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  1. Danno

    Dimpled Pistons? Available today for some engines.

    The claims on efficiency improvement are quite high. Almost unbelievably high
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    Nothing is cheaper than mine to mouth coal

    The image is current, a fairly contained area of maybe 10 square miles, tailings ponds, slag heaps etc. You don't see this, unless from the air. There was far greater destruction through the 1890's to the 1970s, with hundreds of square miles of barren rock. Sulfur, and heavy metals emissions...
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    Nothing is cheaper than mine to mouth coal

    Another look at the blight from nickel and copper mining. A lot closer to home. About 4 hours north of Toronto. Tremendous wealth generation, tremendous damage.
  4. Danno

    Francis Scott Key Bridge (Baltimore) hit by Cargo Ship and Collapsed

    They look more like marker buoys/piers than pier protectors.
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    Francis Scott Key Bridge (Baltimore) hit by Cargo Ship and Collapsed

    Silly question from a non-engineer, but where are the bridge pier protectors, to keep this from happening? A negative person might say the money ran out because of where it was built, and the "extras" were not done. I know, tin foil hat comment, right?
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    Back yard find, any ideas on what..

    I will probably dig it out once the ground thaws enough.
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    Back yard find, any ideas on what..

    ..this might be? Looks to be filled solid. Has some dents on the edges, possibly from being tossed over a cliff. Found at the base of a 75' cliff.
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    Outstanding video on home values now and the future

    I have a smallish mortgage at 3%, while I can put cash into tax protected interest investments at 5.5%. Zero incentive to pay the mortgage down early.
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    Pennzoil Ultra Platinum Dilemma

    Whatever is best priced is what I would go with.
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    Tires wearing evenly. Do I need to rotate?

    I rotate 2x per year. Winter tires on steel rims go on in November, and stock alloys with all season factory rubber go back on. Easy to see which were in the rear, they have the most stones in the treads. I mark then inside the hub with a Sharpie simple example, '23 PR, means the tire was...
  11. Danno

    Another key programming success

    Thought we had lost the sole key on a Subaru we had, quoted $1300 for a replacement. Required modules to be replaced. We found it, luckily.
  12. Danno

    Comcast upped my speed today

    Is Starlink an option?
  13. Danno

    Traded in the Sonata for a Malibu. Dealership issue.

    Time to update your sig and time to move on. Looks good!
  14. Danno

    Teslas are Crap (long, sorry)

    People lack critical thinking, I see it all the time. In Canada, the media plays off the same song list, I won't go into more detail. I wouldn't call her dumb, just had different life priorities than to dig into whether the Ford salesrep was giving her a line to sell an EV truck. Same...
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    Teslas are Crap (long, sorry)

    Insert any EV company in the "eat it up" section. From my post yesterday. "I'm in the used car side of the business. Customer brought in a 2022 FORD Lighting Lariat to trade in. Range and charge times in reality were very different than what the Ford Sales rep pitched. Half the range and 3x...
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    Tesla cars lose their value even faster than a Maserati, study says

    Replying to my post.... ...But, when will we see the first lawsuits on this type of scenario. Seems to be deceptive advertising, and deceptive sales practices. This lady is out $50,000 when you take into account lost sales tax savings on the next purchase.
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    Tesla cars lose their value even faster than a Maserati, study says

    I'm in the used car side of the business. Customer brought in a 2022 FORD Lighting Lariat to trade in. Range and charge times in reality were very different than what the Ford Sales rep pitched. Half the range and 3x the charge times. She brought it in with 3,000 miles. Bought it for $85,000...
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    New 2024 Toyota Tacoma

    Could be a one-off manufacturing flaw part failure, or it could be the bean counters saving dollars on the drivetrain by making it less capable. Time will tell.
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    New 2024 Toyota Tacoma

    As I am in the market, I looked at a lot of 2024 Tacoma videos, especially the engineering ones. Very little discussion on axles, diffs, and transfer cases. Mostly new engine and new frame. The exclusion on that topic makes me wonder.
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