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    corded impact wrench

    I had completely forgotten about starting this thread. I bought the Kobalt corded impact wrench and it with the Lisle socket removed the Honda crankshaft bolt with no problem.
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    AI at home, round 2

    What the drawback to using the free versions of AI? Other than lack of privacy.
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    drove a Tesla Model 3 AWD Dual Motor

    Yep, the test drive will get you everytime!
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    How long do electric car batteries last?

    That's a cool car. And with the battery at 97% it will probably last the life of the car. Give us a review of the car when you get a chance.
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    Conduent Breach

    If you lock any accounts be sure you get a PIN so it will be possible to lift the freeze later. Store that PIN safely with a note identifying what it belongs to.
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    Conduent Breach

    As a side note, it is also possible to lock your social security number. Kiplingers SS lock
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    minimum run time to keep the battery charged

    To close this thread, I cleaned the cables and replaced the battery with an Everstart Maxx from WalMart.
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    How long do electric car batteries last?

    When I got my model Y in January of 2025 the steering driving down the interstate would wander between the lines. I thought there was a problem with the alignment and was thinking I needed to take the car to the service center to be checked out. Then while scrolling through the touch screen I...
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    How long do electric car batteries last?

    There is a setting where it will try to keep the car centered in the lane. Make sure that is tuned off. I'm not talking about autopilot. I don't remember what it's called. If it is turned on, it will feel like the wind is buffeting you.
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    minimum run time to keep the battery charged

    Hmm, just checked. The battery is a little over three years old. I could've sworn I replaced it last year. She lives in Tennessee, the temperature was in the low thirty's this morning and the car would not start. I'm thinking of getting her a solar powered battery maintainer. Any brand...
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    minimum run time to keep the battery charged

    My mom has a 2013 Nissan Altima with 95,000 miles. It has a four cylinder engine. The car has a difficult time keeping the battery charge due to the fact that she short trips the car, and that is infrequent. For example, she may not go anywhere for four or five days and then spend a day of...
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    Wearable Health Monitoring Technology

    This is Chrome browser on a Pixel 7, no extensions. However, I do route all my traffic through an Opnsense firewall with blocklists.
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    Wearable Health Monitoring Technology

    @alarmguy if you are willing, would you check how well your browser does at coveryourtracks.eff.org. Here's how mine fared: This is Brave browser running on Debian linux.
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    The drive toward electric cars has been a disaster

    I think he means why GM and Ford failed. I'm not sure of that however. Let's see what @macarose says about it.
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    Is this a decent price for this Dell laptop?

    Why not get a desktop computer and large monitor? You won't be traveling with that large laptop will you?
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    AI activity in gmail

    Gmail is encrypted. Are there ANY email providers that don't encrypt their emails? I do understand that for the encryption to be effective it must be between users who are both using the same provider.
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    How Does Tesla FSD (Full Self Driving) 14.2.1 Handle a Full Commute into Manhattan?

    If you grab the flash drive out of the glove box before driving much more, the video will still be there. You can copy it to your computer and then share it with Google drive or YouTube. But if you drive very much at all, that video will be overwritten.
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    How Does Tesla FSD (Full Self Driving) 14.2.1 Handle a Full Commute into Manhattan?

    I found if you pressed the accelerator it will go ahead and complete the pass without waffling or dropping out of self-driving. Just be careful not to get too carried away with the accelerator.
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    How Does Tesla FSD (Full Self Driving) 14.2.1 Handle a Full Commute into Manhattan?

    Yes that was extremely irritating. I just got 14.2.2.2 today and that seems to have been corrected.
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