Looks like the Lordstown EV and the BYD Shark PHEV had a FUGLY competition, and they both won.
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Is this when we turn it into jokes about the BYD’s mother being so ugly or is that a bridge too far? 
Really, though, what focus group is saying “I wish pickup trucks were uglier. That would make me more likely to buy them. I love hideous design. There’s nothing that appeals to me more than something that looks like it would make the shittiest Transformer.”
Really, though, what focus group is saying “I wish pickup trucks were uglier. That would make me more likely to buy them. I love hideous design. There’s nothing that appeals to me more than something that looks like it would make the shittiest Transformer.”
Looks like the design team sat in front of an F150/Lightning and an older Chevy Avalanche and said this is America-now create!!!!!
In this “The Rest is Science" video, Dr. Hannah Fry describes some of the physics involved in F1 aerodynamics. In this segment, she talks about the constant tension between excitement for the fans and winning within the context of racing.
Link is to the beginning of that discussion, but the entire video is interesting.
When did an oil change get so expensive, a friend had something coming up and needed to get an oil change before hand and gets paid a few days later, I offered to pay today since I had a discount and get cash back, it was over $100 for just the oil change
Yearly maintenance costs have been increasing for a while now, but have seen a steep jump in the past 6 years.
The index is 1982-1984. 2025-2026 costs were about 4.5 times greater than 1982-1984 costs.
I think the last time I paid for an oil change was the beginning of last year and it was about $80 for an ICEV, two months ago, we took the Volt for an oil change and tire rotation with about 40% discount it was over $100. It wouldn’t be impossible to do it at home and save money, but driving an EV I don’t think I want to go back to oil changes at all
One of the many, many reasons I won’t even consider a hybrid, much less an all-ICE vehicle is the PITA of maintenance. It’s not even necessarily the dollar costs, which are outrageous. It’s the time to get it done. We drive 15k miles / year on each vehicle, so it would be something we had to worry about four to six times a year. If we went to the dealer, it would take an hour from my day in the morning and another hour when it’s done. No, thanks. That’s simply not worth the time, much less the money.
The oil change in our Supra is $250.
I posted a whole thing in off-topic back in October. It’s is $250 but the dealer made a mistake and offered me 3 oil changes and 2 years of road side assistance for $300. They contacted me by text with that offer and I text back I have a Supra are you sure because my oil changes are $250. They said they would check and confirmed. Well long story short, keep your text message people because I got $1150 worth of services for $300 due to their employees mistake.
I have no idea, but it takes longer too because it’s so low to
The ground the dealer by us only has one of the special lifts it can go on. So if there’s another car on it we have to wait longer.
Well this is different. During testing with the new cars, the Ferraris wing rotated! How does that help you go faster?
This is also explained a bit in that video. The F1 organizers are struggling with the tension between the advantage the lead car gets from dirty air and the excitement and money made if there’s less of an advantage for the lead car and the car behind can overtake. This adjustable wing isn’t about speed, it’s about being able to time when the car messes with the turbulent air behind them so the vehicle behind has less chance to pass.
I was waiting for your thoughts! I cannot wait to see all the new cars on track during a race.
Im reading that it has fans talking about it since its only on ferraris. And its starting controversy. This is like the Ferrari Engine Fuel Sensor from 2018
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