@CarsOfFortLangley

Trust exercises.

It's a new thing we're are trying at these meets.

@AkioOhtori We have a winner.

@Mazda616 I'm non denominational Christian as well and it never occurred to me I could make someone a Godparent after having kids... Not sure who it would be... but it is interesting to think about. I may not agree with certain aspects of the Catholic church, but Godfathers/Godmothers are a fascinating and beautiful concept.

@WhoIsTheLeader said in Unsolicited cookie review: Girl Scouts Toffee Tastic:

Due to my incompatibility with gluten, I've never had a girl scout cookie, but I've heard others rave about them, so I bought these:

First time having a girl scout cookie, this seems like something to celebrate, glad you enjoyed them.

@Black-Villain One of the guys on my team just leased one. 24 months, 20k miles, zero down, $104 per month.

This is not the base model either - they had an offer for one of those for $1000 down and… I think he said $50 per month. Dealer retains the tax breaks, and that’s why it’s so cheap.

@amoore100 said in ABC's Classic 100 closes tomorrow night!:

movie music basically saved classical's future

I would sugget that John Williams basically saved classical music's future, or at least orchestral music. We've performed sound tracks to screenings of Star Wars films and other Williams scores, and done entire concerts of his music. They always sell out. We're doing a concert of Jerry Goldsmith next week. And while I'm a huge fan of his scores, I'm not sure they work as concert music in the same way Williams' scores do. The film score I really want to play is Basil Poledouris' score to Conan the Barbarian. One of my all-time favorites.

ETA: Michael Giacchino's score to Rogue One rivals the best of JW's SW scores.

@Mark-Tucker As they say, if your MG isn't leaking oil, there ain't any in it!

@pyroholtz Yeah, I know the BMW is a whole other animal. The trunk location, and a completely different charging system probably make a huge difference.

@CB said in "Imagine paying over $70k CAD for cloth seats":

New car prices, eh?

its less this and more old wages. I was telling derp that the GX470 topped out at around 90 grand in Today's money when it came out in 2002, compared to 85 grand for the one I've been driving. 85 grand sounds outrageous because its a larger chunk of our incomes.

@pip-bip California got what was coming to it

@glemon man, 78 would have been nice. I was sweating at 98 over these steaks.

@WhoIsTheLeader driving dynamics depend a lot on packages. The S with 20” wheels drives wonderfully, it’s what convinced me to buy mine.

@Sam-Blockhan the reliability however is why I’m dumping mine. They’re nice for a stint, not for owning.

I’ll stick with my TC.
The TC is smoother, quieter, and more efficient in my daily use too. The Sedona SX-L is the only minivan I’ve driven that was smoother and quieter.

@Old-Busted-Hotness said in My God It's Gorgeous:

@CoolMinivan-Nobody said in My God It's Gorgeous:

My old 66 Buick was a wonderful example of this. It was effortless to accelerate in thanks to it's massive 465ft-lbs of torque starting right off idle. Passing required no thought, no effort, just roll into the throttle and watch the speedo climb. Normal driving was again effortless, it'd just lock 3rd gear and happily go anywhere without a fuss or downshift needed. Strangely enough, that 425 powered, 3-speed, 4400lb boat would pull 22-24mpg in my daily driving.

Massive torque and understressed is the way.

Too bad modern manufacturers can’t figure that out.

@Highlander

@Danny-Drives find the best mechanic in Mechanicsburg? Visit the town to find out why its called that and if it still deserves the name....should it be changed to Correctionsburg or Navalburg....and see if there's a good slice of pie there!

@benjrblant Here ya go

@jminer said in Happy Pride Month, Oppo!:

@ttyymmnn I've been out all day, just got back home and it's going up now.

No worries! Just saw it when I checked in this evening. It looks great. Thanks!

@aremmes We definitely spent more time driving today, and shockingly close to the same mileage too.

@f86sabre Such a good looking car!!!!

@AMGtech I got her to sit in an S class and it was comfortable but it was too hard for her to get in and out of that low. She did really like a 2018 GLS450 and a 2016 GLE350, I need to do some research into modern Mercedes as I have almost zero idea what they are up to in the last 20 years. The GLC was okay but not awesome and she liked the X3/X5 better than the GLC.

We did find a 2020 HSE Defender and that was definitely nice but pricey. They're like $55k minimum which is a tough swallow but not out of the running.

@RacinBob said in Some favorite Racin tools:

A race mat is good for crawling under cars. Not expensive and it keeps the dirt out of your hair. LINK

So bougie. I usually just use a big piece of scrap cardboard

@Dusty-Ventures said in Cog Railway New England style:

Following this thread. For reasons

Excellent. I won't ask any questions. But uhh, I guess the thread is kinda short.

Littleton (home of Schilling) also has a candy shop with little jars, like an old school Candy Counter - supposedly the longest one in the world(?) it is very, uh, long. It's a neat town. Needless to say (to @Dusty-Ventures) it's very near Team O'Neil, @deekster_caddy if your mother is into rallying. We'll go up just to ride the rail trail and go to Schilling (good pizza too!), there's other good MTB stuff up there, mostly too tough for my kids (for now).

Moore Reservoir is neat, but not much of a destination unless you have a boat or want to swim.

Bretton Woods has a fairly new gondola up to a nice, even newer mid-mountain restaurant/bar with spectacular views of Washington, but I suppose if you just went up Washington the appeal is somewhat less. I've only been up there in the winter, and not in the fancy restaurant part.

@Wrong-Wheel-Drive True! Metra is pretty good!

Good luck on the not getting stabbed part!

Amoconoco 😛

@Jarrett I'm tempted to go with a different brand this time. It's odd that something works fine for a few years, then suddenly doesn't.

@WildlyMild hahaha

@Kelly-CaptainoftheEnterprise Some people will just buy what's available in their area; they don't want to put up with the hassle of shopping far and wide. I wouldn't be surprised if some remain brand-loyal because of peer pressure and don't want family frustrated with them for breaking tradition, even if breaking tradition is objectively a better move.

@TheStiggyOne Getting closer. Looks like you were only 20 mins from my place today.

I always thought bus seat fabric was designed the same way as movie theater fabric - designed to hide as much puke and spilled fluids as possible.

@DipodomysDeserti well you have to tell it. Otherwise the driver gets to tell it they want max charge and can run it down all they want. Imagine an 80k car telling you you Can’t have all the battery….they sold it on a range claim,

Outstanding work. As a former DSM owner, 97 Eclipse GS-T, I salute you.

@Arch-Duke-Maxyenko Oh, I know, and I’m not expecting points for it.

As I said: “And in protest because the west needs love too.”

@TheHondaBro Have had bedbugs, can confirm!

@AkioOhtori family is a word for friends you can’t choose. Beautiful property in the picture. Wherever it ends up I hope they can appreciate it

@RallyWrench Man what is she going to say when you have 2 of them?

@bison78 I didn't say it was brilliant, just reasonable. At least BMW i3 owners actually plug them in as a result. Even with the more practical Euro programming that lets the engine start when it actually makes a difference, it's really only there to make longer distances on the highway possible so you still plug it in. My point is simply that range extenders don't necessarily need to be capable of powering the car entirely on their own - just assist the battery at highway speeds to improve range between charges, and enable the car to limp home in emergencies.

@ttyymmnn bimbocore?
fucking really?
knock that shit off

oh yes feminist fucking bimbos....their words not fucking mine

sounds fucking awesome tho.....just cant help but feel feminist and bimbo might be at odds with eachother

@Mupalup Regarding the "boring" option of paying off your debt, it's worth examining your interest rates when making a decision. Any debt at an APR of <5%, you could out-perform by putting the money into a CD, MMA, or Index Fund, so it's not really worth doing. Invest that money and use part of the returns to pay your debt instead.

If your APRs are noticeably greater than 5%, however, it's worth just paying down the debt, unless you have a finance guy that can consistently return like 10% for you.

For the original question, personally, my vote would be a combination of treating yourself AND paying down some of your debt/investing, if that's within your means. I'm not sure how much the "sizeable bonus" you mentioned is, and how it compares to the cost of the various options you listed.

@pip-bip Sweet!

The two books so far that I found very well written were Bringing The Thunder, about a b-29 pilot. And Sagittarius Riding, by Cecil Lewis, about his Ww1 flight experience he lived through. He eventually co founded the BBC. Great writing.

@theturbomrt my last order of climbing holds went from San Diego to my house in NC in 14 hours. USPS for the win.

@Mupalup I’ve used everything from expensive Devilbis hvlp guns to harbor freight guns, it’s more about getting them tuned than the gun itself.
As far as compressors, it doesn’t take much.
I had an old sears 20-gallon I used for years, it would run continuously but it always kept up. Hvlp guns only require 20-30psi constant while spraying.

@functionoverfashion

I picked just the short-term forecast for the bad joke, but summer is coming here soon.

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@Sam-Blockhan I wonder as roads continue to decay, if more sidewall will come back on cars, maybe lemminglike designers will finally move from the false pretense of sport.

A passive-aggressive quasi-religious sticker, well I never 🙃

@CB Yep. I think part of the story was that the early Civic door mirrors did not fold. And if the car is balanced in its side, there isn't that much force.

its also funny how the passenger side mirror that hit the tire wall first was not scratched.

By the way, to add insult to injury, the tow driver rolled the car over on the passenger side one more to get it righted on its wheels. Why it didn't break the second time, I don't know.

@pyroholtz I have been banned for making computer grades for many years (see signature 😓 ), but I'm looking into the possibility of building a NAS out of old parts.

The 5800X3D is an absolute beast for gaming. Great pickup there!

And that 1080Ti you have was such a great investment for the time. Hopefully you're able to score that upgrade when you're ready.

@WBizarre Looks like something Iran Khodro would cook up out of their old Peugeot Par[t]s.

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Seems like IKCO would rather go with a trunk-mounted plate-mount, though!

@ITA97 my computer is pretty beefy with a 5800X and a red devil gpu, but the motherboard is the weakest link: it's a decade old. I've gotta make plans to upgrade that and the RAM at some point, but I haven't been gaming enough to justify such a move.

@CoolMinivan-Nobody said in Oppinons needed - Jeep Cherokee shopping:

Only tends to have issues in the Pacifica. The RWD variants seem to be fine. Iirc these are the 3.2 though, so no pug.

Fair 'nuff, but as far as I remember the KL Cherokee is on the FWD transverse Fiat Wide platform.

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Did not realize the Cherokee got a 3.2L though—never knew the Pentastar came so small!

@HammerheadFistpunch I'll be sleeping in a tent in the Black Hills in 4 days. I can't frickin wait.

@ranwhenparked

@Old-Busted-Hotness Dammit. So close.

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@RallyWrench said in I Was This Years Old:

@A-Former-User The SportScort questions even itself....Shitboxes all, but delightful in hindsight.

Since it's a lesser tempo I believe it gets called a shartbox

@pip-bip said in Interesting article about problems at Fisker:

@ranwhenparked i don't think anyone will touch Fisker ever again.

You’re right. You’re absolutely right. Hiring Geeta was a mistake, that’s obvious, and they're over-dependent on outsourcing, even Henrik can see that now. Now, the next time, everything will be correctible.