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According to CNN, "When you first plug in an electric car, a lot of information passes back-and-forth between the vehicle and the charger before any electricity starts moving, said Nathan Wang, project manager at UL Solutions Advanced Electric Vehicles Charging Lab. For one thing, the vehicle...

From another site, California is requiring tires to meet OE standards for rolling resistance and wet traction. I guess there will be no more "summer tires" unless the OEM used them? It won't let me upload the pdf, and the site (Mike Holt NEC) link isn't accepted either...

From the humor section on an audio board I browse, “Hearing the difference now isn’t the reason to encode to FLAC. FLAC uses lossless compression, while MP3 is 'lossy'. What this means is that for each year the MP3 sits on your hard drive, it will lose roughly 12kbps, assuming you have SATA -...

My wife's 2013 Equinox LS needed new tires. Costco had a good price on these, 225/65R17, $539 including tax. Costco's rotation scheduling is not good, and I've been happy with Discount Tire, so with a visit, they came within $6.00 of Costco; bought at Discount Tire! They are fresh, 29th week of...

Is anyone following this? 27-September 2 pilots dead, 2 passengers seriously injured. Local television said tonight that: Pilot's certification only as SIC; earlier reports were that he had over 10,000 hours Right seat "person" only had a private SEL license, not even IFR. Said to have over...

I browse perhaps 30 forums regularly. Only BITOG does not remember my login across (frequently) sessions and never across reboots. Is this intentional, or something I'm doing wrong? George

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCnWvMleVD0 NOTE: he uses some language not suitable, IMO, for children. I went to his website and think several are very cute and well done. Again, this is an Australian and their standards differ from ours.

From what I've seen over the last 5 or 6 years, there seems to be at least 4 concepts of determining and reporting problems to the operator. In the determination portion, it looks like the vast majority use: either a pressure transducer in the tire/wheel assembly, either a band mounted or...

2008 Ford F150, OE is 265/60R18 109S (truck capacityy 2065 lbs). For highway passenger use only, Discount tire recommended I replace the tires that were on it, a BFG K02 in 265/65R18 with the same size in a highway tire; I installed Defender LTX M/S. I'd like a somewhat softer ride; it's 98%...

I was using one of the on-line tire and wheel size comparison sites, and ran across a new dimension reported, scrub radius. Google is my friend, but didn't help me much. I gather that it (depending on amount and whether positive or negative) affects "friction" thus fuel economy and also...

I bought my son's truck last week when he replaced it. We know it needs tires. OE size is 265/60R18. He wanted something a little larger for looks, and ran 265/65R18; he suggested going back to OE as he thinks these occasionally rub. BUT ... some models that year used 275/65/18. Do they use a...

A buddy told me he'd been told that an average car tire/wheel filled with nitrogen weighed "several pounds" less than one filled with plain old air. I thought a while, did some swagging, and said lighter, but I didn't even think several ounces. Capri, where are you? Are my assumptions in the...

I'm doing in-house qualification testing on a system for which my customer will be using a propylene glycol fluid. He has a corporate mandate for the fluid, but no brands or products are mentioned. He has required us to use a propylene glycol fluid at a 40% concentration. On the web, I find...

Tire question ONLY ... There is much on the bike forums on tires and pressures, but there seems to be little (or none) on relative advantages of pressure in the tires except that too low causes overheating and too high breaks things. Given a street only requirement, OEM sizes, and easy riding...

I'm sure that everyone but me saw this last year, but it is in a mass email forward and I ran into it for the first time today. The age thing is interesting ... I'm familiar with the 6 to 10 years depending on ... things ..., but had never thought about the very stale tires at dealers. Will...

From another source, I ran into http://www.corvetteactioncenter.com/tech/oil/. I searched BITOG and there are several threads, mostly in PCMO. This 6 page article really covers engine lubricants well and speaks well for the many here who like Delo and Rotella in our bikes.

I got in a discussion on compressor requirements to fill a tire. I do gas calculations frequently (hydraulic accumulators), that is not a problem. Would it be generally true that a mounted automobile tire (typical 15, 16, 17 inch) has a volume approximately (+/- 50%) 3 gallons (0.4 cu ft)? So...

My step-daughter bought a '96 Toyota Corolla LE from a dealer friend with lease car connections. It seems very good, but apparently the tires were worn and CitiBank had them replaced with new CHEAP ones, Riken Raptor. If that were the problem, I'd live and let live ... but they replaced...

We (for my wife) purchased a used Ford Fusion SEL, 4 cylinder automatic yesterday. I'm lucky it has almost new tires (Firestone Firehawk). I guess Ford selected the size for looks, and was stuck with all being V rated. Factory fitment, as I understand it, was Michelin Pilot HX MXM4 225/50-17...

This isn't a joke, or a troll. I just bought a set of Michelin HydroEdge for my Chevrolet Venture. Anything within reason to improve wet traction on dark wet highways is good to me. Ten miles after installation, I hit the road to a customer in the rain. Traction pulling out of my driveway was...