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As someone who doesn't use Siri, Cortana, Bixby, etc. What is Alexa going to do for me that I want? Amazon music isn't going to help me out, the vast majority of my music is not on Amazon music, and I don't want to pay for streaming data for every second I am on the road anyway. I have no need...

👆The primary driver of city mileage is weight, so I would expect the 2.3L to be a bit better than the 2.7L on the EPA rating (how you drive it will be a big difference between specific experiences). The highway is more driven by aerodynamics (but weight is still part of it), but that will...

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ZZ Top Heard It On The X (Extended Schnitt) - YouTube The best song about radio....

Have Pirelli Scorpion ATs on an Xterra, quiet, good in wet and snow, come 315/75/17. Check tirerack.com for ratings. Also have BFG AT/KO2s on my Frontier, always liked those.

No doubt, the 460 is a gas hog, we had a 73 Mercury Marquis wagon when I was a kid, that one got 15 or so and was certainly more aerodynamic than a Bronco, probably taller gears also. Just surprised it was that high. My Bronco had an Edelbrock carb, so the factory jetting was history, but there...

17? I'm amazed. Had a 79 with a 460/NP435 4 speed and got 9.5 mpg, pretty much year round. Had a similar vehicle (weight/form factor at least) in a Dodge Ramcharger that got 14mpg. Just amazed you were getting mileage that good with a very similar drivetrain.

The question is: Do you want/need the things that come with it? The package includes the 35" tires, upgraded shocks/springs, upgraded front axle, upgraded gears, and front and rear lockers. It mandates the auto transmission (right now) and the advanced T-case, but those are separate for now...

Leakage is hard to stop, the hydrogen molecule is smaller than any other atoms (much less any other molecule), so they tend to slip through things pretty easily. There are materials that are not subject to embrittlement, but they are less manufacturing friendly than the ones that are. The...

The other hydrogen issue is that electrolysis of water is 50-75% efficient (input electricity to output hydrogen potential), depending on the exact process, and if you need to compress it, the lower end holds effectively because you need to put more energy into that part. Every other process...

And the "Powerpaste" is so new that they don't really know what the issues will be yet. However, it is mostly not hydrogen, but I can see getting the effective density of hydrogen up and keeping the pressures down, which is great, but I will keep the cork in the champagne until they get it DOT...

Hydrogen has a couple of extra issues, but in the event of a tank burst the combustion event is not the real danger, as noted, it will tend to go up, rather than hang out and spread. The tank burst issue is the release of several thousand pounds per square inch of pressure for higher density...

The real hope for fast charging electrics is to get away from batteries, and go to high capacity capacitors. Batteries are not electric devices, they are chemical devices. The limits on charging rates are tied to the chemical reactions happening within the battery, and really nothing we do is...

The problem with hydrogen as a motor vehicle fuel, either for ICE or Fuel Cell vehicles is its very low density. Gas or diesel has a specific gravity of about 0.8 (density relative to water). Hydrogen in liquid form is 0.07, and that is a very low temperature cryogen that you cannot effectively...

Those could be Wet Okole, hard to tell. I have only purchased color and pattern covers, I have not purchased either half or full piping covers from them. I have had two cars with solid color covers and two with patterns, and have been very happy with all of them. I like the zipper pockets on the...

I have ordered Wet Okole covers for several vehicles, and I always went through the WetOkole site. They have pictures of the colors, but not always pictures of what your seats will look like. If you have a model that has been out for a few years, you can often find one in the gallery to get an...

GPS inherently calculates an XYZ position (and very exact time), relative to the center of the Earth, which is then translated into a lat/long/height above sea level using the time (for rotation of the Earth, relative to the satellite orbits). The errors in altitude are about the same as the...

Just for the record, transparent aluminum is a real thing (not just Star Trek), and has been for years: https://makezine.com/2012/01/17/transparent-aluminum/ Lots of applications, including impact resistant windows.

Those printed Titanium grab handles will come with a 4 or 5 digit price tag, based on printed aluminum parts I have purchased in similar sizes. There is probably 10+ hours of hand sanding and polishing in each of them to get ready for the powdercoating that was done there (as-printed metal has a...