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Bug Poop, Not Tree Sap, Ruining Your Car | Giga Gears
Los Angeles and most of Southern California is currently covered in light purple flowers from the Jacaranda tree, and car lovers know to keep their cars away from these flowers like the plague, but I just learned that it’s not the tree’s fault. Jacaranda trees are not native to Southern California, they are actually…
“US Airdrops $15 Million in Worms Annually on Central America”
There is a decades-old international operation to eradicate the New World Screwworm from existence, and you’ve probably never heard about it. The dreaded NWS is a fly larva that burrows into its host, tearing flesh as it goes, often killing the animal en route to pupation. The USDA began efforts to remove the NWS from…
“Shrinking Suburban Garages vs. Growing Cars: Giga Gears”
Everything in the world operates on boom and bust cycles, including the size of garages. From the 1960s to the 2000s the average standardized two car garage ballooned from 20 feet by 20 feet to 24 by 24, but in the last decade that growth has been completely reversed and new construction homes are back to a 20 by 20,…
Toyota Admits Cheating on Tests, Halts Production of 3 Models
Toyota’s been in a bad spot with regulators recently. Its subsidiary Daihatsu rounded out 2023 by admitting to forging 30 years of crash test results, and even the venerable Land Cruiser couldn’t escape an emissions scandal. Yet, it seems the company isn’t quite done dredging up issues: A new internal investigation…
Top Fuel-Efficient Vehicles Ranked by Consumer Reports
When you’re shopping for a new car, price and practicality are important, but so is fuel economy. The Environmental Protection Agency provides fuel economy ratings for almost every vehicle currently on sale, but how does that translate to real life? Our friends over at Consumer Reports independently test new cars to…