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Kleptocratic kakistocracy to the south of us. Crypto allows foreign entities who want to bribe the USA to do it in a way that escapes accountability.

House-call safety inspections are not legal. IMO have a discussion with your preferred shop, and ask them whether the upcoming changes to the system are going to have an effect, and ask THEM what date you need to have it done by, in order to have it done in advance of any issues or cost...

GM got the headlight switch right. The "auto" position is next to the "off" position, the switch spring-loads back to "auto" if you select "off" (which normally there's never a reason to do, but it's there if you insist) and on the Canadian models, even if you turn them "off", it goes back to...

Building cars is hard. Arrival went bust about a year ago. Some chap bought up some of the leftovers and has been tearing them down ... revealing some questionable and expensive design decisions under the skin. edit: Random automotive mechanical design-nerd observation. Upper and lower...

Street bike, ZX10R. I found that the Q5S lasts longer and holds its profile better (longer) than the Q3+ did before the steering starts getting messed up.

My money is on a piece of KTM being bought by each - covering the KTM models that each of those companies already builds. I don't know what happens to the KTMs still assembled in Austria. Or what happens to the KTM nameplate.

It's this. Jimmy Kimmel Breaks Up Reacting to L.A. Wildfires: “We Don’t Even Know if It’s Over”

Yes, mine (2023) retains that setting. Now if only it would retain the "sport mode" setting ...

He has a good comment a few posts down about fire resistant construction.

Also: https://www.threads.net/@dave.huebel/post/DEyv3tLRcmr?xmt=AQGz5kKZ4XeRKrUvAai5Yru7E0SwDevEfLsYeqbJ7SaYQA The place was a bone dry tinder box due to drought, and strong Santa Ana winds will blow sparks and embers a long way.

Reminder: Angeles NATIONAL Forest.

Not wrong ...

Misinformation and disinformation is rampant. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/la-fires-burn-california-fema-false-rumors-misinformation/ We're not immune to brush fires, floods, tornadoes, etc. Risk mitigation is a fine balance. The downsides (if nothing else, the cost) of any countermeasures...

I use it in traffic jams. Turning that mode on or off is one physical button. I don't like one-pedal drive outside of traffic jams. The Bolt has a "paddle shifter" - more like a thumb brake - that slows it down with regenerative braking, and the car holds stopped if you stop it with this (no...

Interview with a local news reporter:

The pending insurance situation in LA (which hasn't played out yet) isn't necessarily claims being denied, but policies being cancelled over the last few months. A CNN article about it was posted above. Here's more...

Couple reminders here. Yes, these fires affected the properties of some rich people. They also affected thousands and thousands of properties owned by regular people trying to get by, who have now lost everything. It's understandable that there will be charities involved. That's what they do...

Aye but Stellantis has its own set of nightmares to deal with already!

BMW already builds motorcycles, but doesn't have a dirt-bike lineup. I can see BMW considering almost everything in the street-bike lineup to be a competitor to what they already build, thus redundant (even if it really isn't). One interesting aspect of this, is that it would buy BMW into...

That shipment starts soon. Week 3 in January is when they pack for the Sepang test, and the shipping crates don't return until the first European round (Jerez). The creditors meeting is in the middle of all this.