@theturbomrt said in More Power (new to me, tool):

@pyroholtz said in More Power (new to me, tool):

So oppo, school me on what I need to know and avoid.

Do not insert arm into planer

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@ShrimpHappens glad to hear.

@Manwich

That's a stunner.

And it's got a Hemi! LOL

@ash78 Don't tell me about how your made your lambo 'practical'

@High_fidelity

What doctor do you go to for a gambling problem?

A BETerinarian!!!

@Mark-Tucker

Where's the closest Starbucks?

😛

Also that's enough land that you could build your own Medieval Village named Tuckerville!

You just need to put in some "serfs for hire" ads.

And then after that, you can start your own cult!

@farscythe said in My current subscriber count is a bad number...:

@Danny-Drives huh.....somehow...i missed every one of your 700 and some posts....
i was about to give you shit for just popping in here with a plug....good thing i checked first

could have made an ass out of myself there.... (you know...more than usual)

anyways fine i'll help

haha no worries, oh dude, I've been around the Oppo-block for yearsssssss

@Manwich the car was also returned with a 96% charge. He clearly didn’t read the article.

Ah, balls. The ONE weekend I'm out of town.

Headphones.

You're welcome. 🙂

(Is there a tag for "semi-sarcasm but not really"?)

Just tell the cop you have sensory issues. All the modern cars I own or have considered have a bunch of "N/A" when I look up options on Crutchfield. So I just live with it, or just upgrade speakers and maybe consider a line-level amp. Not sure...

My wife and I often swap driving duties in the driveway, shuttling one kid home and another one out to an activity, sometimes without turning the car off.

You can imagine how this works with smartkeys...

Thankfully she only drove about 5 miles (with a very subtle message "no key" on the dash, no audible warning Because Honda), shut it down, then thought the battery was dead.

So I show up 20 minutes later with a jump box only to see that it's showing ~14V on the battery.

It was sooooo stupid because using most traditional diagnoses (and being new to smart keys), it's actually hard to figure out unless it happens to you.

Drove back home, got the key, then drove back again to get her. Fun times.

@Arch-Duke-Maxyenko Awwww, no? No!

@DipodomysDeserti said in Utah with roughly zero effort on naming things:

@PowderHound Utah Canyoneros

Perfect for hockey scoring, too.

"One highway. Zero city." 🙂

@ibRAD Yeah, I've gone that as well -- as long as it's something the pickers will actually take within a reasonable period of time 🙂

@davesaddiction the Walkenshaw front-end is atrocious but the rest of that car is fantastic!

I like the G8-ish HSV GTS with the ‘tri-spoke’ nuclear wheels.

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Also, this GTO would look really good with my purple Trial Recaros - if it were a manual I might be making yet another terrible decision, but the 4spd automatic is protecting me from myself.

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@AuthiCooper1300 said in Car buying status report:

@AkioOhtori

I am going to ask what is probably a very stupid question... whatever happened to the Maserati you did not buy a few months ago? Maybe with the kind of money they are asking for any of those Alfas you'd be able to fix (most of) its foibles.

Because old-school Maserati, even if it is from the De Tomaso era. Nothing against the 4c, mind. It's just a bit... young.

Still available and happy to give you the seller's info!

Yeah actually the 4C is rather young and that is a good thing. My fleet is heavily biased to the early 90s and late 80s, which is fine, but also a lot of work. The idea of having a car that (hopefully) won't need much more than routine maintenance over the next couple of years sounds very nice.

Additionally I feel like the 4C is nearing if not already past the bottom of its depreciation curve. I'm not betting or counting on it by any means, but it certainly feels like my last chance to get one before they start exceeding my means.

Lastly, while I am willing to make space in the garage for a running, driving, 4C, I am not willing to make accommodations for a broken, unloved Biturbo. I really like that Biturbo, but I have enough, similar misfits that need my time and money that I can't justify devoting the time, resources, and storage to it.

@pip-bip mmmm Zagato!

Nope, no government tracking of my vehicle. Besides, I pay for gas, therefor already pay by how much I drive and usually another state gets a portion of those taxes as well if I were to go out of state. Just tack on extra registration fees to EV owners and you're solid without having to go through the unconstitutional things.

If mileage ODO based I am 100% getting a classic and will simply roll it back every year or disconnect the speedo cable for half the year so it shows I only drove 5K miles. Get fucked with your road use tax K? The only reason it at all is becoming a thing again is because of those stupid EVs they're all but mandating. They're suddenly finding out EV owners have been skirting paying for the roads with their 3 ton cars.

I live in Texas though, so around these parts we should be OK.

@ttyymmnn Oh no, downsizing your parents' place in 2 days. I was busy for like 2 weeks when my parents moved to their current condo...

@Noodles Awesome!

@ash78 Realistically though, they are going to age out in pretty much exactly the same way. I don't know if Boeing has a mandatory sunset for either the 767 or 777, but 767s are clearly being retired, and given the similar construction, it seems very unlikely that 767 and 777 retirement rates at a given age will differ significantly. Old 767s get retired, and old 777s surely will as well.

@TheDutchTexan For me it was the point where they surpassed the $6.99 cost of a bar burger.
If the kids really want McDs I'll still go randomly, but feeding 5 of us at McDs is more expensive than having a decent sit down meal elsewhere, it's disgusting.

@facw

Yeah, only if you have a lighter to ignite their farts. 😁

@ash78

That little Gulf sticker is perfect.

It's on my bucket list to own a car on which a Mobil Pegasus would not look out of place on its fender.

@High_fidelity @MM54

A teenage boy is getting ready to take his girlfriend to the prom. First he goes to rent a tux, but there’s a long line at the shop and it takes forever.

Next, he has to get some flowers, so he heads over to the florist and there’s a huge line there. He waits forever but eventually gets the flowers.

Then he heads out to rent a limo. Unfortunately, there’s a large line at the rental office, but he’s patient and gets the job done.

Finally, the day of the prom comes! The two are dancing happily and his girlfriend is having a great time. When the song is over, she asks him to get her something to drink, so he heads over to the refreshments table and there’s no punch line.

@Boxer_4 said in LaLD - Tomica Chevy Astro!:

The Astro was surprisingly big in Japan

Well, yeah, look at how small they build stuff over there.

@flatisflat

@WasGTIthenGTOthenNOVAthenGTIthenA4nowS5 said in Successfully Existed For Another Year:

@eel-is-zero-people-and-didn-t-kill-svending I want that.

I do not fit in those very comfortably... And I also want that.

@High_fidelity there's the answer

@mjswee You've had the exact same layouts as I have (plus a V6,) and yet, yours are all way cooler. Except the Del Sol, which was just newer.

@High_fidelity said in Being disappointed is a primary emotion of a car enthusiast.:

In fairness, (annoying as it is,) there were just less options to have to cope with in the'60s, '70s, and '80s.

I'd argue there were MORE options to cope with back then because you could spec every single option on your vehicle piece by piece.
You had 5-6+ engine options.
Usually 4-5 transmission options.
Numerous rear end options.
All the interior options, colors, materials.
All the exterior options and colors.
Numerous wheel/tire combos.
VS
Today you get 1 interior option all of which have all the power options standard, you get 3 exterior color options with the choice of chrome trim or black, and maybe 2 engine options all mated to the same transmission.

@dogisbadob Complicated guy but very talented and had a lot of things to say about the music business that were enlightening to many. No Pixies - Surfer Rosa and no Nirvana - In Utero without him (among many others).

RIP indeed. 😞

@AkioOhtori said in Catharsis-blocked:

but they never do and their life is basically pinballing from one self-created disaster to another self-created disaster and the only person who isn't the problem is them, despite being the only common factor.

I wish I could get some of this honesty about myself from others at times. I'd certainly appreciate some perspective from others about my choices because it's not always apparent from my point of view.

I hear your comments about DINK problems. My partner and I are in the same situation and I have a difficult time relating to some of our friends' situations.

@farscythe Tunes are good.

@siennaman Pulled that out of somewhere...

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@CoolMinivan-Nobody an alternate reality where Starsky was a Vikings fan …

@pip-bip I saw a nice A-H on the road the other day, in that light blue that’s kind of the “correct” color for those. I was in my MINI and got a nice wave from the driver.

@ash78 said in Southwest First Class:

@Man-With-A-Reliable-Jeep Today marks the first time I've ever heard anyone mention a shoulder measurement and now I'm intrigued 🙂

Give it a try! There's lots of guides for it online. It's interesting to see what's average and not-so-average. I did it out of curiosity and because it can sometimes help me with big and tall shirts that use that measurement.

@pip-bip

@M-T-Blake said in Car #32 Showed Up - Another Toyota:

@HoustonRunner If they could make a hybrid Tahoe that gets 30mpg, it would sell great. The last hybrid Tahoe didn’t get much better than its non-hybrid sibling.

The Duramax gets close on the highway, but still suffers around town, where a hybrid would really help.

@AkioOhtori said in Not sure that is the lead photo I would have chosen:

That said, I don't think I would lead with a photo that really accentuates the giant hunks of rubber bolted onto an otherwise cute car.

Ah, hey, you probably ought to have a doctor take a look at that thing.

@BicycleBuck said in One hell of a business idea.:

I wonder what his rental rates look like.

I wonder what their insurance rates look like.

@WasGTIthenGTOthenNOVAthenGTIthenA4nowS5
Happy Birthday!

@Mark-Tucker you're the one who married your sister. you made it weird LOL enjoy that coffee and our 12 year old boy jokes.

@annoying_salman

Don’t be sad about not having Papa John’s. It’s garbage pizza.

@aremmes The current W16 is on it's way out being replaced by a true V16 in the next gen Bugatti.

Good explainer from Engineering explained

@Sam-Blockhan that Camry collector needs help

@Sam-Blockhan
Goodnight bud

@CoolMinivan-Nobody Isuzu plz

@415s30 oof! poor bastard.

@someassemblyrequired no loss.

@іди-на-хуй-Влад-formerly-known-as-Distraxi continuation 6R4? yes plz.

@annoying_salman I’m lucky: I just drove to my local camera store.

https://usedphotopro.com/fujifilm-velvia-rvp-50

@rctothefuture respray it brown. how hard can it be?