EVs release MORE toxic emissions than gas-powered cars: study
Electric vehicles' heavy weight causes its tire tread to wear out faster than standard, gas-powered vehicles, causing it to release a pollution that is 1,000 times worse than exhaust fumes.www.dailymail.co.uk
Just to pick one thing from the original study that makes no sense, they correlate higher vehicle weight with increased brake wear. That’s true for ICE cars, but EVs (and hybrids) experience much less brake wear than ICE cars due to the regenerative braking.
I think EVs (in there current state) do have a place in the Market especially in warmer climate urban areas where you have a 30-40 mile drive and don’t have extreme temps. But they aren’t quite there yet in terms of fast charging for long distance or ability to operate in Harsher climates
Rain takes a lot of it away. In CA (and I guess anywhere) you have to be careful when it hasn’t rained in a while because the first time it does it picks up all the rubber and makes things especially slippery
just bought a new silveraydo with the 6.2 420 hp beast in protest of climate change activists and EV's.
Pffft, get you one of those super-powerful diesels with 1000 torques. Never know when you might have to pull the house of the foundation.
my son bought one of those last year. put a chip on it with three settings . . . the highest setting hops it up to around 600 hp and 1500 ft/lbs. insane. he's waiting for the warranty to run out so he can delete it and pick up around 10 mpg. i've driven it a couple times and got into the throttle just enough to know my 6.2 wants none of it.
Gonna need to send your boy Donnie some of that to keep him afloat till his share lock up ends
On some of the car hobby websites people often joke about spec Mirage lol. Cheap shitcans would make for good racing, that's why a lot of the small tracks have the FWD four-banger classes now, it's cheap to get into, no one is going fast enough to get killed, and because it's cheap there's usually a lot of shenanigans on track.I use my truck mainly for work. Never driven a Mirage but have driven many smaller hot rods and pony cars.
I drove a Subaru WRX STI for a few weeks a couple of years ago. When I was younger that would have been my dream car until I pulled up to the pump and figured out it took premium gas. I was a poor college kid at the time...
About 40 years ago I built a 1980 Mercury Capri - lowered the suspension, Goodyear Wingfoots (coolest looking tire ever in my mind), cammed, 4 barrel Holley on a 2.3 Ford. Well balanced. Had power but not front heavy. It was a fun car. Sold it to buy a 63 Corvette that I still have.
still have my old IROC, i've owned nothing that handled as good as it in its prime, not even the '21 SS. just bought a trashed cadillac escalade with the 6.2 in it a while back for the engine, going to put in the IROC after sending off for rebuild. looking at between 750 and 800 hp, which, hell yes, is entirely too much HP for that car.
1986. did a lot of work on it several years ago and my son drove it his jr. and sr. years of high school. had it painted, new brakes, shocks, steering linkage, etc. after he graduated hs, it went back in the garage under cover. drive it once or twice a year.
Yeah, don't yeet that thing off the side of a mountain.
Still looks good.1986. did a lot of work on it several years ago and my son drove it his jr. and sr. years of high school. had it painting, new brakes, shocks, steering linkage, etc. after he graduated hs, it went back in the garage under cover. drive it once or twice a year.
1988, i think. ended up selling it. it had a gas leak on top of engine in the fuel injections rails, or something. dude i sold it to took it to a nissan dealer and found out there was a recall on it that had never been taken care of. they fixed it for free, or so he told me. said it was like a $2500 repair . . . i sold him the car for like $1000. ha.
1986. did a lot of work on it several years ago and my son drove it his jr. and sr. years of high school. had it painted, new brakes, shocks, steering linkage, etc. after he graduated hs, it went back in the garage under cover. drive it once or twice a year.
I believe your friend, safety and emissions recalls never expire.
Driving a slow car fast is always fun. I love abusing a shitbox.
Fun facts: not only could you get a 69 Cougar with a 428 Cobra Jet, there was also a Boss 302 model, just like with the Mustang. And while I have seen a 69 Cougar with a Cobra Jet, I've never seen a Boss 302 one in person....probably because only 169 were made.
