Tooters, I lost my dice roll on keeping my compact ICE car. The computer failed after 217k miles and 15 years. When the computer fails then you are at the mercy of dealership labor cost. And there is no luck or mercy at the dealer. So I got 200bucks and a tow for it on the day registration expired.

Leaping from what once was, to what will be slices away a sliver of hope. Best to have cake ready.

$1k a year, it cost me, to run the ICE machine including feeding the maw of ezpass and making major repairs.

Today's vehicle market is a honeytrap. It must be countered with DIY innovation. That's where you come in. Learn to 3d print, silkscreen and code.

We should be able to 3d print plates, and silkscreen electrolyte to build our in-house fuel cell stack by now. Charge controllers need a hackable realtime processing unit.

Until I get there I'll be rolling the dice while pushing pedals.

Roll well, Tooters.