Running Bear's July 2023 Coffee Shop
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Waiting to see if they charge me for a filter then. Dealership doing the work and IMO way more that I think it should be. Scheduled for next week.
My Colorado should be a lot less. I'd even do it myself.
Thank you in advance.
I wonder if that has any bearing on the rear tire wear.
The first set of tires I rotated; 40,000 miles total. The second set I did not rotate; 47,000 on the rear and the fronts are perfect and still going. This set I will have the rear tires turned inside out about 20,000-25,000 miles. That's cheaper than going back to the incompetent Koons service department for alignment.
I will get back to you.
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Afternoon All,
Started out this morning with a walk at 76F and very humid.
Last night when MOH got home she said the taillights on the KIA weren't turning off. Since it was dark, I researched online (owner's manual useless) and pulled the fuse for the night. The problem was the sensor on the brake pedal. We found out it was under a recall notice, so the fix was free.
The KIA is a 2006 and still runs great after all this time.
Just found out Dad has a PT session at the VA hospital tomorrow afternoon. Sigh, the traffic will be awesome.
Joe- Nice photo.
Terry- Any self-respecting alien would make sure all the doors were locked and avert their eyes from Earth.
Willie- Nice scenes.
Sherrel- I hope you get better soon.
Todd- It sounds like the Keystone Cops.
TomO- Interesting photos.
Jeff- That would be a wild skunk.
I hope everyone has a good night.
Started out this morning with a walk at 76F and very humid.
Last night when MOH got home she said the taillights on the KIA weren't turning off. Since it was dark, I researched online (owner's manual useless) and pulled the fuse for the night. The problem was the sensor on the brake pedal. We found out it was under a recall notice, so the fix was free.
The KIA is a 2006 and still runs great after all this time.Just found out Dad has a PT session at the VA hospital tomorrow afternoon. Sigh, the traffic will be awesome.
Joe- Nice photo.
Terry- Any self-respecting alien would make sure all the doors were locked and avert their eyes from Earth.
Willie- Nice scenes.
Sherrel- I hope you get better soon.
Todd- It sounds like the Keystone Cops.
TomO- Interesting photos.
Jeff- That would be a wild skunk.
I hope everyone has a good night.
Patrick
What, me worry?
Waiting to see if they charge me for a filter then. Dealership doing the work and IMO way more that I think it should be. Scheduled for next week.
My Colorado should be a lot less. I'd even do it myself.
Bruette
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How about my 2020 Equinox transmission? 1.5l turbo, push button AWD I'm closing in on 89,000 trouble free miles.
Thank you in advance.
AWD?How about my 2020 Equinox transmission? 1.5l turbo, push button AWD I'm closing in on 89,000 trouble free miles.
Thank you in advance.
I wonder if that has any bearing on the rear tire wear.
NYC_George
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In the old days 8 of us use to spend 2 weeks at the SPA Saratoga Springs, NY. Play golf in the morning track in the afternoon. I haven't been to the track in about 5 years but still play online. People get old, some die, some get sick, only memories are left.
Swal
Swal
KriegslokBR52
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Nice bench, out of fear of being laughed at, i will not be showing my...mess.
KriegslokBR52
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Wasn't her real name Lisa Stansfield?
Boris
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As most of you know, my other interest is fire fighting. You may recall my concerns with the propensity of cars powered by Lithium Ion Batteries to catch fire, and cause destruction beyond the loss of the vehicle alone. For your consideration, find this Reuters article released today, concerning a fire on a Motor Vehicle Carrier in the North Sea off of the Coast of the Netherlands.
Since EVs are a key part of efforts to reduce Greenhouse gasses , this is serious problem that keeps getting ignored by those who should be most concerned, and those who seek solutions to environmental problems.
LOS ANGELES/AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Electric vehicles are crisscrossing the globe to reach their eager buyers, but the battery technology involved in the zero- emission automobiles is exposing under-prepared maritime shippers to the risk of hard-to-control fires, industry, insurance and emergency response officials said.
That risk has been put under the spotlight by the burning car carrier drifting off the Dutch coast. The Dutch coastguard said the fire's cause was unknown, but Dutch broadcaster RTL released a recording in which an emergency responder is heard saying "the fire started in the battery of an electric car."
While all logistics companies deal with the risk of EV lithium-ion batteries burning with twice the energy of a normal fire, the maritime industry hasn't kept up with the developing technology and how it creates greater risk, maritime officials and insurers said.
There were 209 ship fires reported during 2022, the highest number in a decade and 17% more than in 2021, according to a report from insurer Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS). Of that total, 13 occurred on car carriers, but how many involved EVs was not available.
The European Maritime Safety Agency said in a March report the main cargo types identified as responsible for "a large share of cargo fire accidents included ... lithium-ion batteries."
Dutch news agency ANP, citing operator "K" Lines, said there are almost 4,000 cars on the ship. That total includes 25 EVs.
A person answering the phone at "K" Line's main U.S. office said he was not authorized to discuss the fire. Japan's Shoei Kisen, which owns the ship, said it was working with authorities to get control of the fire.
The cause of the fire, while still officially undetermined, has raised questions about "what blind spots there are when transporting electric cars powered by batteries - which when they catch fire can't be extinguished with water, or even by oxygen deprivation," said Nathan Habers, spokesperson for the Royal Association of Netherlands Shipowners (KVNR).
"The first question that comes to mind is: Does the current code stack up against the risk profile of this type of goods?" he added.
One hazard in lithium-ion batteries is "thermal runaway," a rapid and unstoppable increase in temperature that leads to fires in EVs that are hard to extinguish and can spontaneously reignite.
Fire extinguishing systems on the massive ships that haul cars weren't designed for those hotter fires, and shipping companies and regulators are scrambling to catch up, said Douglas Dillon, executive director of the Tri-state Maritime Safety Association that covers Delaware, Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
Recent fire-related losses are resulting in increased insurance costs for automakers shipping cargo and costs are likely to increase for vessel owners as well, said John Frazee, a managing director at insurance broker Marsh. As ship owners seek to limit losses by legally pursuing automakers whose vehicles are determined to have caused a fire, automakers are buying additional liability protection, he said.
Exacerbating the risks is the business model used by the companies that includes tightly packed ships. Auto carriers like the burning ship are known as RoRos, which stands for roll-on/roll-off - the way cars are loaded and unloaded.
RoRos are like floating parking garages and can have a dozen or more decks carrying thousands of vehicles, industry officials said. Unlike parking lots, however, cars are parked bumper-to-bumper with as little as a foot or two of space overhead.
Firemen typically put out EV battery fires on roadsides by clearing the area around the burning vehicle and flooding the underside with water, something difficult to do on a RoRo, Dillon said.
"There's no way for a firefighter in protective gear to get to the location of a fire" on a ship, he said, adding the cramped conditions increase the danger getting trapped.
While trains and trucks also transport EVs, isolating and extinguishing fires is easier as workers can unhook a rail car and a trucker can pull over, said Frazee.
Frazee expects insurers to lead the charge on strengthening safety systems on ships. Options being worked on include new chemicals to douse flames, specialized EV fire blankets, battery piercing fire hose nozzles and proposals to segregate EVs.
"I see no quick solution," Frazee said.
The International Maritime Organization, which sets regulations for safety at sea, plans to evaluate new measures next year for ships transporting EVs in light of the growing number of fires on cargo ships, a spokesperson told Reuters.
That could include specifications on types of water extinguishers available on boats and limitations on the amount a battery can be charged, which impacts flammability.
With EVs here to stay, KVNR's Habers said his group is discussing tightening regulations to account for the additional safety risks.
"There is already a whole lot of communication underway about this," he said, "but with this incident it becomes apparent we might need to speed up the process, especially when you consider that the number of this sort of cars is only going to rise."
Global auto sales last year totaled 81 million vehicles, 9.5% of which were EVs, according to EV-Volumes.com. China and Europe have been the most aggressive regions in pushing automakers to shift to EVs, and U.S. President Joe Biden's administration has proposed rules that could result in as much as two-thirds of the new vehicle market shifting to EVs by 2032.
Since EVs are a key part of efforts to reduce Greenhouse gasses , this is serious problem that keeps getting ignored by those who should be most concerned, and those who seek solutions to environmental problems.
LOS ANGELES/AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Electric vehicles are crisscrossing the globe to reach their eager buyers, but the battery technology involved in the zero- emission automobiles is exposing under-prepared maritime shippers to the risk of hard-to-control fires, industry, insurance and emergency response officials said.
That risk has been put under the spotlight by the burning car carrier drifting off the Dutch coast. The Dutch coastguard said the fire's cause was unknown, but Dutch broadcaster RTL released a recording in which an emergency responder is heard saying "the fire started in the battery of an electric car."
While all logistics companies deal with the risk of EV lithium-ion batteries burning with twice the energy of a normal fire, the maritime industry hasn't kept up with the developing technology and how it creates greater risk, maritime officials and insurers said.
There were 209 ship fires reported during 2022, the highest number in a decade and 17% more than in 2021, according to a report from insurer Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS). Of that total, 13 occurred on car carriers, but how many involved EVs was not available.
The European Maritime Safety Agency said in a March report the main cargo types identified as responsible for "a large share of cargo fire accidents included ... lithium-ion batteries."
Dutch news agency ANP, citing operator "K" Lines, said there are almost 4,000 cars on the ship. That total includes 25 EVs.
A person answering the phone at "K" Line's main U.S. office said he was not authorized to discuss the fire. Japan's Shoei Kisen, which owns the ship, said it was working with authorities to get control of the fire.
The cause of the fire, while still officially undetermined, has raised questions about "what blind spots there are when transporting electric cars powered by batteries - which when they catch fire can't be extinguished with water, or even by oxygen deprivation," said Nathan Habers, spokesperson for the Royal Association of Netherlands Shipowners (KVNR).
"The first question that comes to mind is: Does the current code stack up against the risk profile of this type of goods?" he added.
One hazard in lithium-ion batteries is "thermal runaway," a rapid and unstoppable increase in temperature that leads to fires in EVs that are hard to extinguish and can spontaneously reignite.
Fire extinguishing systems on the massive ships that haul cars weren't designed for those hotter fires, and shipping companies and regulators are scrambling to catch up, said Douglas Dillon, executive director of the Tri-state Maritime Safety Association that covers Delaware, Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
Recent fire-related losses are resulting in increased insurance costs for automakers shipping cargo and costs are likely to increase for vessel owners as well, said John Frazee, a managing director at insurance broker Marsh. As ship owners seek to limit losses by legally pursuing automakers whose vehicles are determined to have caused a fire, automakers are buying additional liability protection, he said.
Exacerbating the risks is the business model used by the companies that includes tightly packed ships. Auto carriers like the burning ship are known as RoRos, which stands for roll-on/roll-off - the way cars are loaded and unloaded.
RoRos are like floating parking garages and can have a dozen or more decks carrying thousands of vehicles, industry officials said. Unlike parking lots, however, cars are parked bumper-to-bumper with as little as a foot or two of space overhead.
Firemen typically put out EV battery fires on roadsides by clearing the area around the burning vehicle and flooding the underside with water, something difficult to do on a RoRo, Dillon said.
"There's no way for a firefighter in protective gear to get to the location of a fire" on a ship, he said, adding the cramped conditions increase the danger getting trapped.
While trains and trucks also transport EVs, isolating and extinguishing fires is easier as workers can unhook a rail car and a trucker can pull over, said Frazee.
Frazee expects insurers to lead the charge on strengthening safety systems on ships. Options being worked on include new chemicals to douse flames, specialized EV fire blankets, battery piercing fire hose nozzles and proposals to segregate EVs.
"I see no quick solution," Frazee said.
The International Maritime Organization, which sets regulations for safety at sea, plans to evaluate new measures next year for ships transporting EVs in light of the growing number of fires on cargo ships, a spokesperson told Reuters.
That could include specifications on types of water extinguishers available on boats and limitations on the amount a battery can be charged, which impacts flammability.
With EVs here to stay, KVNR's Habers said his group is discussing tightening regulations to account for the additional safety risks.
"There is already a whole lot of communication underway about this," he said, "but with this incident it becomes apparent we might need to speed up the process, especially when you consider that the number of this sort of cars is only going to rise."
Global auto sales last year totaled 81 million vehicles, 9.5% of which were EVs, according to EV-Volumes.com. China and Europe have been the most aggressive regions in pushing automakers to shift to EVs, and U.S. President Joe Biden's administration has proposed rules that could result in as much as two-thirds of the new vehicle market shifting to EVs by 2032.
Boris
Beach Bum
Good Evening. 87° at Swampside at 2010. Today's high 95°, low this morning 71° Clear with winds out of the South Southwest at 3 mph.
Excess Heat warning for Friday, July 28, from 0600 and 2200. Predicted high 95° 30% chance of Thunderstorms overnight, and tomorrow after 1700.
..AIR QUALITY ALERT IS IN EFFECT FOR FRIDAY JULY 28...
The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection has issued
a code orange air quality alert Friday for Monmouth County.
A code orange air quality alert means that air pollution
concentrations within the region may become unhealthy for
sensitive groups. Sensitive groups include children...people
suffering from asthma... heart disease or other lung
diseases...and the elderly. The effects of air pollution can
be minimized by avoiding strenuous activity or exercise outdoors.
Guess Governour Murphy is telling us not to walk tomorrow.
MIL is in the Hospital, since around Noon. Some sort of digestive issue. She is 90. We learned of it at 1810, when her friend called to find out how she was doing. The Assisted Living Facility never notified the wife she was being taken to the Hospital. We finally located her just a couple of minutes ago. She was admitted to the Cardio Wing... (Perfect example of why I hate these facilities).
Terry: I saw an earlier version of this video, yesterday. Will watch this version when the Mets - Nationals game is over. The guy is a Merchant Marine Vet, and a Firefighter. Interesting insight. He also covered the fire in Port Newark.
Baseball: Mets 0, Washington 0. Howie Rose still broadcasts Mets games on Radio.
George: Saratoga is a beautiful Track. I regret I never got there. Great Action Photo.
Bay Head Yard (NJ), in the PC era.
Excess Heat warning for Friday, July 28, from 0600 and 2200. Predicted high 95° 30% chance of Thunderstorms overnight, and tomorrow after 1700.
..AIR QUALITY ALERT IS IN EFFECT FOR FRIDAY JULY 28...
The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection has issued
a code orange air quality alert Friday for Monmouth County.
A code orange air quality alert means that air pollution
concentrations within the region may become unhealthy for
sensitive groups. Sensitive groups include children...people
suffering from asthma... heart disease or other lung
diseases...and the elderly. The effects of air pollution can
be minimized by avoiding strenuous activity or exercise outdoors.
Guess Governour Murphy is telling us not to walk tomorrow.
MIL is in the Hospital, since around Noon. Some sort of digestive issue. She is 90. We learned of it at 1810, when her friend called to find out how she was doing. The Assisted Living Facility never notified the wife she was being taken to the Hospital. We finally located her just a couple of minutes ago. She was admitted to the Cardio Wing... (Perfect example of why I hate these facilities).
Terry: I saw an earlier version of this video, yesterday. Will watch this version when the Mets - Nationals game is over. The guy is a Merchant Marine Vet, and a Firefighter. Interesting insight. He also covered the fire in Port Newark.
Baseball: Mets 0, Washington 0. Howie Rose still broadcasts Mets games on Radio.
George: Saratoga is a beautiful Track. I regret I never got there. Great Action Photo.
Bay Head Yard (NJ), in the PC era.
Bruette
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It could be. The design and the fact I seldom use AWD could be the reason. My son has an earlier model with full time AWD, and he has not had the strange rear tire. wear.
The first set of tires I rotated; 40,000 miles total. The second set I did not rotate; 47,000 on the rear and the fronts are perfect and still going. This set I will have the rear tires turned inside out about 20,000-25,000 miles. That's cheaper than going back to the incompetent Koons service department for alignment.
Bruette
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Mac, I'm sorry I have taken so long to reply. I have yet to talk to my wife about it. I know a bit about it, but I want to give you my wife's perspective.
I will get back to you.
NorthBrit
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Good morning all. A cloudy day with rain forecast later.
A big family get-together this weekend. Family from near and far visiting. Some we haven't seen since the outbreak of Covid.
Burj Khalifa, Dubai
Three Cunarders
Queen Elizabeth, Queen Victoria, Queen Mary 2. We were on board Queen Victoria
Old picture of part of layout
David
A big family get-together this weekend. Family from near and far visiting. Some we haven't seen since the outbreak of Covid.
Burj Khalifa, Dubai
Three Cunarders
Queen Elizabeth, Queen Victoria, Queen Mary 2. We were on board Queen Victoria
Old picture of part of layout
David
santafewillie
Same Ol' Buzzard
And it was probably sold in the meat department.
KriegslokBR52
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Not much different from communist times where i grew up, only difference was they didn't fake it-the hooks in the meat shop were empty
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