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Wow - There are bad actors out there. I've had that attempt pulled on me as well, one of the reasons I went to DIY maintenance.

Suggestions? If it's a beach at the ocean, don't go there. Salt air and water is a great way to give your truck cancer, aka rust. If you do go near / on salt water, that's a virtual guarantee unless you wash the bejebers off of the undercarriage.

Sure - Keep your stock intake ! With the money you save you can put flame decals on the side, proven to improve your horsepower and at a greatly reduced cost. :wink:

Any manufactured item that requires transport must be sized to fit the constraints of the transportation system it uses. To economically ship a large rocket across the country, the railroad was the only viable cost effective method. If railroads were twice as wide, the shuttle's SRBs could...

That track would look different when the snow was 3 feet deep... And the ruts would be a big deal...

It's not legend, it's true. The width of the space shuttle's solid rocket boosters were influenced by the width of two horses' rear ends from historical transportation standards that influenced the design of railways and, subsequently, the rockets which had to be moved via the railroads. The...

At least for the device in the link, they support Ford F150, F250 and F350's. All body on frame vehicles, likely not by accident or omission.

There is less air pressure at altitude but more importantly, there is less oxygen, so the engine with electronic systems will reduce the fuel input to efficiently burn the fuel, where a carbureted engine without feedback mechanisms will run poorly as it will be running too rich for the increased...

As @Busa789 said, a filter doesn't require a tune, and he's right. My point was that unless the engine behavior is changed via a tune, any change in intake flow via a less restrictive filter won't make a difference in performance without it. The reported performance increases seem dubious...

I haven't seen these before, but it looks to be similar in concept to a K&N in that it's a clean and re-oil type filter. As far as performance gains, that would require retuning as the engine computer will adjust to optimize air fuel ratio. Tuning an in warranty vehicle may be asking for...

For your son, 100%

The good thing is that you were NOT crushed. Had the deer jumped and missed the front end it could have come through the windshield. You are fortunate. I would bet that your Mav will be back on the road at some point. Insurance totals cars when repairs go x% over value, but not because they...

Wow - You must know everything, except absolutely nothing about me. I've been using solar power for the entire millennium, so I don't need to waste an hour and a half listening to someone tell me what I already know. I've designed and installed several variations of half a dozen systems for...

Power source advancements? Not much that I've seen. Some incremental improvements in solar panels, but not much else. Even the blade batteries are variations on an existing theme, but nonetheless at least a potential improvement, although they still rely on incredibly harmful lithium as a...

A good point. Although the Blade 2.0 is "supposed" to be a much safer unit, there have been continuing fires in their EV's reported. Some of these reports indicate spontaneous combustion of parked vehicles on the street. In the USA, we don't have the option to buy BYD EVs currently, as the...

With AI data center proliferation, we'll likely use a lot of that "excess". With a significant increase of electric cars, we could easily use all of that. Some of the capacity you are citing is peak use generation that cannot be used on a continuing basis, so the figure is somewhat...

BYD Blade 2.0 batteries are noted up to 150KWH capacity. To charge that battery so quickly, the BYD fast charger runs at 1500KW. Most houses are 100KW to 200KW panels, just slightly less than 1500. As @Mavster Mechanic noted, that kind of charging is ridiculously far in excess of the...

Alternative energy is great, except when it isn't. It isn't scalable. You can't make it sunnier or make the wind blow harder because more power is needed. Alternative energy can also experience wide scale outages at the worst possible times. That entire prairie covered in solar panels in your...

@Cherokee Your friend apparently had all or nothing brand affiliation. Bad experience with one car doesn't usually mean the entire brand is bad. Ford had a few "problems" e.g. the Pinto, but that was just poor decision making by Lee Iacocca who was also around for development of the Mustang...

Upgrading the grid doesn't add power, it at best improves transmission capability and reliability. If more power is needed than is available, it doesn't matter how good the conduit is. The basic issue remains - In an era of dramatic increase in demand, where is the power going to come from...