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Zipperless, Front-open Luggage with Brakes

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Zipperless, Front-open Luggage with Brakes I’ve been googling for long time now and can’t find anything that has these few requirements, anyone know of such a luggage? Looking for something to use for check-in, so about 26 inch edit: I’ve seen the Pelicans, but the handle isn’t really ergonomic with how you can only extend it to it’s full length, if it was just a bit more manoeuvrable, i…

Reddit Travel 547 2024-11-12

Porsche Put These Weird Formula 1 Brakes On A Street Car In 1962

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Porsche Put These Weird Formula 1 Brakes On A Street Car In 1962 Disc brakes were hardly a new technology in 1962, as Jaguar and Dunlop had tested the concept in the crucible of motorsport as early as a decade prior at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Up to this point in the company’s history, Porsche had been using tried and true (and cheap) drum brakes, even on all but a few of its… Read more…

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Florida Man With ‘All Gas, No Brakes’ Tattoo Arrested After Losing Control Of Car

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Florida Man With ‘All Gas, No Brakes’ Tattoo Arrested After Losing Control Of Car A man and woman in Polk County, Florida were arrested early Monday morning after running from police and crashing their car, ClickOrlando reports. Timothy Allen Hogue and Rebecca Kozub are suspects in a string of car burglaries and were spotted in a small residential neighborhood trying to break into several cars at… Read more…

Jalopnik 449 2024-03-10

Automakers Are Pumping The Brakes On The EV Transition

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Automakers Are Pumping The Brakes On The EV Transition The transition to electric vehicles is supposed to be a matter of when not if. However, automakers are starting to seem a little hesitant about what resources they should pour into EV production. Manufacturers have had supply issues building electric vehicles as well as trouble actually selling the ones they have… Read more…

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Ford hits the brakes on $12 billion in EV spending because EVs are too expensive

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Ford hits the brakes on $12 billion in EV spending because EVs are too expensive Photo by Scott Olson/Getty ImagesFord is postponing $12 billion in EV factory building, including a planned battery factory in Kentucky. The reasons given were an unwillingness by customers to pay extra for its electric vehicles. You see, they’re too expensive, and now Ford’s massive transformation into an EV company is now going to take a lot l…

The Verge 865 2024-01-22

LPT: Do NOT pull into the extra space that 18 wheelers leave in front of them or cut them off- even if they *can* come to a stop, if you make them slam on their brakes the cargo they are carrying can slip forward and kill the driver of the rig

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LPT: Do NOT pull into the extra space that 18 wheelers leave in front of them or cut them off- even if they *can* come to a stop, if you make them slam on their brakes the cargo they are carrying can slip forward and kill the driver of the rig I had a friend who took up driving 18 wheelers later in life, and he was unfortunately killed when someone in a car cut him off, forcing him to quickly hit the brakes. He did not hit anything in front of him, but the cargo he was carrying, I believe pipes, slipped and kept moving forward and came through the cabin when he slammed on the brakes, …

Life Pro Tips 160 2023-10-09