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In Texas (for the OP): Texas Transportation Code TRANSP § 521.451(a)(4) is the section which prohibits possession of more than one valid licence or certificate. So (not a lawyer, legal advice is worth what you pay for it, etc.) one might infer that possession of their expired licence in...

That would be determined by the entity (state government) issuing and legislating the use of licences. In Alberta, there is specific legislation prohibiting possession of more than one physical licence.

You could always structure a contract with penalties for missed milestone/overall completion dates. Whether you could find a good contractor who would agree to those terms is another story.

Everyone's financial situation is different, but I think it's fair to say for most people who have a place to put a washer and dryer that there are better ways to make or save the cost of delivery and disposal. Then again, I get taking pride in DIY. It's been a decade and a half, so...

Personally, I'm often the guy clearly annoying a non-negligible chunk of the driving population by leaving a couple seconds of space between myself and the vehicle ahead. It's actually in an interesting experiment to leave more than a couple car lengths in traffic - people are conditioned to see...

Thoughts for the one-pedal absolutists: You're driving toward a controlled intersection. Your direction is currently green, but cues/instinct tell you it's stale and could flip yellow at any moment. There's a car in front of you, and you're following at a distance which neither too much nor too...

Physics takes over under hard braking with or without ABS, in that nose-down pitch will transfer weight to the front tires. As others have mentioned, that de-weights the rears, reducing usable braking force back there. The system(s) may decide to modulate braking force delivered to the front...

While I don't currently own an EV, I can see it happening in the medium term. I don't think it's unreasonable for EV owners to contribute to road maintenance via taxes. Given the option, I would prefer a fixed cost tax attached to registration renewal. The government will get their money...

Understood. I applied North American context when I said left turn. The equivalent across the pond would be a right turn - same problem, different side.

Fair - any competent mechanic who knows what they don't know - and takes the time to get the answers in those cases - could handle it. Unfortunately, it's been my experience that even with mom and pop shops with great local reputations, that's just not reliably the case. Good, truly...

Making the snorkel standard is an interesting choice. In the dusty Outback, I get it - but that's got to take a significant chunk out of one's field of view when looking for pedestrians before making a left turn. "...while a bash plate and additional coverage protect the underbody." Good thing.

This is what I did with our Tiguan. Jobs like brakes, seasonal tire swaps, and oil changes are easy enough in a garage with a jack and jack stands - but adjusting fluid levels under the car without a lift isn't my idea of a good time. If I still lived 3 hours away from the closest euro-focused...

I certainly don't claim to have any expertise in the areas discussed in the article, but it doesn't pass the smell test as being balanced or unbiased. It specifically focuses on inverted conditions, while avoiding the topic of non-inverted (standard) atmospheric conditions. Inversion isn't rare...

Besides security updates on an unsupported phone...

That's a shame.