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This Mid-Engine V8 Geo Metro Is The Ultimate Evolution Of 'LS Swap All The Things'
LS swaps are an accessible and reliable way to get V8 power for just about any car. But you've probably never seen one in a Geo Metro before.
Justin Hughes
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Flock Cameras Are Being Covered With Garbage Bags As Contracts With The Wildly Unpopular Mass Surveillance Company Are Terminated
Unable to take the cameras down themselves, some cities that have cancelled their Flock contracts are resorting to covering the cameras up.
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Data Center Builder Puts Construction Workers In Barge Previously Used To Detain Migrants, Welcome To Late-Stage Capitalism
Building data centers requires lots of human workers, but with nowhere for them to live, some companies are turning to barges aimed at migrant detention.
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Rental Car Company Charges Man For Breaking Physics And Driving 18,000 Miles In 7 Days
Huang would have had to maintain a constant average speed of 107 mph for the entire week.
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MapQuest Includes Flock Camera Locations Now
MapQuest has joined the resistance as a spunky upstart among the giants like Google and Apple that pushed it out of the spotlight in the first place.
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Car Repair Costs Have Risen Twice As Fast As Inflation
It's getting prohibitively expensive to buy a new car these days, but fixing your old one isn't getting any cheaper either.
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Man Creates DIY Flock-Style Cameras That Only Scan Police Plates And For Some Reason The Cops Are Annoyed By This
"I wanted to see whether it was feasible and use the irony to illustrate a point..."
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Cops Holding Contest To See Who Can Pull Over The Most Black People Surely The Result Of A Bunch Of Bad Apples
The text thread also contained racial slurs "related to use of force and discharging firearms at Black residents."
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Citroën 2CV Fourgonnette Concept Puts A Box On The Bubble Car, Just Like The Original Van
While this 'lil van isn't yet confirmed for production, because its regular 2CV sibling already is, this seems like a sure bet too.
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California EV Rebate Applies Almost Exclusively To The Mustang Mach-E
California's MyFirstEV program is meant to reduce upfront EV pricing, but it has strict limitations, especially when it comes to used electric vehicles.
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ICE Sets New Limits On Car Chases And Vehicle Stops, Which They'll Certainly Follow At All Times
A new U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement memo bans high-speed pursuits and places new restrictions on chases. But will ICE agents pay attention to it?
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USPS Wants To Improve 'Community Safety' With New Mail Truck Cameras
The U.S. Postal Service is installing high-resolution cameras in 100 mail trucks. It says the purpose is benign, but the news raises privacy issues.
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Flock Cameras Lead Police To Identify Wrong Car In Road Rage Case, Armed Officers Surround Wrong House At 4 A.M.
A driver told police that a dark Ram truck had been involved in a road-rage incident, so police turned to Flock cameras to find it. What followed was scary.
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Sorry, Kroger Customers, You're Losing Your Gas Discount
Kroger customers who had the supermarket chain's credit card had a sweet discount deal going. Then the discounts ended at the worst possible time.
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The Annual Sunshine Orange Subaru Crosstrek Parade Is Exactly Why The World Needs More Colorful Cars
In an endless sea of gray, silver, black, and white cars, there's a bit of joy to be found in colors like Subaru's Sunshine Orange.
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Flock Forces Website Showing Camera Locations To Shut Down, Because 'Transparency Matters'
The website may be down, but the internet is forever, and the Internet Archive has preserved the original site.
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Dodge's Fire-Preventing Ejecting Battery Patent Is American Individualism At Its Finest
In the patent, the car's 12-volt battery is connected to the drive system, and is used to move the car a short but safe distance away from the burning battery.
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Toyota Celebrated Its Le Mans-Winning Racer With A Wonderful Homage To Pixar's 'Cars'
More than just an homage to the movie 'Cars', the promotional video references a culture established by 'The Fast and the Furious'.
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Hyundai On Track To Outsell Ford For The First Time Ever This Quarter
A healthy portfolio of hybrid offerings is one of the big factors contributing to Hyundai's surging sales.
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Guys Who Fished Military Drone Out Of The Ocean Can't Wait To Update Their Tinder Profile Pictures
The charter boat fishermen found the drone floating in the ocean and pulled it aboard, right alongside their various finned catches of the day.
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Plane Narrowly Avoids Hitting Postal Van During Emergency Landing
Several semi-trucks had to pull over to avoid colliding with the plane, and the plane missed the postal van by what looks like inches, rather than feet.
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BMW's 'Lifetime' Differential Fluid Doesn't Really Last For Life, Class Action Lawsuit Claims
The lawsuit alleges, amongst other things, that BMW NA knew its front differentials would fail prematurely if the 'lifetime' fluid wasn't properly changed.
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Elon Musk Doesn't 'Live' In An Airstream Trailer
Even if he is calling into Zoom meetings from the trailer and sleeping there every once in a while, an Airstream isn't Musk's new home.
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Baseball Fans Rejoice, AM Radio For Every Vehicle Act Passes House
Automakers dispute the relevance of AM radio, but if the law passes the Senate, they'll have no choice but to keep it (or bring it back) in all their vehicles.
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Waiting For An Electric Motorcycle To Recharge Is Not A Bug, It's A Feature Says FortNine
Taking an EV motorcycle with a sub-100-mile range on a road trip isn't a good idea if you're in a hurry, but it'll help you experience a bit of local culture.
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DeFlock Los Santos With This GTA V Mod
The mod is an interesting statement about both how powerful these cameras are at fighting crime, and the consequences of the system's mistakes.
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Minneapolis Proposes Requiring A Human Behind The Wheel In Waymos
Safety is a big part of the proposal that could change Waymo's future in the city, but bigger still is the desire to protect the jobs of human drivers.
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