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But it comes in orange!

@ibRAD said in New tires for the most reliable vehicle ever:

bike

bikes have 2 wheels.

Funny enough, I heard of some big movements on the options end of $GME, which usually indicates a major drop or gain. Could have thrown some cash at it, but I'm a bit of a dummy these days. I almost bit on Fisker stock, but I knew that was a fools errand.

@EssExTee so you can pull it with your "working" vehicle 😂

@Saracen @e90m3

Pro Tip. Check the current bid before you hit the '>' for your post.

Jaguars are like 20 year old models. They're fun to be around, fun to be with, and fun to be in. It's only when you take a step back you realize how much you spent and you're going to end up hurt.

That being said, who wouldn't turn one down?

@RacinBob Interesting to note, I appreciate it! I started reading through some of the forums last night to gauge where I should be at. The oil it's self is looking a little gasoline washed, so I'll give it a change and that should help.

Biggest problem is the chinese carb the p.o. put on it. The automatic choke is all over the place, so you either flood it when it's warm or it jumps up to 2500 RPM when it's idling. I tried fiddling with it and got no where, the original is in the box he gave me and needs a rebuild. I'll either do that or just order a new one, doesn't matter to me.

@Old-Busted-Hotness funny you mention that, the p.o. replaced the clutch and flywheel along with the carrier bearing, so that's a positive at least. Some of the rear end bushings could be done, so that'll be on the list here shortly.

@Highlander Yeah my wife is always trying to throw away t shirts

@ash78 said in DITPL: Odyssey convention:

The middle school is 90% Suburbans and Yukons and Wranglers and QX80s and Palisades. I think there comes a point where the kids start screaming about mom embarrassing them, so mom goes to dad, and dad secretly gets excited about getting rid of the van.

I think part of the problem is there really aren't that many vans to choose from anymore. From my point of view there really are only two vans to consider the Honda or the Toyota.

I'm not buying a Kia/Hyundai product. I'd be concerned there is some random issue that would pop up, like the engine failures or not having something like an immobilizer. Sure those may be fixed, but I don't trust their quality control/engineering after that to spend my own money on on of their products.

I'm not buying a van from Stellantis, so that basically leaves the the Odyssey or the Sienna and if you don't want either, you're kind of out of luck. Want a CUV? You've got a litany of choices.

@t0ast Yeah not a lot in it for us consumers with the connected cars.

On a positive note. I have been happy with how Subaru has handled the few failures that have happened with Mrs. Tripper's forester. I have some Subaru dealer horror stories, but I have had to change my tune because the 3 recalls/warrantied failures we have had with the forester have been handled quickly and conveniently. Subaru also extended warranty for the A/C compressor and really extended one for a possible exhaust leak. We had the entire exhaust replaced for free at 75k miles.

@davesaddiction in addition to being just flat cool, this looks like it'd be a big improvement for road worker safety.

@adamftw the amount of sway the thing had when going around a corner, any corner, even at low speed, was simply alarming. Then when you straighten out the wheel it would countersway. I'd driven taller and more top heavy vehicles that didn't drive like that. I never bothered checking if it still had a sway bar, though.

@ttyymmnn said in Well, that was close....:

I've never been Tail End Charlie before.

Somebody has to be last, and on several occasions I've stood up proudly and done my part.

Fortunately Southwest is pretty tolerant about people who are barely making a connection, or made the mistake of checking their e-mail just one last time before leaving the office, or whatever. If you make it before they close the door (or, less commonly, give up on you and start calling stand-by passengers), you're in, albeit not necessarily in a desirable seat.

On Northwest, a late connection once got me the gold standard of non desirable seats — all that was left was the one 'way in the back end of a DC-9 that has a blocked out window because there is nothing to see but the inboard side of a nacelle anyway. Then, with everybody strapped down for takeoff, I realized that the bag containing my noise cancelling headphones were trapped in an overhead bin a couple rows forward. Fortunately it was a short flight; my new best friend "JT" on that antique jet had a lot to say and was kind of a loud talker!

@Krusty-Walnut said in Pizza Resupply Mission?:

@WBizarre Frank Pepe's is my all time favorite; they have multiple locations.

https://pepespizzeria.com/

There is also Sally's on the same street in New Haven.

Randy's is also good.

https://www.randyswoosterstreetpizzact.com/

Also, because I'm probably older than you, I fight dirty. 😁

I'll have to stop by one or two of these if I ever get out to New England then.

@facw said in Possibly the coolest wheelchair van I've seen:

@dogisbadob (note that Lemon here is not a bad thing):
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vive le citroen 🤣 🤣 🤣

Sounds like the perfect name for a French car tho 🤐

@Urambo-Tauro GM typically has very good manuals, but telling me that I need to step on it if I don't have enough power is pushing it a bit.

@Dash-Doorhandle-and-Bondo I've never seen one of those, and now I've seen one that looks brand new.

Matching the person to the car in the parking lot is a fun game.

@Green-Truck

Is the pig alive or dead?

@dogisbadob

You really can't go wrong with flying buttresses.

@TheDutchTexan The trick is to be just a little passive aggressive.

@MasterMario said in Well, it looks like Farscy is in trouble...:

@Roadkilled a train leaves Philadelphia traveling at 25mph, after 15 minutes it gets stopped for 20 minutes for a freight train to proceed first, it continues on at 25 mph again for 25 minutes, it is once again stopped for 20 minutes for another freight train to pass, it proceeds again at 25 mph. At this pace how long will it take to travel 30 miles?

Is that better?

At least the east coast trains don't get held up by landslides. Back in March, Amtrak put my son on a bus to get him around a mudslide on the tracks north of Portland.

@AkioOhtori just picked this up on sale the other week. Strangely addicting, I finally got a wheel and pedal setup for once in my life. I will say, trying to stay in the starting level until I mostly completed it was a big mistake lol.

@Noodles 20240512_112934.jpg this is my fiancée 's family's dog, Luna. Or Looney Tunes, as they sometimes call her.

@frinesi2 — Takes a lot to shoot out the barrel of a .22LR that badly. Don't write it off until a gunsmith has has had a look. Might just need the muzzle re-crowned or something fairly easy like that. It's the worst place for damage, since that's the screen door that hits the bullet in the ass on the way out, and a cleaning mishap at some point in its history can do that unnoticed. And, of course, scopes can suffer internal damage, so on your next range visit, (a) print a few groups with this one over iron sights and (b) see if the problem follows the scope to a known-good rifle.

@Skyfire77

Ran when parked. It still boggles my mind that we have so few of these. I guess we didn't really need them when we were building them.

@M-T-Blake What a random, terrifying failure.

And yeah, that is a lot of cash to spend on a car that is likely at or nearing the bottom of its depreciation curve, but, counterpoint, this is Oppo, the central hub of questionable automotive decisions. Few here are going to throw shade at repairing a vehicle you like, especially if you have the means of repairing it and it is otherwise good.

Or, if you want to be made to feel better: In 2016 I spent $5,500 in ransom to get one of my cars back from a mechanic and after wrenching on it for probably 200+ hours and spending north of another $5k on it in parts, it still doesn't run right. Or that time my Disco was diagnosed with blown head gaskets two months after I bought it for $2,800, but rather than scrap it I went ahead and did the work. (Would have been $4k at a shop, but for that one I did the work myself). So... you're in good company 😆

@Darkbrador "I should put a horn remote on here since I don't have a locking keyfob..."

@PatBateman said in Austin, I Will Be Inside You This Weekend:

high end

High end. Of course.

@WasGTIthenGTOthenNOVAthenGTIthenA4nowS5 said in Found on FB Marketplace:

@Turbineguy-Nom-de-Zoom said in Found on FB Marketplace:

What's the budget for replacing all the rubber bits that are now leaking?

Honestly, I bet they're all in perfectly usable condition.

This.
My TC still has all the original belts, hoses, etc and it's 29 years old.
No reason to think the bits on this 15yo/700 mile Vette will be junk.

@vdubyajohn said in Hottest of hot takes: “subscription” car features could be good:

What's next? Yes, you can buy food from the grocery store, but if the packaging is disturbed, ie, you want to eat it, the food will cost even more?

I've heard similar horror stories from a coworker who had to go to Las Vegas for work. Absolutely messed up stuff like that.

I, for one, would rather continue to drive my old car than have one with a subscription.

@Mazda616 I remember when I had my 6, I doinked a deer, and miraculously, it only took out the passenger side mirror. I was able to source one and was surprised how inexpensive the entire assembly was. Glad you ended up with just a scratch and a simple repair!

@Future-Next-Gen-S2000-Owner said in BAT Auction Oppo Game: Round 120:

Bump.

Yeah yeah... busy weekend 😅

@facw said in Good Morning, Oppo:

@Rusty-Vandura As in software, the first 90% takes 90% of the time. The last 10% takes the other 90% of the time.

That's funny; thanks for the chuckle.

@ttyymmnn said in This Date in Aviation History: May 8 - May 10 [New Destinations]:

An Erickson Air-Crane S-64 performs a water drop from a tank suspended beneath the helicopter

I loved that you got to clean one of these in Powerwash Simulator.
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@MisterButtercup
I know the feeling, I walk around with a scratch pad trying combinations before I enter them. Usually takes an hour or so before I come back to the game

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@BicycleBuck If it helps, the B-58's wing is the same size as the B-70's wingtip (the drooping portion).

@Wrong-Wheel-Drive I only have but gravel bikes, pretty scenery is all I look for. Never even had a newer MTB

@liam said in Campersitelock? Part 3:

@CoolMinivan-Nobody I like that pop of color

It's our favorite color.
All of the doors/drawer faces are that color, we're just waiting on hardware to reinstall them.

Hey nice article @The-Autopian!

Crin(ge)oline!

aka Muslin Outrage

aka Annul Retentive

@aremmes great pics! Love the MR2, the Abarth, and the cat.

@pip-bip a simpler time when stoic bespectacled engineers were real stoic bespectacled engineers and zoomy sport compact cars were real zoomy sport compact cars.

@pip-bip Night

@ike808 definite spoiler
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@Shoop WOW, MUCH STRONG, WHY?!, LIGHT IN EYES!, SO BLIND!

@pip-bip 99 problems and a Saab ain't one

@HFV_Junkyardin My dad wore a gold ring with an onyx for 30ish years until he passed away. it was actually his high school graduation ring, but you'd never know it unless he took it off. There's an inscription inside showing he was class of 1960. I still have it at home, but it doesn't fit me at all.

@pip-bip
Good point, work continues to ruin enjoying beverages at home.

Cappuccino hurts way worse than the Vette. Rich guy wrote a check his talent can't cash, boo hoo. Out of production kei roadster that somebody went to the trouble to import, that hurts.

@Sam-Blockhan Saw a Bravada yesterday. A late-model too.

@Dash-Doorhandle-and-Bondo probably all squirrelled away in warm garages for the occasional C&C outing.

@Just-Jeepin Jdm, send it to me as steering wheel will be on the right already 🙂