Bad_Engineering

So you swapped out a few pairs of NOS parts on a couple classics. I worked as an engineer for akebono, one of the biggest brake manufacturers in the world. Almost every European and American manufacturer ditched asbestos around 1990. Some imported “value” pads may contain asbestos, and some classic cars are still gonna have asbestos pads. But the vast majority of cars on the road do not.

Asbestos isn’t used in brake pads anymore, we’ve gone to organo metallic mixtures. So mostly carbon with some iron, manganese, and nickel thrown in.

This post makes me want to buy a car.

Red panda, literally the cutest animal ever.

That article says you can’t import a byd unless its a subcompact that you license as a low-speed vehicle. Meaning it can’t go over 35mph, so basically a golfcart.

FB marketplace or a classifieds site is where you will find the best deals, it’s the only reason I still have an account with meta. It’s almost always a better deal for both parties buying and selling person to person. Most people will be more honest about the condition of the car than any used dealers and they will also make more selling it directly than trading in or selling to a dealer. Buyers also save by cutting out the middle men. I’m into cars as a hobby so I’m fairly constantly buying and selling them, marketplace is where I do almost all of my transactions ever since Craigslist died.

Benn Jordan’s videos on flock cameras is really eye opening non how bad the surveillance state has gotten here in the US. Not just how ubiquitous they are but also how insecure and vulnerable to abuse the whole system is.