You can’t possibly hate the media enough.

It can buy votes obviously but there seems to be a small outbreak of common sense in this country.

YOUR POLICIES BITCH.

GTFO and STAY OUT.

The kid was too polite to say Lying Whore.

Like trying to diagnose a problem over the phone or talking to someone?

I’ve tried to do it literally hundreds of times.

I used to have to talk to the actual Automotive Engineers at Ford Motor Co. who designed their parts and electrical systems trying to fix crap over the phone that their service manuals couldn’t resolve.

This little story hits that nail right on the head.

Experience comes at a price.

Got up at O:Dark Thirty this morning as usual.

Did my Pre-Work routine, as usual.

Gathered up my shit and headed out the door. Just like every other work day for decades.

Got in the Big Red Truck, threw my lunchbox on the seat, slammed the door because the hinge pin bushings are shot and I have been too lazy to replace them, fumbled with the seat belt, fired it up and pulled out the headlight switch to head out.

Except no headlights.

WTF?

They worked fine yesterday all the way to work.

Fumbled around pulling and pushing the switch in and out and still nothing.

Get out and see the tail lights and front parking lights are on. Got back in and tried the High Beams. The headlights came on but only as long as I held the turn signal stalk back in the high beam position. They wouldn’t stay on unless I kept it pulled back against the spring.

Fuck me.

It’s fucking dark and it will be dark long after I get to work.

So I drove all the way in holding the turn signal stalk back.

Get to work, punch in and head to our little hidey hole we call The Shop.

Basically a corner of a huge warehouse fenced in with chain link, a bunch of shelves, desks, cabinets and a sliding door.

Get in the internet, get on Youtube and look up First Generation Dodge Truck, No Headlights.

Several videos appear and I start scrolling, looking to see if there are several with the same issue.

Most common is headlight switch.

I had to wait a couple hours for my local parts store to open. I start work at 6:30 in the morning.

They look it up and don’t have one in stock but they can have it by the afternoon run.

Stop in after work just in time for them to get it out of the truck, $31 and change.

Get home, open the hood and disconnect the battery and then start tearing the instrument cluster bezel off. Fought that sonofabitch for a good twenty minutes after I got all the screws out. It had a bunch of those damn clips around the bottom and I had to pry it out over the steering column without breaking it.

The switch is basically the same as the old Ford ones that I have changed dozens of over the years.

Fiddle fucked around trying to snake it out the bottom between the hood release and the E Brake release. Finally get it out, swap the new one in, re-insert the long triangular stem and knob so I can pull it on and go hook the battery up.

Bigger than shit, the headlights work again.

Fuck around putting it all back together and thanking Jesus that it wasn’t the fucking turn signal switch instead.

The whole time I am sweating my ass off in 90 degree heat but at the same time, thanking Jesus again because it’s supposed to go from 90 today to the low 60’s tomorrow with rain.

It was just plain strange that the old switch shit the bed without any warning what so ever but at least it was a fairly easy repair.

What a surprise.

78.

SEVENTY. EIGHT..

This is your current Vice President and Presidential hopeful.

It would be a dream come true compared to some of the trashed out Shitbox Trailers and old leaky RV’s I’ve lived in before.

Preach it honey!

Rose Gold Maserati GranCabrio Folgore convertible

The 2024 Nissan Versa is the cheapest car in the US, starting at $17,820. 2024 Hyundai IONIQ 5 SEL RWD leases at $229 for 24 months.

Rivian video of Gen 2 R1T’s 2024 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb run. (12 min.)  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aS9dWwNG3Wk

Maserati all-electric TRIDENTE

GMC Hummer EV SUV is one of the best EV’s says Doug Muro.-$110K ( review 4 Min. with ads)  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JE5dE2ohKA&t=7s

American Airlines has committed to purchasing 100 hydrogen-electric plane engines from ZeroAvia for regional flights.

Electric Nascar Racer

2012 to 2018 GM vehicles emitted 10% more CO2 than reported. GM mistakenly claimed 50 million metric tons of carbon allowances. Fined $145.8 million.

A study of 4 million electric commercial vehicles found an 81% EV increase in the US in 2023. South Africa (796%), Peru (289%) and Mexico (248%).

Heavy Duty Electric Forklifts

Norway has the highest EV adoption of any country. 82 % of 2023 car sales were electric. They have now installed their 2,000th Tesla Supercharger.

General Motors Mexico is partnering with Tesla to build 1,000 charging points in Mexico. 2025 GM cars will come with a Tesla charging connector.

RB-01 electric-powered semi trailer system

Ionna, a new North American EV fast-charging network, plans 30,000 high-power fast-charging connectors across the U.S. and Canada.(sounds good!)

2025 Ram 1500 REV Electric truck, launching later this year, expects 500 mile range. It will have the same classy interior as the Ram 1500 ICE.

1.3 million EV’s sold in May.

California’s VPP network is a series of homeowners with Powerwalls that aid the grid during “emergency load” events. On July 10th, VPP supplied 100 MW to the grid eliminating the use of peaker power plants.

Tesla claims that it is now achieving “95% automated production” at Gigafactory Shanghai and producing a Model Y every 30 seconds.

Honda Prologue SUV.

Intersect Power ordered 15.3 GWh of Tesla Battery Megapacks in the next 5 years for use in Calif. and Texas. (1 GW supplies 876,000 households)

E1 Pilot Academy is open for new drivers to compete in Electric Boat Racing  Male or female can apply. — recruitmentpilotacademy@e1series.com These boats can Fly-  good documentary- https://www.youtube.com/@e1series

2024 Electrek Formula Sun Grand Prix.

The Goodwood Festival of Speed is a yearly event in West Sussex, England. Ford Electric Supervan beat them all. (10 Fastest cars in hill climb video.  8 min) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUUmE0S8PBI&t=459s

Via WRSA,

May God Damn the people responsible for this charade to Hell.