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Originally Posted by Toros They n ever did fix the head gasket issue. Yes, they did. But they did it by redesigning the engine, and didn't fix all the existing engines. No problems here with the A/C after 50,000 miles. Only real annoyances are the unreliable door clickers and the power...

Originally Posted by grampi common sense tells me we SHOULD be back to normal before the end of the year, but then again, common sense seems to be a thing of the past... As far as I can see, there's no returning to 'normal' (aka the world as it was a year ago). The end of the virus scare will...

Originally Posted by JeffKeryk Yes, they were started earlier. Never mass produced. They were by the standards of the time (when basically nothing was mass-produced in the modern sense). In 1900, around a third of cars in the US were electric, vs about 20% gasoline. Only steam cars beat...

Quote EVs are not for everyone. But remember they are in their infancy as mass produced vehicles. This is the pioneering stage. No, the pioneering stage for EVs was back in the 1800s. People have been trying to make them work better than ICEs for hundred and fifty years. Long-term, it's a...

Originally Posted by javacontour IIRC, NTFS is a journaling file system, meaning writes go to a journal before they are applied to the file system. Meaning there is a good chance the write gets to the disk and can be applied to the file system should an unplanned outage occur. I still remember...

Originally Posted by CKN We get it- "new tech phobia" is alive and well on BITOG. It sounds like there is a Crown Vic in your future. Electric cars aren't 'new tech'. They're 19th-century tech. It's quite likely I'll be driving on in twenty years. But that will be because I no longer need to...

Originally Posted by ZZman And more manufacturing here is probably just going to mean more machines. That still means more jobs in the US to install and maintain those machines (and, hopefully, to develop them in the first place). And the more work that can be done by machines, the easier it...

Originally Posted by MaximaGuy Auto makers need to change and change real fast - they need to start exploring and investing in EV and make EV vehicles cheap. That's kind of like telling aviation manufacturers they need to invent antigravity real fast. Most of the cost of a cheap EV is in the...

Originally Posted by dkryan Has any Subaru owners gotten the dealer to replace the POS (I ain't referring to "positive") OEM battery under warranty? Yes. It had a hard time starting in cold weather (-30 or so), they did a test, said it was showing as bad on the tester, and put a more powerful...

The obvious answer is: ask a gunsmith. I've fired a Lee-Enfield with similar or worse pitting, which the local gunsmith had passed as safe. So while I'd be wary of shooting it without getting a second opinion from someone who knows what they're doing, it may well be safe to do so. As others...

Unless you're planning on long-range shooting, I'd just go for 7.62x39. Ammo is plentiful and cheap, and it's accurate enough for government work.

Yeah, a year or two back we were given permission to shoot them on sight. If this virus thing goes on much longer I may have to go and get some free bacon.

Originally Posted by Quattro Pete Google not playing well with Apple? Who would have thought? Thing is, the app used to work much better. They stuffed it up a year or two back with a UI rewrite.

Originally Posted by buster Has Subaru fixed the oil consumption issue in these engines? I don't see many people complaining about it in the current models, and it's mostly manual transmissions, not CVTs. So it still exists, but probably no worse than any other new car; particularly if you buy...

Crap. I've been reading one of his books and wondering which to buy next.