In this episode we catch up on our project cars, respond to some listener mail (46:28), discuss some dumb shitty gadgets that promise to improve your car's fuel economy and performance but do the opposite (1:09), and a few news stories (1:50).
Complete Notes: https://web.archive.org/web/20211213042137/https://shoutengine.com/CarsComrades/improve-your-fuel-economy-and-defeat-patriarchy-wi-102055
Notes/Links/Sources:
How to Properly Recharge Your AC System
The Fast and The Furious is about pirates: https://youtu.be/rbjeyLQCI0c
Smokey Yunick hot vapor engine: https://youtu.be/qmGUMhRWwq0
The Fuelshark Won't Save You Gas Because It Runs On Bullshit:
https://jalopnik.com/the-fuelshark-wont-save-you-gas-because-it-runs-on-bul-1479542390
Looking For A Miracle: We Test Automotive 'Fuel Savers' https://www.popularmechanics.com/cars/a310/1802932/
Miracle Carburetor https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/nobodys-fuel/
Drivers' Coop: https://drivers.coop/
Bronze Elon Musk statue in downtown Manhattan unveiled to a wave of mockery: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/elon-musk-statue-new-york-b1874409.html
Tesla Model S Plaid caught fire while driver was at the wheel, says fire chief:
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/07/01/tesla-model-s-plaid-caught-fire-while-being-driven-fire-chief.html
Phantom braking: https://twitter.com/Keubiko/status/1410929988644257794
Podcasts about Elon Musk:
https://soundcloud.com/eattherichpod/ep-042-elon-musk-with-ken-klippenstein
https://soundcloud.com/trueanonpod/lamest-show-1
Chinese Communist party celebrates 100th anniversary – in pictures
Marx's Capital Manga: https://redquillbooks.com/portfolio-posts/capital-manga
En liten tjänst av I'm With Friends. Finns även på engelska.