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Unfortunately Bestop has become the latest example of “Private Equity ruins everything”

Funny, FAUXBY4 is the plate on my friend's Ridgeline. I was just behind one at a tunnel car wash. It took the driver and the attendant about 5 minutes to get the computer to go to Neutral and take off all the brake-hold assist features so they could send it through. The attendant apologized...

Headlights that follow the steering have been a thing since at least 1948.

Genuine question about responsibility scope with this partnership: Which company is going to make sure it rusts before the electrical system lets all the smoke out or catches fire?

With our powers combined, we can make the least reliable car since the Yugo!

Pretty sure I said that I have the OE LED lights.

Or leave them off. The OE LED headlights put out more light in a better pattern than all the headlights I've owned before combined. I almost never need the fogs, and when I do turn them on it's mostly when I've been caught out on the trail at night and just need maximum light output. I even...

This has been a feature on some cars for decades, but I don’t know about the compass. The Gladiator doesn’t do this.

Hetrochromia, cool!

Aluminum blocks are lighter weight - by a lot. They are also easier to cool. They are more expensive to make as strong as an iron block, so cost is probably the answer

Why do we need AI slop for this? Just post your photos here and we can roast your build. The AI is like that winch; a replacement for the friends you don't have.

You ask too much of us

Any rub marks on the wheel, tire, fender liner, or control arm on either side? Sounds like something might not be clearing

Retro wheels: Classy, indicates taste and sophistication, will never go out of style. Whatever was one there: If one hundred truck stop novelty knives were pressed into a wheel shape.

This Is The Way

All over thanks to being a military kid.

Yeah, I’m fine with the EPA and the clean Air Act. I sort of enjoy air that isn’t crunchy and water that doesn’t catch fire. People opposed to these things tend to be from places with low industrial density, low population density, or are too young to remember how toxic and polluted our...

Hey, Taiwan makes some really good stuff. They are a world leader in chip manufacturing (which is one of the big reasons China wants to take them over) but also with cast and forged components. A number of high quality tools are made there for big brands like Hilti. Some of the best small...

I do, and that’s why my Gladiator will be my last modern car. Every week I’m online shopping for a low-mileage gem that’s 30 years old at a minimum. Your truck does the same things, reports your location, telemetrics, even your phone’s contacts to Jeep so it can be packaged and sold.

Britta will filter out particulate, but I doubt it would handle chemicals leeching from the vinyl into the water. Some of the stuff used to make vinyl is pretty nasty, not all PVC products are made to be in contact with food or water. It’s up to you, but I urge caution and maybe doing some...