Recent content by Dirt Worker

LOL, Why use nine letters when 13 will do. "Oh scheisse! I stepped on a schmetterling!" My E500 was a wonderful car for the first four years. The last four years and it was no longer a schmetterling but a steaming pile of scheisse. Melding Tesla culture with old school thinking seems impossible...

"The man who represents himself in court has a fool for a client. I sir, am that fool"- Gomez Adams. Apparently, so am I. At 14,000 tow rating, I will be testing it to the edge. Understandably I don't expect the range or even one third but that is all I will need. I don't travel more than eighty...

90 to 110 Terawatt hours were required in mining crypto currency last year. The total U.S. EV consumption was estimated at 80 TWh. Just an observation. Foolish that so much is wasted on a fragile and intangible currency. Maybe I've read to many fiction novels. I understand that fortunes have...

Cute, I wonder if it will fit in the back of a CT. Who needs a spare tire.

The Big Block in question is around seventy years old with some updated manufacturing that required minimal r&d. My 65 Chevy gets better mileage than my Mini. GM engineers were pretty good back in the day but has always had a reputation of being hobbled by management. Things are changing and I...

Who funded the cost per mile studies? And what other studies were used as comparisons? I see some pretty obscure research data like an average charge away from home at 40% and the cost of lost wages while charging are included in operation cost. "Figures lie and liars figure". AEG must be one...

Lately on the subject of the Cybertruck Tesla/Elon has been quiet... Too Quiet. Throw us a frik'n bone here people!

A "Jake" or compression brake reduces exhaust valve travel to create drag and reduce speed. Direct drive or manual transmission driven by motor or engine will turn in correlation with vehicle speed. If traveling down hill, gravity forces forward momentum. Instead of wasting the energy through...