Busted Ride

Hey @bustedride.bsky.social Found a new corrosion champion for the month! #bustedride #carspotting #carsky

Apparently that charge port door is pretty robust @bustedride.bsky.social #carspotting #carsky #bustedride

Lucid Begins Rolling Out Apple CarPlay® and Android Auto™ to Lucid Gravity via Over-the-Air Update /PRNewswire/ -- Lucid Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: LCID), maker of the world's most advanced electric vehicles, today announced it will start rolling out Apple...

GM: Rivian, Lucid, and Tesla don't have Apple CarPlay, so we don't think customers actually need it.

Lucid: We don't have CarPlay, huh? Bet.

www.prnewswire.com/news-release...

Fuel quotas.

Work-from-home orders.

Four-day workweeks.

Asia is beginning to scramble.

@financialtimes.com
www.ft.com/content/a46b...

Not to worry you'd probably just get a Explorer as a bait and switch.

We picked a free upgrade at Hertz in Florida to an F-150 class as it somehow was cheaper than anything available.

Our rental car waiting for us? A Ford Escape.

That’s some peak GM right there #weirdcarbs #carspotting #carsky #astrovan #gmc

Rare spot… They only use these tires for qualifying

"SK Battery America lays off nearly 1,000 workers at Georgia plant" www.manufacturingdive.com/news/sk-batt...

This is a very well understood #bustedride CR-V it even says Rust Bucket in the rear window.

Also used as a shield gas in automotive laser welding applications.

Siri do we use corn for gasoline in USA?

"US prices for urea, which is widely used on corn crops, as of Friday were up $100 from the prior week to $570 a short ton, the highest level since October 2022"

> @bloomberg.com

In the words of @snugbucket.bsky.social:

UTE

👀

Zeekr 8X in LA spotted by someone on Reddit.
🏭 Customers in China have not taken delivery yet
🇲🇽 Mexico sells Zeekr but not yet this model
🤨 Not sure what it’s doing but expect to see more examples like this exploring the U.S. market
www.reddit.com/r/whatisthis...

All is not well in the "Ford Excursions Only" Zuck-book group.

Ouuuuch.

Event / Conflict Year Volume Lost (MBP Hormuz Blockade (Current) 2026 ~20.0 Iranian Revolution 1978 5.6 Yom Kippur War (Embargo) 1973 4.4 Iraq-Kuwait War 1990 4.3 Iran-Iraq War 1980 4.0 Russia-Ukraine Invasion 2022 1.0 - 3.0

The largest oil supply shock in history in million barrels per day terms. Well done, Trump.

Maybe we can be #1 this week.

Oh yea Michigan finally a top 10 list! The list💀:

New blue Lotus with vanity plate:

404 NF

U.S. CRUDE FUTURES EXTEND GAINS, SURGING MORE THAN 18% TO $107.29 PER BARREL.

The WSJ calls it “the most severe energy crisis since the 1970s.” ⛽️

@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/world/middle...

Absolutely hero move 👏👏👏

Did I spot an Ocean pulling into a car wash and then followed it though to get the most unique photos of an Ocean so far?

Maybe.

Yes.

We found out it is *technically* possible to roadtrip a hydrogen car

China pours rocket fuel on the vehicle replacement cycle.

A 625B RMB ($90B) national trade-in subsidy launched for 2026, paying consumers directly on a first-come basis.

This isn’t just an #EV incentive — it accelerates ICE fleet retirement.

Old ICE out → EVs & PHEVs in.

During the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina gas spike we road our bicycle to work 20ish miles round trip every day it wasn't cold.

Other than frequent brushes with death from incompetent truck drivers we saved tons of cash, and invested it back into our bike, and bike gear. Felt amazing too.

Oh yea Michigan finally a top 10 list! The list💀:

FEDWATCH: “.. energy, food, airlines, and transport, and related insurance components in CPI and PPI (.. around 25% to 30% of the entire index) are going to get ‘hit hard’ .. potentially pushing headline CPI above 4 percent by April and May.

.. a serious complication for Fed policy.”