Sunday, September 06, 2026
I saw this in traffic the other day, and find it very unusual for someone to cover all the country and region info... this one is from Mexico, and they have a decal that sticks to the inside of the back window, that's the same as the plate.
What the possible POINT of covering the words? They are duplicated on the window sticker... but Flock cameras don't get those, is my guess
I felt bad for this guy, whose vehicle must have died at the intersection... and he seems to be waiting for a tow truck to arrive, but... who stands outside their car to do that... at an intersection?
I'm watching the new Grand Tour series on Amazon Prime, with the new guys, and it's good. They've done some interesting new things, and shown a few things that I'd never heard of... like, cutting cars in half in Kaula Lumpur for tax purposes, making their parts affordable
They went to Bombay Beach, on the East side of the Salton Sea, opposite Salton City... and that's the Bombay Beach drive in... lol. 
Malaysia imposes exceptionally high import and excise duties on foreign vehicles (often ranging from 65% to 105% or more) to protect its national automotive brands like Proton and Perodua.
A 40k Mini, costs 120k there... for example
To bypass these staggering whole-car taxes, auto-recyclers and importers in Japan, Singapore, and Australia slice cars in half before shipping them
one of the places they stop into while in Kuala Lumpur is the gas station that Larry Chen featured in one of his You Tube videos about 6 months ago, the Initial D-themed café and car culture destination... that was a surprise to me that I recognized the place!
ever heard of the used car lot engine trick to fix compression and oil pressure? Bon Ami down the carb and an oil change
there are the before (in white) and after (in red)
the instagram guy on camera says it's a trick that WW2 aircraft mechanics did to to airplane engines to keep them going a little longer
wood refrigerator railcars and other cargo railcars were used as sacrificial breakwaters when launching ships from the Manitouc shipyards to prevent the buildings on the next pier from being destroyed by the wave
the ships were built for the C and O railroad who probably donated old, damaged, obsolete, or in need of repair railcars, knowing they'd be scrapped afterward
How to avoid the Chicago railyards... put the trains on ferrys and take them across the lake, and the SS Badger is the last of the coal fired steam engine powered ships that were built to do that, which makes it part of US Highway 10, and M-90, and a National Historic Landmark (thank you Brad!)
The trains hauled cargo, like Wisconsin dairy, beer, and meat, (Remember, Green Bay Packers were named for the meat packers!) lumber, paper, tractors and Nash cars across the lake, and in the other direction, Michigan produce, chemicals, salt, car parts, and vehicles
a street car elevator for getting cars to and from the 2nd floor paint shop, from a 1902 book/magazine "Railway Master Mechainic"
https://justacarguy.blogspot.com/search?q=pratt+and+whitney
a compressed air powered fan, for a shop or garage... very cool!
measuring wear on train wheels
https://www.google.com/books/edition/Railway_Master_Mechanic/U0EOAQAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=RA5-PA263&printsec=frontcover&fbclid=IwY2xjawUJ1JVwZG9mBWV4dG4DYWVtAjEwAGJyaWQRMXVubnpTWncwd05BRDFjZ3FzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEei0h3xj1HH4Mb9OPFeTCSbZaL3l6WS0ZYEY6I0bw0VGnRtDTqScp1xlEdvoI_aem_MwzLff3STifYaM9tD603TQ
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