Ever put the wrong type of fuel in your tank?

Nope, me neither.

But apparently, lots of people do.

If you are going to do it, it is slightly less worse to put diesel in a petrol tank than petrol in a diesel tank.

But try not to do either.

Especially if you are a tanker driver.

Melbourne Fuel Station Shuts After Diesel Tank Filled With Unleaded Petrol

You'd think they'd have different coloured nozzles or something.

Stupid Bits of Road

There's a mini-roundabout I tackle nearly every day.

It may make sense if you are coming from some of the directions - but not from the way I am coming from.  The car in front will now demonstrate the way sensible people (like me) tackle it:

Maybe if I had a smaller car I could do this instead:

Meanwhile, there is a busy stretch of dual carriageway not too far from where I live that used to be National Speed limit.  Which meant that you could drive at 70mph on it:

OK, not a particularly exciting video that one - and it doesn't look much like a 70-zone does it?  That is because, several years ago, it was deemed unsafe for 70 due to not having a central reservation with barriers.  So it became a 40-zone.  Then, last year, big roadworks appeared!  Did that mean that they were going to install a central barrier to help relieve the congestion that appears there every rush-hour?

Nope.

You've seen the footage - they made it worse by turning one lane in each direction into a cycle lane.

It will be chaotic if someone breaks down there - and emergency vehicles are definitely going to get held up.

The only motorised vehicles that can get in there are underneath impatient motorcyclists:

Telling

Some people get very passionate about Tesla - either for or against.

And there has been some questioning of the safety of the Tesla Autonomous driving systems.

But one Tesla fan is so convinced of how safe it is, he is prepared to have one drive at his child.

Sounds like a modern day take on Swiss fictional hero William Tell - famous for shooting an apple off his son's head.

Actually, he is prepared to have one drive at somebody else's child.  Drive.com.au have the story here.

He advertised for someone willing to put their child forward and actually found someone.  The person had to first clear it with his wife - but now that has been sorted it looks like it will be going ahead this weekend.

It's not as horrific as it sounds - the car will be travelling at 5mph and have someone sat in the driving seat to override the system if need be.

Not exactly folklore then.

Oaty Crumble

Fox News aren't big on historical figures.  They have a story today that I probably can't link to - (if I can it is here)

But then I'm not happy about linking to a Fascist website anyway even if they do have some good car stories.

So, today they claim that "The Ford Bronco 'Oates' is a motoring mystery."

Ford have included in their latest VIN decoding information a variant of their Bronco called the Bronco Oates and this has confused the stuffing out of Fox News.

The only Oates's that they can come up with are an elderly writer called Joyce Carol Oates and half of Hall & Oates, John Oates:

He's toned down his moustache since his heydey.

And they can't see what either of them have to do with a rugged SUV.

So they have clearly never heard of Captain Lawrence Oates of Antarctic fame:

Maybe Ford plan to drive a Bronco to The South Pole.  But they would be 110 years too late to help Captain Oates.

Given what happened to him though, if that is why they they are using that name, they would be better off calling it The Bronco Amundsen.

Water and Electricity

They aren't supposed to mix are they?

Well Tesla are absolutely encouraging it.

This story from Drive.au explains how they have put a mini swimming-pool at one of their recharging stations in Germany.

It is heated - by solar energy of course.

It only accommodates four people though.

But there are some branded balls to play with:

I wonder if they also supply diving gloves?

I'm not into Hyundais or Tik-Tok

But if I was in to both, and I had low-life tendencies, then I would probably be looking to emulate the Kia Challenge - which also works on their cousin-brand Hyundai. I don't know if their posher cousin-brand Genesis is affected, you would hope that they would all come with immobilisers.

The challenge, which has nothing to do with a bucket of icy water, involves breaking a rear window, breaking the steering column shroud and using a USB cable somehow to start and therefore steal the car.

According to yahoo!news, this is an expanding problem in The States.  They cite:

• Louisville Metro Police Department announced on Wednesday that 52 vehicles, half of which were Kias and the other half Hyundais, were stolen between July 1 and July 25.
• Arlington Police Department received 12 reports of stolen Kia vehicles, with most occurring towards the end of July. Several underaged individuals have been arrested and charged.
• Police in St. Petersburg, Florida, reported 56 stolen vehicles in the last two weeks, with 23 of them being 2021 or older Kia and Hyundai models.

It is spreading worldwide too with the first instance down under in Brisbane.

This is poor design on the part of the Korean manufacturers - the 2022 cars now do come with immobilisers.

But if you are into slightly older Hyundais, you also need to be in to Krook-Lok.