Boston moved its highway underground in 2003. This was the result.

https://x.com/fasc1nate/status/2077789138380619899

it is amazing to see the beginning of a car company's run, and compare it to their latest model

a model T Ford and a GT 40, or GTR Mustang, would be another cool comparison

https://dailytimewaster.blogspot.com

comparative sizes

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=122126164119226390&set=pcb.122126164239226390

Grafton Utah, the scene with Katherine Ross in 1969, vs today.

just how big a plane the P-47 was is more easily understood with this comparison (thank you Kim!)

Slate is now making fun of how "big" the Maverick is. " Whoever said "bigger is better" has never parked at Trader Joes. "

https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:lcxqhj4ldyjsfovbny4k5tk2/post/3mmf3fqmab32e

https://fordauthority.com/2026/05/slate-auto-tries-to-claim-ford-maverick-is-too-big-video

I pulled 3 socket wrenches out of a tool box I got at an estate sale last year, it's amazing how many Craftsman tools were in it. And I found something interesting I'd never noticed about 3/8th wrenches before. An oil fitting

does anyone remember what is needed to inject oil in that spring loaded ball orifice? Some special oil can? 

interesting comparison of now and then, the location of the opening scene from Three’s Company 1976

I get a kick out of now n then photos of Hollywood locations

https://www.threads.com/@chadofnorthtexas/post/DXASeOak4T8

"It's A Mad Mad Mad Mad World" location on Bob Hope Dr, Rancho Mirage, CA.

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10161990945845800&set=gm.4458297887828133&idorvanity=3164534807204454

Skip the 1st minute and 25 seconds, because... the Gt 350 Shelby Cobra Mustang showed up unable to run. Yep, the only one I wanted to see race rolled off the truck with an engine problem. And the idiot making this video? Doesn't even know what a 4 barrel is. WTF?

Supercharged, and 446 Hp... if it were running. 

the most and least satisfying tire brands have been under study by Consumer Reports over the past four years, over 52,000 sets of tires

The tire testing process includes a number of grip-related evaluations, including wet and dry braking, handling, and snow traction.

two brands had top marks for satisfaction among all-season tires: Michelin and Vredestein. Significantly, 10 all-season tire brands were given our lowest rating.

• The all-terrain tire category was judged to be more satisfying, with 11 of 26 brands found by owners to have favorable satisfaction.

• Satisfaction is widely distributed among the winter/snow tire category, with four brands receiving the highest ratings

https://www.consumerreports.org/cars/tires/tire-brands-ranked-in-order-of-consumer-satisfaction-a2490084769/

Uniroyal was rated at the bottom of Consumer Reports' recent ranking of the most satisfying All-Season tire brands, though several other budget offerings were also listed in the red for the same category. 

Unfortunately it also landed last in customer satisfaction when it comes to its Winter/Snow tire offerings. 

Sumitomo, Kelly, Hercules, GT Radial, Dunlop, and, BF Goodrich were also rated red by unsatisfied customers in that category. 

In the Summer tire category, Sumitomo was the worst rated tire for customer satisfaction, with the budget brand making the unfortunate claim of being at, or very near the bottom of the list in all four categories surveyed for the Consumer Reports rankings. 

In the All-Terrain category, Sumitomo earned the lowest marks for customer satisfaction. 

Michelin Tires fared the best on the Consumer Reports satisfaction list, and earned the highest rating in all four categories surveyed.

 It was the only manufacturer to claim that honor. 

However, the European tire brand Vredestein was also rated well in all categories, earning light green marks in the All-Season, Winter/Snow, and Summer tire categories, and a dark green rating in the All-Terrain sector. 

https://www.slashgear.com/2080149/tire-brand-with-lowest-customer-satisfaction-rating-consumer-reports/

Hagerty pitted the new Mustang GTD against a 2005 Ford GT and a 2020 Ford GT a test of straight-line speed. The Mustang won

 https://fordauthority.com/2026/01/ford-mustang-gtd-takes-on-both-ford-gt-generations-video/

exhaust comparison of straight pipe, Magnaflows, Flowmasters, Thrush glass packs... because some thing I came across reminded me that I haven't heard glass packs in a long time

 

I was looking through the news, and was astonished to see back to back articles contradict each other on the topic of bicycle safety in intersections

should cyclists be required to follow the same traffic rules as motorists, or should we recognize that these rules do not always reflect the reality of cycling in a city?

the risks associated with different modes of transport are incommensurate. 

A car that runs a red light can cause serious or even fatal injuries. 

A cyclist, on the other hand, is unlikely to cause the same degree of damage. 

 Treating two such different modes of transport the same way, therefore, amounts to implicitly favoring cars, something akin to imposing the same speed limit on pedestrians and trucks.

Since 1982, cyclists in Idaho have been able to treat a stop sign as a yield sign and a red light as a stop sign. Several American states (such as Arkansas, Colorado, and Oregon) and countries, such as France and Belgium, have adopted similar regulations.

https://theconversation.com/cyclists-may-be-right-to-run-stop-signs-and-red-lights-heres-why-268724

Drivers zooming on and off the Williamsburg Bridge in Lower Manhattan are running red lights and creating a harrowing situation for pedestrians and cyclists trying to use the busy intersection — but cops are not only turning a blind eye, but directing their focus towards cyclists instead.

The cops are able to take advantage of the poor design and issue tickets to every cyclist that approaches the intersection.

the NYPD has set up a checkpoint to issue criminal summonses to cyclists as part of Mayor Adams and Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch's criminal crackdown on biking that started in April.

The checkpoints ticketing cyclists on Delancey as part of the criminal crackdown has been documented on Reddit and observed by Streetsblog, most recently on Oct. 3. 

Most drivers who put New Yorkers’ lives at risk with their anti-social behavior will face no consequences for their actions — indeed in 2024, the NYPD averaged fewer than two speeding tickets per precinct per day, according to the agency's own stats.

And the red-light-ticket-writing-rate at the Seventh Precinct — where the notorious intersection is located — is even worse: Just 1.5 red light tickets were written per day in that entire precinct.

“This is the city we live in: Pointless enforcement of bikes, no enforcement of cars"

https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/11/11/drivers-run-reds-but-cops-ticket-cyclists-at-dangerous-delancey-intersection

the Torque Test Channel on YouTube posted a video putting the saying “they don’t make them like they used to” to the test. It's true, new tools were proven to be made of 8% weaker steel when testing 1/2 to 3/8ths adapters

https://www.hagerty.com/media/maintenance-and-tech/are-older-tools-stronger-than-new-ones/

They had to make them taller, people were tired of bending over to push them back to the dealer for repair

Which one spent more time getting warranty repairs do you think? the 95, or th '25?

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=840465018354754&set=a.195780406156555

A cool graphic comparing the size of a WWII B-17 bomber (green) with a modern F-15C fighter (red). It’s amazing how today’s fighters are almost as big and heavy as four-engine heavy bombers of the past.

https://x.com/RealAirPower1/status/1983580818736886188

comparison of parking lots from 1980 and 2025 captures one of the most subtle yet telling shifts in automotive design, the disappearance of color from our roads

 In 1977, General Motors offered over 120 different paint colors across its vehicle lineup; by 2023, that number had dropped to fewer than 30.

https://x.com/archeohistories/status/1982772414875644055/photo/1

6 fuel stabilizers were tested over 5 years, to see what the long term results were on gas. None of the fuel stabilizers prevented fuel from becoming stale after 20 months (skip to minute 7:50)

https://www.hagerty.com/media/maintenance-and-tech/does-this-5-year-test-of-fuel-stabilizers-change-your-mind

NHRA just beat NASCAR in weekend TV ratings - 1.87M viewers tuned in on FOX, making drag racing the most-watched motorsport in America.