People should buy whatever they want but I love my Niro. I can drop the seats and throw my bike in the back really easily and my commute is short enough that I’ve barely even used fuel the past 3 months.
After a three-day trial in Monroe, jurors found Brown not guilty of depriving Aaron Bowman of his civil rights during a 2019 beating that left Bowman with a broken jaw, broken ribs and a gash to his head.
The acquittal comes as federal prosecutors are still scrutinizing other Louisiana state troopers caught on body-camera video punching, stunning and dragging another Black motorist, Ronald Greene, before he died in their custody on a rural roadside. That federal probe is also examining whether police brass obstructed justice to protect the troopers who beat Greene following a high-speed chase.
The lawyers on both sides have influence on who gets into the jury. If the jury had such an overwhelming bias, then the lawyers are to blame…. As always
You can’t exclude your way to having a representative jury. If the opposing side strikes all/most of the black people, none of your strike choices can make the jury more black.
There are no comprehensive statistics on how often prosecutors strike jurors based on race, but there is little doubt that the practice remains common, especially in the South. In Caddo Parish, Louisiana, prosecutors struck forty-eight per cent of qualified black jurors between 1997 and 2009 and only fourteen per cent of qualified whites, according to a review by the Louisiana Capital Assistance Center. In Jefferson Parish, where a quarter of the population is black, the split was even greater—fifty-five per cent to sixteen per cent—so that twenty-two per cent of felony trials between 1994 and 2002 had no black jurors.
Your original statement was that the lawyers on both sides have influence. Which they do, but only one side is responsible for all white juries. It’s not a failure of the other side for allowing that to happen.
Bob Brown, the former chief of staff, was disciplined for displaying a Confederate flag in his office and admitted the n-word was part of his vocabulary.
This wasn’t a civil case. This was a criminal case. Depriving someone of their civil rights is a federal crime. The officer was prosecuted by Brandon Brown.
U.S. Attorney Brandon Brown, who is not related to Jacob Brown, told AP he was proud of the 48-year-old Bowman for having the courage to tell his story.
“These cases are arguably the toughest that we investigate and prosecute,” he said. “We believe that this victim’s civil rights were violated. Unfortunately for us the jury didn’t agree, and we’ll have to respect their decision.”
You take the officer to civil court, win, take that win and use it for a public interest appeal, win be vindicated. The prosecutor doesn’t take part in the next step homie.
Though their other solution to the lack of ignition kill switch problem allowing people to steal your car with a USB cable was to send out a steering wheel lock to people (like the Club people used back in the 90s)
Yep. And now they’re facing a class action about the charge ports overheating on their EVs because those suing know that Hyundai Motor Group won’t recall to properly fix the issue. Makes you think the warranty isn’t worth the paper it’s written on.
Conservatives delight in the suffering and death of vulnerable groups. This has been shown time and time again throughout history. They see kindness and empathy as a weakness or character flaw.
Conservatives hate the vulnerable and will only celebrate a river of their dead bodies.
It says they’re waiting a month to notify the owners though, let everyone you know who owns a Kia to park away from any structures.
Edit: Maybe they mean for the parts replacement? Confusing language.
Dealers will inspect and replace the oil pump controller if necessary. Hyundai owners will be notified by letter on Sept. 25. Kia will notify owners starting Sept. 28.
My partner's old hyundai genesis always "smelled" like the engine had been running "hot" despite being fully OEM with no mods. Any time she drove back from a store and parked in the garage, I could go out an 20 later and smell that hot metal engine. Never had another car that smelled like the engine was running hot/hard.
Car only lasted ten years before the timing chain slipped off the pulley and destroyed the engine block. We'll never own another hyundai/kia product ever again that's for sure
It was a timing chain - it failed somehow and destroyed the engine. It's a well known issue with this specific engine block which is why they stopped making them and they're impossible to find new-in-crate engines for this car.
Which year/model or engine? Worth noting many car manufacturers have struggled with timing chain issues on at least one engine. VW struggled with it on more than one engine, BMW, I’m pretty sure there was even a Honda or Toyota engine that had a weak timing chain system at some point. If they actually stopped making the engine because of it, good on them, because other manufacturers (especially VW) definitely don’t. Other Hyundai engines have rock solid reputations. One bad experience is called an anecdote, and it’s not a good reason to discredit a brand.
But I'm not just going off my experience. My good friend owns a well known mechanics shop in town, he told us these engines are garbage and he sees it often on these early genesis coupes.
Ah yeah that one wasn’t a very good one, it got recalled for crankshaft manufacturing defects and they got sued when the problem ended up being worse than anticipated and the money they set aside wasn’t enough. The early genesis coupes were also pretty unreliable in general. Actually, I’d say Hyundai was unreliable in general in the 2000s. They were a mixed bag, the 2009 Elantra had a rock solid drivetrain but crappy electronics for example, and the theta 2 engines were plagued with failures. But pretty much anything 2015+ is rock solid, they seem to have learned from that one.
I didn’t realize you were talking about Hyundai as of like 15 years ago, though that should have been obvious since the car in your story was 10 years old
Ya know, amongst the Hyundai hate, I kinda forgot that my first car was a used 2003 XG350… and I did love that thing. Drove it into the ground, but it really held it’s own until I finally had to scrap it in 2017.
I switched to Honda because simple repairs are easier and parts are normally cheaper. And it’s just overall, a better and more reliable car. But that xg350 was pretty damn good to me
I think I got lucky with that one. Changing the alternator was a huge pain in my ass, but it mostly performed as expected and was otherwise incredibly reliable. RIP my first car, you were good to me
Timing belt gets inspected at 60k miles and I believe replaced at 90k. I would assume belt slipping off at 10 years would be due to lack of proper maintenance.
Not a belt, it was a chain. The car was regularly maintained and moderately driven (about 150k miles on the odo) - it's a very common failure on these engines. They suck
A timing chain (not timing "belt) is designed to last the life of the vehicle. Oil maintenance of a car with a timing chain is an absolute must, but the chain isn’t routinely replaced… if ever. So a 10 year life-span is pretty crap, if the oil changes were maintained. Even 120k miles puts a 10 year car at 1,000 miles per month, which is relatively heavy usage.
I assume the genesis 120k replacement has more to do with the nylon guides and/or shit quality, if that’s the recommendation
I’m not saying 120k is great, but I’m suspect that a timing chain slipped off at 150k with obvious signs of impending failure. Maybe the local mechanic they took it too wasn’t following the recommended inspection interval? Most shops only care that you replace your nearly new oil every 3k miles and sell you $50 wiper blades. I’ve never had a non-dealer pull out a factory maint schedule.
I missed the part where the car was at 150k, so I see what you’re saying now. I just saw the “10 years” and was thinking that, with average driving and regular maintenance, that would be pretty shite. But at 150k, yeah… there would be some warning signs before it just slipped off, but it could be overlooked if “regular maintenance” is all that was being done
I was told when I was a kid, “after about every 50k, ya need to take the car in for a ‘tune-up’ and have it looked at”, and it’s not the worst advice
You had me laugh with replacing “nearly new oil every 3k miles” though. And every time, they’re trying to upsell me on the damn wipers and airfilters. Like, it’s ok I’ve got that covered when I need them… yes, I know it can affect gas mileage… just put the damn airlfilter back! I just need the oil changed please
My partner loved that car, I told them constantly "it's a beautiful looking car, but it's a hyundai" - damn I hated being right when that engine failed
A year ago, I was certain that my next vehicle would be a Kia or Hyundai EV. I have a 2017 Accent and have enjoyed driving it.
Then came the spike in thefts after it became clear they never installed immobilizers in the vehicles. That itself wasn’t enough to make me lose faith in them, but their response (or lack thereof) did. Instead of quickly fixing the issue so that the thefts would rapidly halt, they blamed TikTok and charged owners up to $2K to install window break sensors.
That didn’t work, so they waited a few months and then released a software update for most vehicles (except mine) that supposedly would mitigate the issue by requiring the driver to unlock the doors with the key fob. As drivers quickly discovered, that fix also didn’t work for all vehicles.
I’ve got zero faith in them anymore. They could have come out ahead by pulling a Tylenol - admit the mistake and rapidly recall the vehicles so that immobilizers can be installed. Deflecting never works.
For the record, 96% of all 2014-2021 vehicles not made by Hyundai or Kia came with immobilizers. Every vehicle made by them which had a keyed ignition did not come with one.
Same for me. The lack of action is really the deal breaker. Sure, lapses happen with manufacturing or QA (not having an immobilizer by default is just straight up bad though), but what separates the good ones from the bad ones is that they jump into action and fix it; not delay and provide band-aid solutions. I’m just waiting to use up the pre-paid maintenance package I purchased then I’m trading mine in for a Honda.
I have a Chevy Spark and it’s a great car. Haven’t had many issues (just the ones it came with when I inherited it) but my old mechanic put shitty aftermarket parts in it that have worn down after a year. Charged me outlandish prices as well. My new mechanic is getting official Chevy parts and is charging me much less. I hope to get at least 5 more years out of it. It’s a 2015 and runs exceptionally well, so I’m confident I can get to 2028.
This is the dumbest fucking lawsuit I’ve ever seen. Americans are too sue happy. I flew frontier last week and the people at the kiosk were repeatedly saying “make sure to size your bag. If it doesn’t fit, pay online because it’s cheapest”.
If you fly frontier and don’t read their policies you’re just stupid, not exploited. Go through their website and you’ll see the endless warnings about bag fees.
Like IMO 90% of these issues could be solved by actually reading airline policies and not just be blindly suckered by those rock-bottom prices advertised by online sites such as eDreams and the like.
The recalls cover certain 2023 and 2024 Hyundai Palisades, as well some 2023 Tucson, Sonata, Elantra and Kona vehicles. Affected Kias include the 2023 Soul and Sportage as well as some 2023 and 2024 Seltos vehicles.
Surprisingly, there is a whole slew of exempt special-purpose bulbs that will continue to be manufactured, according to the Energy Department. Here’s what manufacturers can still build and stores can continue selling:
Appliance lamps, including fridge and oven lights
Black lights
Bug lamps
Colored lamps
Infrared lamps
Left-handed thread lamps
Plant lights
Floodlights
Reflector lamps
Showcase lamps
Traffic signals
Some other specialty lights, including marine lamps and some odd-sized bulbs
They got a bad rap up here in the North where we get snow. Blowing snow would often coat the lenses of traffic signals. Incandescents generated enough heat to just melt the snow, but LED replacement lamps would not and people could no longer see some of the signals. They now have thermostat-controlled heaters to solve the problem, but it made many cities gunshy.
I also live somewhere with a lot of snow and cold winters and yeah, the first ones that went in had issues with snow but now they all have heaters built in. That’s why I really don’t see the point of incandescent street lights now days.
People that write specs for government are quite conservative (not politically, necessarily, but more slow to change). That and the early issues with them is plenty to keep some cities specifying incandescent bulbs.
The only time I’ve seen that happen is when they used the full-circle hoods. Almost every one I’ve seen has a cutout at the bottom to prevent snow from accumulating.
They probably have heaters too though. I am not a traffic signal engineer.
Judging by the exemption list, the ban is basically just for regular household lightbulbs. Headlights are halogens, not incandescent, and the rest are speciality bulbs - though if it's legal, swapping all of those to LEDs is a pretty good upgrade.
Stock up for what? Even if they were banned, there would be LED replacements available, I’m sure. Usually parts like that have enough compatibility between models to make it worth a production run.
news
Hot
This magazine is from a federated server and may be incomplete. Browse more on the original instance.