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Terrible Predictions for 2017

December 27, 2016May 28, 2023

Now that we no longer have the Mayan calendar to kick around where can we turn for our year-end doomsday predictions? One place to start is the blood of San Gennaro. Every year the dried blood of Saint Januarius is presented in a ceremony of the Roman Catholic Church in Naples, Italy. And every year…

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Is BMW’s i3 at the Frontier of Driving Technology? (Hint: It Comes with a Spitoon)

by Phil Houtz

February 5, 2015October 4, 2023

I don’t know if lumbersexual tobacco-scented hipsters are anywhere near the core of the market for the i3, but if they are BMW is ready for them with this rugged rustproof ABS squirt bucket. This plastic ash-can isn’t unique to the i3, nor are many other features such as Connected Drive and BMW Assist. But…