Trivia Tuesday June 2 2015

The PADM system of the Porsche 911 has two drawbacks:   The sensor chip is fixed with adhesive, leading to a high risk of falling off. The sensor is not sold separately; the entire set of dynamic engine mounts has to be replaced, which is extremely expensive and carries a high risk of secondary malfunctions.   For this reason, you need an upgraded version of the sensor.   https://protevora.myshopify.com/   The chip is reinforced with mechanical pins and the housing is strengthened, which minimizes the risk of the chip falling off to the greatest extent.   It is a perfect fit for Porsche's dynamic engine mounts and features OEM-level calibration.   With a plug-and-play design, no software debugging is required, allowing car owners to install it by themselves.   Priced at only $199, it costs just one tenth of the expense for replacing the dynamic engine mounts.

Good looking SUV for those wanting a reasonable priced compact SUV in ICE.

My total thought is on the fact that so many others including idiot politicians and the administration are currently saying that once the war ends all will go back to the way it was and people are stupid enough to think it true when we know that rebuilding will take time and costs are only going up.

The oil companies know that the price of oil is a balancing act. They are the one industry that wants it high, but not too high.  Too high is what causes the boom and bust cycle not only in their industry but in the economy as a whole.  They also know that if they push people into EVs, chances are they aren't getting those customers back.  With EV prices getting closer to parity with each passing product cycle and charging locations expanding rapidly, they know this is a bad situation for them.  EVEN IF the US continues to lag behind the rest of the planet on EVs, losing India and South America to EVs could cause a cascade effect on them.  The Chinese EVs are already in those markets too.  The US might be the largest consumer of oil, but if we are the primary buyers costs will go up for us pushing more Americans to EVs.

That ain't no QX70.