How The FLIP Did This Stunt Work?! https://youtube.com/shorts/gDIzWTwDBVs?si=8CwftzTfXOBMsiyi via YouTube.

Today I saw a beautiful Shelby Cobra with a license plate reading "4SHIZL"

ngl, my #ActuallyAutistic ass HATES it when other members of the household return home.

I often dial RIGHT the fuck in on a show, puzzle, etc. without the distraction of Other People; when they return to the house, they want to speak words to/with me—NEVER about the show, puzzle, whatever. Always about something different.

What does my brain do? It attempts to shift, fails, and halts.

To put it in #car terms: My partner & kid money shift MY BRAIN, EVERY TIME THEY COME HOME.

The #car salesman had left the company and another salesman gave me my new car #today. My very first own car. But he was in the wrong place and so was my car. But finally. I'm #home and so is my car. #suomimastodon #carmastodon #finland

I know it’s possible to answer this with some maths, so this is a rhetorical question: what are the odds of getting three Fords randomly on the home page? One-armed bandit moment. #Ford #car #voiture #Auto #waka #macchina #coche #Autocade

https://www.evshift.com/323550/the-best-electric-cars-australia-has-to-offer-in-2025-revealed-drive-com-au/ The Best Electric Cars Australia Has To Offer In 2025 Revealed | Drive.com.au #australia #car #CarComparisons #CarReview #CarReviews #CARS #drive #drive.com.au #ELECTRIC #ElectricCars #ElectricVehicle #ElectricVehicles #EV #NewCarReview #Offer #revealed

Electric Vehicles Help Combat Climate Change, Here’s Why

97 percent of the country lives where the average EV is better than the most efficient gasoline vehicle

https://blog.ucs.org/dave-reichmuth/electric-vehicles-help-combat-climate-change-heres-why/

Each week I drive our Kia EV9 Earth from Melbourne to Apollo Bay (return 400 kms). With a 100 kWh battery and a 10kW solar system, it takes about 2-3 days to put in 80 kWh of charge necessary for next return trip and that costs $2.40 (80 kWh by 3 cents feed in tariff forgone), or the price of one and a half litres of petrol
https://thedriven.io/2025/04/14/i-never-knew-it-could-be-this-good-charging-evs-with-solar-is-ridiculously-cheap/amp/

#Car safety experts at #NHTSA, which regulates #Tesla , axed by #DOGE

Job cuts at the US traffic safety #regulator instigated by Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency disproportionately hit staff assessing self-driving risks, hampering oversight of technology on which the world’s richest man has staked the future of Tesla.
#Musk #selfdriving #takedown #conflictofinterest #ai

https://arstechnica.com/cars/2025/04/car-safety-experts-at-nhtsa-which-regulates-tesla-axed-by-doge/

Lost In The Woods

Olympus Chrome Six
#kodakgold #120film

England; September 2023

I recently discovered that diagnostic plugs in cars were more or less standard (OBD2) and that you could buy a plug reader for like 30 bucks. I also discovered that some OBD2 prometheus exporters exist.

So now basically my new project is to have a server in my car, like a RPi. It would srcap the OBD2 data locally and backfill it into my home prometheus database whenever the car gets into my home wifi range.

#tinkering #obd2 #prometheus #metrics #car

Today’s #inflation report: #Energy prices dropped in March, as did the cost of #car insurance & #gas. But #eggs & #dairy prices continued to rise, as did #clothing & #housing costs.

A random thought for no reason at all: When japanese car companies want to sell cars in the US they don't just build them there. They have design teams creating variants and whole new models to fit the market.

US cars don't sell in Japan because US carmakers aren't putting in the work. Never mind being the wrong style or type of car; never mind being too large for local roads and parking spaces. Most models on offer don't even come with right-hand steering.

For those interested, here is our latest #yearbook, #Autocade Year of Cars 2025. Our editions have been endorsed by such luminaries as Giles Chapman, William Woollard, Stanley Moss, and the crew at #Octane magazine!

https://lucire.biz/product/autocade-year-of-cars-2025-hardcover/ #car #book #livre #bok #voiture #bil #Auto #coche #carro #macchina