We got to see the aurora here last night too. It was pretty cool! But yeah I kept waiting for the apocalypse-triggering EMP. Alas, it never came
My phone still works. It even took these photos of very rare aurora in Oklahoma.
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I had less success with the drone. The red closer to the northern horizon is more true to life but I think the bright spot above it is a hot spot artifact of the camera or software.
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We got to see the aurora here last night too. It was pretty cool! But yeah I kept waiting for the apocalypse-triggering EMP. Alas, it never came
There are so many things that are seriously questionable in this story. But my favorite is the dealer told this lady that her Jeep can't go over 70 uphill and she just accepts it?
https://www.dailydot.com/news/jeep-wrangler-overheats-going-uphill/
There are so many things that are seriously questionable in this story. But my favorite is the dealer told this lady that her Jeep can't go over 70 uphill and she just accepts it?
https://www.dailydot.com/news/jeep-wrangler-overheats-going-uphill/
I haven't got a problem with a vehicle that slows down on hills, but overheating and shutting themselves off aren't acceptable.
The source of that information may be a car dealer or even manufacturer. One of our younger engineers told me recently that his rather new vehicle (don't remember the make because I don't remember who I had the conversation with) was burning a little oil, so he complained to the dealer's service writer. He was told that the manufacturer doesn't consider it a warrantable issue until it's using 1 qt per thousand miles. I said, "well that's B.S. You need to push back. There is no way with modern machining tolerances (edit: and materials!) that 1 qt in a thousand miles is even close to a realistic amount!"So I'm in a few FB groups for the KIA '23 Sportage Hybrid. Some of the stuff posted in there is straight out of the twilight zone. The other day someone asked about burning oil in the 1.6T. One guy replied that its normal for it to go through 2-3 quarts every 2k-3k miles. WTF did you just say?!?!?! Mind you, it only holds 4.8 quarts. I politely replied and said in no way is that normal or acceptable. However a bunch of these folks just eat it up as truth....its honestly scary.
The percentage of drivers with a total lack of knowledge regarding basic car maintenance just keeps increasing over time, and it is at an astounding level.So I'm in a few FB groups for the KIA '23 Sportage Hybrid. Some of the stuff posted in there is straight out of the twilight zone. The other day someone asked about burning oil in the 1.6T. One guy replied that its normal for it to go through 2-3 quarts every 2k-3k miles. WTF did you just say?!?!?! Mind you, it only holds 4.8 quarts. I politely replied and said in no way is that normal or acceptable. However a bunch of these folks just eat it up as truth....its honestly scary.
So I'm in a few FB groups for the KIA '23 Sportage Hybrid. Some of the stuff posted in there is straight out of the twilight zone. The other day someone asked about burning oil in the 1.6T. One guy replied that its normal for it to go through 2-3 quarts every 2k-3k miles. WTF did you just say?!?!?! Mind you, it only holds 4.8 quarts. I politely replied and said in no way is that normal or acceptable. However a bunch of these folks just eat it up as truth....its honestly scary.
Maybe a mountain, but not a hill.
Actually heard that years ago from good tech’s at dealership where I worked. They didn’t agree but that’s what they were told.