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Doh! Thanks. My spell checker does not challenge homonyms.

The width of Bible columns is 40 to 65 characters. Newspapers are 30 to 40 characters wide. Text messages can be 40 to 75 characters. In all three cases, line breaks are forced without respect to clauses and phrasing, disrupting the natural rhythm, the prosody, of the spoken word. Here and in...

You nailed it. That is exactly the workaround D2C automakers use. Because Texas franchise laws forbid manufacturers from selling vehicles directly to consumers, companies like Tesla and Rivian structure purchases as out-of-state sales. [1, 2, 3] The workaround operates as follows: The Loophole...

Google AI says: Texans can restore direct-to-consumer (DTC) sales—such as buying cars directly from automakers or DTC alcohol—by lobbying state lawmakers to pass legislation that creates specific carve-outs in current franchise laws. Because the Texas legislature meets biennially, the next...

I saw that car in Houston at the Art Car Parade many years ago. Amazing amount of work went into that. And probably the best use of a Volvo. I bought a new 1975 244 the same shade of blue. It was the worst car I ever owned as far as fuel economy, performance and mechanical failures.

I'm old enough to remember when VW owners flashed their headlights to each other. The high beam was on the turn signal lever. Very convenient and accessible. American cars then had a button on the floor board. People older than I am may remember the first VWs in the US that had lighted turn...

Well boys and girls, it's been fun, but I bailed. Got my $50 back in a day or two. Best wishes for all of you.

Exactly. Will the pre-orders be moved ahead of the $50 reservation holders? Has anyone bailed out and gotten back their $50?

Painfully true. My grandfather had a Plymouth Arrow D50 made my Mitsubishi like this one. He liked it a lot though he could barely fold his 6' 4" frame into it. My father had a 2009 Toyota Tacoma that he traded a Suburban for during the cash for clunkers boondoggle and liked it a lot. And I...

The rest of the world is perfectly happy driving kei sized vehicles with sub 660cc engines. Draconian safety and emission standards to protect the U.S. automobile industry have denied American consumers access to small cars and free markets. Consider the absurdity of CAFE fuel economy...

You are perfectly welcome. I rode the heck out of the HOV lane in Houston using it every day that it was not raining in the morning for six years on my Yamaha V-max. On a couple of commutes I counted the cars I passed in one lane during rush hour for one mile. Multiplied that by three lanes...

We started with HOV but now also have HOT. Per Ride Metro: HOV/HOT Express Lanes HOV stands for High Occupancy Vehicle. HOT stands for High Occupancy Toll. Both refer to a barrier-separated lane in the middle of I-45, Hwy. 59 and Hwy. 290. The lane runs in one direction, but it’s reversible...

Here in Texas an "autocycle" with three wheels enclosed with seats and seatbelts may use the HOV lane. Autocycles are classified as motorcycles for registration and title purposes. As of 2023, operators in Texas generally require a Class M motorcycle license, and safety, insurance, and...

FWD! That makes it even more puzzling why it would be a 3-wheeler.

It's deja Vu all over again. Vehicle purgatory is littered with rear drive three-wheelers, albeit the Aptera is an electric one. The Canadian T-Rex. The Corbin Sparrow. The Polaris Slingshot. Elio Motors (I still have the t-shirt) and others. British ones in the past were created to defeat...

Excess energy! Curtailing energy? Maybe the utility companies should use the excess energy to mine cryptocurrency. Do I have to think of everything?

Right. My electric co-op bill breaks it down. Bill Page Unfortunately this one has no credit for solar energy delivered to the grid by the homeowner but if it did it would be at the same rate per kwh as energy delivered. The co-op changed out my electric meter at no charge for a dual meter...

The next thing will be to tax our EVs for the miles traveled since we will not be paying the 60 to 70 cents per gallon excise tax on gasoline. Oh wait. Vermont and Utah are already charging an odometer tax, a vehicle miles traveled tax (VMT), and other states are considering it.

Evidently I am not intelligent enough to understand how disincentivizing homeowners and businesses from installing solar will produce more clean energy, decrease our dependence on foreign oil and move us toward energy independence.

Texas does not have a state-mandated, universal net metering policy, but many Retail Electric Providers (REPs) and municipal utilities offer solar buyback plans, allowing homeowners to receive credits for excess energy sent to the grid. https://meterplan.com/help/how-solar-billing-works Mine...