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What I learned today:

A football coach in the NCAA can break more rules than Bernie Madoff did on Wall St and the NFL will still welcome him with open arms as long as his team won all their games.


Truly a defining statement on our society.

Good to see they are still on top of things over there. I visit the 996TT forum a couple of times a month, maybe post a comment once a month. But , if I ever get banned (again) over there, I doubt I would even realize it before the ban expired. Schnelly pointed out earlier this year that people jus...

02TX996Cab wrote: ↑Wed Jan 17, 2024 2:47 pm Given how strained the power grid in Texas can become during really cold (or hot) weather, I think it behooves us to unplug all those stationary EVs whenever we spot them to protect power grid stability!

True...true.

Hhhmmm seems it is difficult to precondition a Tesla battery to the proper temperature to accept a rapid charge when the ambient temperature is -20f or so. Chicago-area Tesla charging stations lined with dead cars in freezing cold: 'A bunch of dead robots out here' [/b] Yet another reason that I wil...

Me the previous three days: Me today at +7f:

Digging deeper into the world of Fiat-Chrysler (eew). I picked up a salvage rear view mirror on eBay from a better-than-mine spec Grand Cherokee...and I happen to have an OBDLink EX cable and AlfaOBD running in a Windows 10 VM on my garage Macbook Pro. Once I get the mirror (and a dongle from Amazo...

Found something I don't like about LED headlights....... I was driving home last night in our X3 and it was very cold and light snow. Normally the headlight are great and the high beams through far. I noticed that everything seemed diffused. I pulled into a gas station and the headlights were iced ...

It was a sweet morning for a drive in the 996. Today is my pop's 81st birthday, so I drove up to Dana Point to buy him breakfast. Because my pop is damn cool for an 81-year-old, I got him welder for his birthday. He was stoked - he hasn't welded since he worked in a refinery in Texas as a teenager....

5chn3ll wrote: ↑Sat Jan 13, 2024 5:38 pm That's freaking cold. It was 38 here this morning in San Diego, which isn't -21, but it's darn cold for us.

Hell I would take half of 38 and be very happy.

It's a beautiful day(s) in the neighborhood... JEEBUS...IT'S FREAKIN' COLD!