@rds707

Case in point, I guess, all of those things count as “luxuries”, as you say. Rolling down windows you can’t reach because the breeze is nice, having a tailgate window (that again, doesn’t need to be motorized) to suck exhaust fumes into the cabin, all very nice, luxurious, comfortable. It never really stops, and it’s catching up to us.

@High_fidelity A little Bondo and paint can make anything fit flush!

@jminer Screw BYD, I want that Big Ruckus...

@Snakesm13 said in The Fidget is road legal!:

@DSM_OR_DIE could double the inventory if he found additional drivers.

Oh yeah! Frick, what a glaring oversight on my part.

@ibRAD

Yeah. Mine is up to 200lbs for the BMW rails and Thule bars. I was probably pretty close to that here.

My drive from the lumber yard to my house is less than 3 miles and I can cut through the neighborhood for most of it. Top speed was maybe 30mph.

I would have found another way to get the stuff if I had to travel further at higher speeds.

@functionoverfashion Happy birthday! Rally wagons unite!

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@HFV_Junkyardin be careful there- they're averaging a death every other year for the last 20 years. 4 people airlifted out Labor day weekend last year.

@pip-bip It is very pretty, but I think cars without windshields are silly-looking. Also that frontal aspect is a bit...weird, what with those body color 'fangs' coming down to the wide chrome valance—it looks like it belongs to a much newer car. I think I still prefer the standard Morgan.

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@theturbomrt

That'll be a sweet ride when you get it all spiffed up.

Congrats

@farscythe people should probably stop labeling everything and one...is what im saying.....in my clumsy way

@EssExTee

Supposedly you could even get the early two-door Wagoneer in a panel delivery body style with barn doors instead of a tailgate, though I've never encountered this beast in the wild.

I think the follow-on SJ Cherokee was always a two-door for the first few years, after which a four-door version was added ca. 1977. (It also came in a variant with generous fender flares and a wider track, oriented toward the folks who wanted a sportier appearance and usually bigger tires.)

@WBizarre Great read, I had no idea this existed. Thanks for sharing!

@fintail Why, yes please, and thank you!

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@AkioOhtori Definitely lean into silly, maybe hammer pants?

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Also better off ted was a fantastic show that gets regular replays here too. Such a shame it didn't get a longer run.

@davesaddiction

Ok this one is wild…

https://x.com/TheRoaringKitty/status/1791540437968392518

The tweet, and then the audio spectrum analysis of the 4.20 second audio “glitch”…

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@ash78 -- Reminds me that I just read an article somewhere about product prognosticator Faith Popcorn (I think it was in the context of her buying a better apartment or something, not her professional activities). [Edit: here it is]. If memory serves, in those days she was a big proponent of clear stuff, be it computer cases or Zima or whatnot -- a forecast mega trend that was supposed to take the world by storm but ended up only taking it by partly cloudy.

Apple did have a very cool CRT monitor in a clear casing so you could see all the artfully arranged guts (something Apple is also big on). It wasn't that big a monitor, but quite the conversation piece. It was also supposed to be exceptionally good for its day (at a price that makes you think it jolly well should be), both of which are traditional hallmarks of Apple external displays.

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@AkioOhtori the optimum brand also has geofencing in the app. It will send a message when the tracker leaves the fence.

@ttyymmnn said in This Date in Aviation History: May 15 - May 17 [New Destinations]:

@john-norris

the Brazilians have a reasonable claim to say that Santos-Dumont was the first to fly a real airplane,

Nah, it was Richard Pearse 😀.

@derp Correct. You gotta completely flush if you want to go from DOT3/4/5.1 to 5

@WBizarre said in How Country Music Sounds to People Who don't Like Country Music:

aside from Sixteen Tons by Tennessee Ernie Ford

One of the more insightful sociology dissertations of the day as well as a damn good song.

the Smokey and The Bandit intro song lol. But I've been meaning to make a conscious effort to dig into country and find something worthwhile.

I wouldn't necessarily say he typifies the mainstream of country, but you could do a whole lot worse for a first exploration of its borderlands than Jerry Reed.

@RamblinRover
Yes Dad. Because if he was ON the table, he’d be dinner, and that’s a losing preposition.

@orneryduck said in Hey Shop Teacher:

congrats on post-employment?

no, i still have to job every day, i just don't want to 😞

@Rusty-Vandura

I'll look forward to the rest of the stories. Not sure how this is going to shake out.

“I feel like my head is still spinning. I can’t really explain what happened this morning,” Scheffler said after remarkably posting another 5-under 66 that kept him in the mix for a second straight major championship.

Didn't go after the police as being out of line, nor did he admit any guilt. Solid middle of the road political statement.

@Rusty-Vandura said in SC 8:

@SC-380D "I want simplicity..." Fail.

I want to create something imaginative and original? WIN

Maybe our definitions of simplicity on this topic are different. There are only 2 major custom parts in this build. If I do it right I technically wouldn’t even need an alternator to drive around, and any critical components are common and/or off the shelf parts. Was it simple to put the car together? No. Will it be a simple car to maintain and keep on the road? Yes. If I were to do this project over again I could do it in half the time and effort, most of the battle was sifting through the Jeep community’s garbage opinions to find correct info. It’s not like I’m making custom ball joints or devising a supercomputer that can autopilot me to the nearest Wendy’s, it’s a mechanical vehicle and therefore is undoubtedly simple.

Additionally, it would be even easier to do all of this to an Eagle. Doing it to a Hornet was just an aesthetic choice, definitely over the top there.

@CB While you’re waiting buy something like this. Good place to park some cash for a year, plus GMT400 is top tier truck.
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@High_fidelity
Literally happened again today. Guy on a bicycle trying desperately to get me to go, completely ignoring the pedestrian in the crosswalk who, if I went, I'd end up just blocking the entire intersection because of.

@10R Well, it's not Dave Grohl, but this is a very fun cover of that song:

@KITT222

$17,800 Aus Dollars

@Darkbrador Agreed, Fortnine is usually quite good even if I am still without 2 wheeled transport for the time being 🙂

@facw TSA pre-inspection before my wife's trip.

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Both dogs were suffering from bad digestive tract inflammation yesterday but thankfully they're on the way to recovery now.

@WasGTIthenGTOthenNOVAthenGTIthenA4nowS5 said in Minnesotans are insane:

@derp said in Minnesotans are insane:

@DuckDuckGreyDuck no

2 to 1, you lose.

2 wrongs don't make a right, but I'm right.

@Shop-Teacher That bulb may have burned out from excess use

@Gabriella Well if you can talk some sense in to top-level government types you will be.

@e90m3 said in Rental Car Roulette. "Luxury" Edition:

Would've been better if it had more than the 1.5 turbo in it. The A3 I rented in 2018 had the 1.8 Turbo and that had a lot more go.

That makes sense. When I put it to the floor, the 1.5 wasn't slow, nor was it fast. Average in every way...

Spa is the track I would pick, Suzuka is good too for racing but if I could drive one it would be Spa.

@TheTurbochargedSquirrel said in DITPL Interesting Message For An EV Owner:

the Bolt is actually nice while a Spark is automotive minimum viable product.

I guess. I was comparing 'cheapest EV' to 'cheapest ICE' when I was looking. I'm not spending 50k on a car. If I was I'd be getting something cool and used for 50.

@davesaddiction said in BAT Auction Oppo Game: Round 121:

@Snakesm13

That’s what you get for copying me. LOL

NEVER AGAIN!

@AestheticsInMotion
For these particular ones the parts I repair most often are the units that control the power conversion to the grid. For GE's it's the parts that control pitching the blades.

@adamftw — tl;dr Would your life be financially and emotionally better if you stayed and improved, or sold and started over?

Financially, in the short term you're probably better off improving your existing house due to the up-front costs of selling, buying, and moving (not to mention that mortgage interest is quite a bit higher now than a few years ago).

In the long term, are you nearing "overimprovement" -- the limit of what your house, in your neighborhood, would fetch on the market? Or is there some headroom to get a return on your investment from adding on and fixing up?

Now for the subjective part. Do you and yours like your present house, or see your way clear to improvements that will make you like it? Does it serve your current and anticipated needs? Are your neighbors good? Is your commute acceptable?

@Huzer I'm just wondering when someone is going to come out with a 1 piece folding top already for the 2 door.

@ranwhenparked Especially if the law itself can't be shown to be more than arbitrary (and enforcement even more arbitrary).

@Urambo-Tauro He was hit on the shoulder in that scene but held it together for the shot.

@Highlander said in New Tesla owners be like….:

charge for 45 minutes and eat a $1.50 hot dog.

One of those things sounds amazing.

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PURE ELECTRIC POWER

@pip-bip But what if I prefer my electric power dirty?

@khalbali I think maybe that is what I am doing because I have that image now. IDK

To be fair, they have been taken care of (permanently).

@MrSnrub said in More Chinese EV doom: BYD Shark PHEV pickup:

But I doubt the Ranger or Colorado PHEV will start at 70 whenever they happen

Not base, but I bet maxed out they would. You can already option them up into the 60s can't you?

@415s30 How pregnant are you now?

@amoore100 True. I was thinking of this gen Malibu FWIW. It’s the headlights slightly inset from the grille that look similar to me.

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@Krusty-Walnut

Money can't buy taste.

@AkioOhtori the MO is in the John Oliver clip- basically southeast Asian gangs are doing forced labor to people to make make text connections. Then after a rapport is built, they suggest investing in your own crypto account, which isn't real, and bye bye money. The people texting in some cases are essentially slaves to the crime bosses.

@facw said in Houston Oppo check in - severe weather:

@ttyymmnn Worse than trees uprooted:
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Looks like to ton of broken windows on skyscrapers in downtown Houston, like Katrina hitting New Orleans. And some smaller buildings completely destroyed.

holy shit

@ranwhenparked

Yes, quite different - just making the point of a modern car still using the design of a bygone era.

Like if Ford or Porsche themselves were still selling Cobras and 356 Speedsters, but with modern underpinnings, as some sort of continuation thing.

@BaconSandwich if you drink enough Crystal Skull, you too can attempt to run down a car with murderous intent!

@BaconSandwich I vote for the Peugeot 1.7l diesel engine. The real Peug engine.

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@pip-bip Night

@pip-bip I did this for a brief period of time, and sure learned a lot!

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