowatt: There are still plenty of ski bums who camp out in the back country looking for new powder. The older ones have...
ReadyKilowatt: That’s ok, it’s fictional legislation anyway. The whole thing is a non-binding resolution designed to give...
ReadyKilowatt: So much for saving money on gas!
ReadyKilowatt: Pop bottles used to have a deposit because they were reused by the bottling company. But the cost of paying a bottle...
ReadyKilowatt: Yesterday’s commute came with some icy and slushy roads. Kid in a tweaked out WRX, full blown ground effects, slick...
ReadyKilowatt: There’s a good bit of evidence that the middle class would actually be moving up the social-economic ladder if it...
The Handler: Everybody wants to live the high-life now. That’s why I don’t buy into the idea that the middle class is dying...
The Handler: The debt class is essentially propping up the U.S. auto industry. They couldn’t exist without the gotta-haves buying...
MarkyMark: Damn you, Nunzio, I spent HOURS watching his videos! Seriously, he’s good; I learned a lot. Even though I spent hours...
paul gilpin: well. this is an automotive blog. so there is that. however. if you ever want to start a college loan blog. just change one...
BigD: That guy’s a ticket chicken. He wants to drive really fast but doesn’t want to get a ticket. So he tailgates to...
Eightsouthman: Just curious as to what a semi rolling “full jake brake” might be? A jake brake only works where you’re...
Bin: Good point about the Vega vs. the Mirage in todays dollars. I’m always seeing millennials complaining online that the past...
Nunzio: Looking at the comments, I was glad to see that almost everyone seemed to know better- like 99.8% were raking Scotty over the...
Eightsouthman: I fell into a deep pool of it and damned near died. It was so cold I couldn’t stop the muscle spasms. It was a...
Tuanorea: Brent, What causes them to rust? Old fluid – from the inside or do they rust from the outside? A few of my friends say...
Eightsouthman: Take what to Autozone?
Tuanorea: 8, Take them to Autozone for ten bucks on a merchandise card for each one.
Eightsouthman: Growing up where people were farmers meant not throwing things away. It’s not rocket science to leave every part of...
Ticky: In the future there will be a glut of used electric vehicles that are not worth bringing back to their original intended...
Jason Flinders: When I first saw that video my immediate thought was “You have GOT to be fucking kidding me!” Figuring it had...
Jason Flinders: I don’t see why unions would be bad. As you say once you have a nice tight seal they’ll just work, they...
chiph: The average new car payment last year was $530. That’s crazy to spend that on something that’ll be a pile of ferric...
richb: Lucky you! More speed camera’s coming your way. Virginia Lawmakers Quietly Enact Speed Camera Law...
Nunzio: Years ago, I made a line to replace one that went from the master cyl. to the proportioning valve on a tow truck. My first time...
Nunzio: Thanks for posting the video, Jason! I know someone else had mentioned before (Probably Brent!)- and yeah….I am...
richb: Used to be a Chicago suburb back in the 1990’s that actually tried to be fiscally sound (a very rare thing for Illinois). To...
Bill in ILL: Eric, looks like we have another Clover in our midst. Take a look at Techie dude’s comment, I don’t know whether...
BrentP: I am guessing that’s the same video where I wrote the guy off. Some people say that even using flare fittings and unions is...
Jason Flinders: I do take issue with the video he did about repairing rusted-out brake lines: https://www.youtube.com/wat...
Bill in ILL: Never much liked Ayoob, I always thought fo him as an arrogant, copsucking, former jack boot thug. I wondered why anyone...
MikePizzo: Even if longer term loans could be justified from a consumer standpoint, they eventually will devastate new car sales. If...
The Bobster: In 2013 I rented a Focus with the MyTouch option. I hated it. Far too complex, especially for a car you’re never...
TRUTH PILL: God Bless Stefan Molyneux for this production and everyone be sure to check out his Youtube Channel. Philosophy vastly...
Chris: “One of the reasons – probably – that most people don’t raise a ruckus about the cost of endlessly proliferating government...
Nunzio: Or they’ll just make gas less efficient and or more expensive [Ding!Ding!Ding!Ding!Ding!Ding !] Heck, they’ve...
Nunzio: He always seems to say exactly what I’m thinking, when it comes to cars. I like the fact that he’s not some polished...
TechieDude: I thing the vast bulk of this is culture. We do the same thing with houses. That said, cars are far better built these days....
TechieDude: “Which brings up the real question: If Uncle is so very concerned about our saaaaaaaaaaaaaafety, why doesn’t Uncle...
Cold Frog: Yeah, but the government will pass a law that batteries have to be more efficient than gas and reporting otherwise is illegal....
Cold Frog: Wait. They have another site. More info about the car. https://electrameccanica.com/ They also have a Gas vs. Electric...
eric: Hi Joe, If you hurry, you can still find a few 2019 cars that do not come standard with these features; but the window is closing....
brazos_bend: Science is the devil
brazos_bend: Looks like a real piece of shit
brazos_bend: Eric you already know this. Building a new 1500 silverado LT with at least the same features as my 13′, including the...
brazos_bend: Dude is annoying but I like some of his videos
Joe: So here is a question: One day, sadly, I will eventually have to purchase another vehicle, as mine will eventually die. However, I...
Cold Frog: Canada can do silly cars too….. https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/n ews/tesla-apos-latest-competit or-15-220000179.html One...
anarchyst: This deserves a byline of its own: No One Cares If You Go Home Safe At The End Of Your Shift Jan 02, 201812:50AM Category:...
dread pirate anonymous: Ever notice that when they bust down the door of the wrong house, that they always find a “small...
anarchyst: And how we burned in the camps later, thinking: What would things have been like if every Security operative, when he went out...
Eightsouthman: Cops often illegally carry illegal drugs just to frame someone. I don’t say this as speculation, I’ve known it...
flashlight joe: Years ago I read a book about the unintended consequences of public policy. Can’t remember the author. One of his...
Cold Frog: BTW Jeff, https://papersplease.org/wp/wp -content/uploads/2019/01/Lande ros.pdf THE PIGS COMMITTED THE CRIME.
norb: Here’s my take : cars today are very fast compared to what they used to be. 0 to 60 under 10 seconds used to be fast, today,...
Eightsouthman: Stopped by the DOT, I turned down a county road giving us a wide spot with no traffic and well away from the interstate I...
Cold Frog: Nothing will happen. Leaders get shot in the eye, or just shot. Those who follow are generally cowards who will cave and...
Nunzio: Good on you, Tom! -For having the sense to flee this shit-hole of a country. I hope to be doing so too, in the very near future....
BrentP: But like everything that works when done in mass, who goes first and what happens if it doesn’t catch on? That’s the...
BrentP: Speaking of speed… since the yellow vests destroyed almost all the speed cameras in France the roads are safer. (report on...
Cold Frog: Jeff you copsucking POS. Since you seem to be so sure and sanctimonious on what the ‘little people’ did that was...
MarkyMark: The AGWs come on buses and search you too. I was reading somewhere that some court decision said it was ok for them to do...
BrentP: The mechanical climate control levers in a Ford Maverick/Mercury Comet are on the upper left of the dash. Just left of the...
Nasir: Thats why the world needs self driving cars…. so they can repo themselves…..
BrentP: The touch screen functions can already be taken over by tablets and such. There are aftermarket kits for that so the screen going...
Anonymous: I agree. They don’t teach driver’s ed in school anymore. And no one talks about ‘defensive’ driving...
Ernie: The whole purpose of a touch screen is to concentrate a bunch of information in one place, which is totally unnecessary in a...
Jason Flinders: Presumably you already have local copies of the videos since you created them in the first place. For others wanting to...
Nasir: Eric, ive felt this myself personally. I learnt to drive (well on the road at least) out in Asia, where one has to pay attention...
eric: Hi Rich, No – chiefly because I don’t really know how and also because I just haven’t got the time. One...
eric: Hi Axis Sally, It’s not a bad idea… except they’d just divert the Hut! Hut! Hutting! to every other form of...
eric: Jeff, It disgusts me that you don’t see anything wrong with AGWs gratuitously “escalating” a situation. With the...
eric: Hi Anonymous, The steroid thing is one facet of one’s wrong; but it also gives us a window into the absurd, exaggerated...
bluegrey6124: “People figure they can drive inattentively because they think their air bags and crumple zones will save...
ancap51: So you condone torturing a person because of the actions of a different person. You’re one sick sonofabitch.
BigD: The most likely answer is since the economy is getting better every day people are driving more every day. Deaths per mile drive...
dread pirate anonymous: Our “new” car (2006) has one of those oil life counters in the computer. We usually change the oil...
chiph: Poor driver training is my #1 cause. But also – I was behind a car the other evening where the driver & front passenger...
Anonymous: All cops should be tested for steroids at least every six months. Those who test positive should be fired instantly. Steroid...
Travis Beck: And people wonder why “police” has such a negative connotation nowadays, that they are referred to as “law...
Jeff: Please don’t cry Eric. At least you have a bully pulpit! Glendale Arizona can be a rough place, I know. I lived in and around...
to5: It’s the same in Australia. The psychopathic focus on speed is getting drivers killed and for the last 4 years there have been...
ReadyKilowatt: Exactly! And don’t forget the pilot is in a highly regimented environment where even starting the engine has a...
Ice Age: To paraphrase Morpheus: “What is Safe? How do you define Safe?” I would argue that the increase in deaths on the...
Axis Sally: The solution is simple: stop driving. By driving under the prevailing conditions one is, in effect, stipulating to abuse. Put...
Ernie: THANKS! That’s my second big grin this week. The first was putting together a really nice ghost-y M4.
richb: If it does become a cottage industry, look for cash for clunkers round 2 to suddenly happen. At least in my area, CFC’s...
Ernie: Government is the problem. Cops are the problem. Leave people alone to drive, to get as quickly and effectively to their...
richb: On a side note Eric: Are you backing up your videos on your own computer (or somewhere else)? It’s sort of inevitable that...
Jeremy: Hi Brent, Ok, I see where you’re coming from but, I also think you know what I mean. As to cycling, I ride in the way I...
Guerrero: Here is another that will make your head explode. https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=3k1_XLAuY6w Roided up Hero showing just who...
BrentP: I do resent the people who “get away” with breaking the law because by and large these are the people who demand the...
Jeremy: Hi Ray, Fair enough, it is important to recognize how deeply ingrained is the myth of political authority, and to maintain a...
richb: Unfortunately, as we all know, the wrong things will be blamed, when they get around to “fixing it”. Some of following...
Jeremy: John, “to terrorize society for years to come.” Silly me, I assumed you were referring to the AGW’s. Jeremy
Ray: Hi Jeremy, You are right. Condoning, endorsing or attempting to justify violence makes one no better and just as bad as those...
eric: John, Interesting that you describe as a “thug” a guy who – at least in this instance – didn’t...
Richard: He was tazed because he refused to comply with an unlawful order from a civil servant.

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This Election Mattered

Less Gas in Your “Gas”

“Climate Denial Kills” . . .

CA vs. the Rest of America

Like Throwing a Light Switch

Trump’s Tariff Turducken

Sessions vs. Trump . . . vs. Us

The Orange Balloon Deflates

Trump Fires Termagant

Elon’s Carbon Con (Elections Have Consequences, Part Deux)

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