I cultivate that patina of dust. After a year or so, it greatly reduces the glare in the windshield from the top of the dash. Previiously, I ha...
How do you know? It's an icon on the multifunction display -- sort of below the one that tells you the low beams are on. Looks like a round...
It has the battery-powered transmitter with a range of several tens of feet AND an RFID chip with a range of inches. When the battery-power is gone,...
A long time ago on this thread, I said I had unscrewed the antenna entirely and noticed no effect. Never saw a reply and I stopped reading the...
Dunno about history, but if you turn the knob "clockwise" as seen from the end, the blades cycle more often. seems like standard human factors.
Not a good idea to put LED bulbs in cans. The heat that they do produce is not radiated; it must be extracted through the base of the bulb. Cans are...
Think like a backpacker. There's gotta be stuff you don't use that can be left behind. Repack your food into individual, meal-size portions. Keep...
Does the initial SoC make a difference?
I have a deuce with the magnet-cover, but I write for a living and prefer the Apple Bluetooth keyboard for editing long pieces. I also like to tote...
20k miles in 16 months; routine dealer service. Just back from 1200-mile round-trip to Oregon and back. The only thing that rattles is what I put in...
Solar IS "Internet stuff." Any one of Google's server farms consumes as much electricity as a good sized city. Besides siting some of its server...
As I understand it, once the battery state of charge reaches 80%, (SoC is only allowed to vary between 20% and 80% to maximize battery life.) then...
As i understand it, the problem is that when you build a wind turbine you have tondig a big hole in the groind for the base. That leaves a lot of...
What's with the "easy on the brakes" business? I thought the pads didn't get near the rotors until you were going less tha 8 mph. And I think...
What it says in the owners manual: "Just drive it."
Factor in that all these guys do is replace windows, all day, all week. And that Prii are more memorable than, say, Civics. Three a week, in the SF...
In a car in which the prime mover is an electric motor, what does a tach on the ICE tell you? I understand about the ICE's torque curve and power...
Philosophically, I should be in favor of the trains, but: 1. Limited rerouting flexibility, especially on high-speed track. 2. Vulnerable to...
Both approaches are good. I havent' read this whole thread, so maybe it's been covered, but one factor arguing against large facilities is use...
Hood's got a secondary latch; gas filler pipe has a cap. Be kind of exciting to have a way to have the trunk just open up under way. I think James...
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