@Mazda616 I don't and won't. I don't have anything against them, I just hate the idea of needles repeatedly puncturing my skin

@farscythe said in Everything is Fine:

the hitch point is where it will fail
says little metalworker me

Its interesting to think about how it will fail.

Having such a lever arm, there will be a lot of stress where the box tube goes into the receiver. The box tube may crack there.

But that receiver is probably just welded to the bracket and that may be the trouble. Everything there is designed around the hitch having about a 6 inch lever arm. Having a 3' lever arm will probably put a lot of twist into the assembly which will not probably be good.

@RallyWrench No I need this engine. It took some… persuading to get it around the bent up frame horns though

@bison78 In some cases, yes, they do. And I can imagine after this Kia and probably other manufacturerswill probably also add it into the fine print.

@Noodles big fishy

@Cé-hé-sin Sacré bleu!

Chrome bumper MGB's like that pictured are the "classic" MGB. Those are the ones without much in the way of pollution controls.

Rubber bumper MGB's are the end of production '70's MGB. Different carbs and cams (I believe) sucked the joy out of the engine. Also rubber bumper cars about an inch higher than chrome bumper cars in order to meet bumper/headlight regulations. Rubber bumper cars are just as good if "tuned" and lowered.

Whichever car you get, chose the frequently driven one. Old cars that sit will have problems. Also, people that don't drive cars don't fix them.

If its been run on gasohol, keep it on gasohol. If straight gas, keep it on straight gas. O rings don't like fuel changes. Finally. Replace all the fuel lines if they are original.

@Gabriella

Are EVs common around your way?

In my street of 16 houses, there are:
2 Model 3s
1 Model X
1 Model Y
2 Bolts
1 Leaf.

So, yes, EVs are common around my way.

@Genesis_Haysenhox said in DOTSV: Ireland:

Egg Citroen

eggy and water droplety

Mercedes: builds a crap car
Everyone: wow Lewis sucks now 😞

@EssExTee tough one. Probably track the saab, daily the pagoda and burn the land rover.

@MUSASHI66 dry aging appears to be a controlled rotting process.

@BicycleBuck Over here in old Volvo land, we have cruise on the left, and audio on the right (note not my car, but the layout is the same):
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Of course I don't have any fancy infotainment to control, so there isn't a lot of space pressure. I cant say I've been excessively annoyed with cars that put the audio on the left, but right feels more natural to me (dominant hand for control that gets used more frequently). I was really annoyed at the Escape I rented earlier this year, which put the cruise control down on awkward to reach subpanel:
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@Chariotoflove that's what makes it great. Mangolorian would be the sorbet

@Urambo-Tauro Polycount checks out at least

@Wrong-Wheel-Drive

If you can afford it, now is the time to buy. With property values skyrocketing, renters are getting hosed.

@sony1492 Well we shut it down during covid and the fires.

@Highlander There are some clones around. My Z came with a 510 SSS wheel, I still have it but I changed it out. I'll take an OS Giken motor!

@glemon said in Forgotten Import: 1957 Maico 500:

@Roadkilled I always get a kick out of that in the old school car ads, the degree they are out of proportion seems inversely proportional to the size of the car, but you even see it in the advertising for big American boats of the era.

It can be a challenge if you want to take a photograph, but forced perspective works too.

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@sn4cktimes Bees?

@decay-still-has-too-many-beaters so Oregon wants you to jack off your gas pump to get gas out of it?!?! Hahaha!!!

@KITT222 on my way!

@Just-Jeepin @CarsOfFortLangley one could say I’m partial to an AMC Eagle… but yikes!

PLUS a person would still need to do a manual conversion on it

@Trekkster__T I agree. I think most of the paint change through the years was for environmental reasons.

@Tripper I need to rebuild the front end on Rusty, and then I can buy a couple of tires.

We dropped Costco 3 years ago for the exact same reason. Have been happy since. We might sign back up for discounts on meat but probably not. Neither of us feel that much craziness is worth it to feed our little family of 6. Yup. It’s bad here.

“I sort of miss the pandemic and the relatively quiet streets and stores. Now it feels like everyone goes everywhere, all the damned time.” Every damn day. People were just so much cooler and everything was relaxed. Now it’s all of America forced into chasing quotas again

@functionoverfashion Yeah it's pretty amazing the extent some owners will go to make their cars unique - props to them for that, I don't think I'll ever have the time, money, or energy for it. In my dreams I'd love for our Outback to be a regular legacy wagon and to have a WRX drivetrain - I have never seen it done on an Outback of my generation so I'm assuming there's a reason it can't be done (at least for reasonable $). I used to have an '05 manual Legacy GT wagon - if there's a way to reincarnate that with our current Outback I'd happily buy my wife a new car and hold on to that as my dadmobile for many years to come.

@Turbineguy-Nom-de-Zoom Overwhelming number of existing cars all over the world are sold in shades of gray. A true color is the 5th best selling choice with 10% of the market, and just about every car sold is available in a true color too, so one can't just use "oh buyers buy what they have to".

https://www.germaincars.com/most-popular-car-colors/

Even in places where most cars are ordered in advance, so you can pick any color, top three sports are shades of gray

https://www.rivervaleleasing.co.uk/blog/posts/the-value-of-britains-most-popular-car-colours#:~:text=Grey remains Britain's most popular,283%2C000 and blue at 276%2C000.

@Gabriella M5. BMW is really good at coming up with creative names.

@Saracen I seem to be in the minority, but I like the screen. It evokes a home interior look, like you have a widescreen tv on a sleek wood cabinet. Not everything needs to melt together.
That was my subjective perception. But objectively speaking, it's certainly not lazy design. It takes way more effort to make a screen "float" than pushing a screen into a big dashboard. There is more work to design the mounts, making them look good and have the strength to support she screen through decades of road vibration. The curved screen also needs to support itself, and to look good on the back side. There is a vision and intention behind this, and great effort was exerted to achieve it.

@Gabriella

Maybe it just needs to be set to music to be more inspiring...also, band named after best named truck
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I am sorry, what was the question?

@Future-Next-Gen-S2000-Owner no, you win nothing

@RamblinRover I've got two of his albums, both on vinyl, both 45 years old. Damn, where does the time go. RIP Vangelis.

You guys are all leading much more exciting lives than me. I averaged 300 miles per month last year and this year too.

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@MUSASHI66 The F350 runs heavier suspension than the 250s for a higher load rating, so they ride substantially different.

@ttyymmnn

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SYDNEY MAISLIN, 73, DIES TRANSPORT FIRM FOUNDER

LEO RYAN | Feb 21, 1995 7:00PM EST

A funeral service was held Tuesday in Montreal for Sydney Maislin who, with his family, started one of the largest transportation companies in Canada and the United States.

He died Sunday at the age of 73 after a brief illness.One of 10 children, Mr. Maislin and his five brothers began to build an enterprise around a second-hand truck in 1946. In 25 years, the company, Maislin Industries Ltd., had expanded into a $US30 million-a-year business with a fleet of 2,500 trucks and over 3,500 employees.

A passion for baseball was translated in the 1960s into a 5 percent share of the Montreal Expos Major League Baseball team.

Maislin, once ranked among the top 10 trucking firms in North America, went bankrupt some 10 years ago. It began running into financial difficulties following the takeover in 1980 of U.S.-based Gateway Transportation Co.

The acquisition coincided with soaring interest rates, a recession, and faster-than-expected deregulation of the U.S. trucking industry.

Maislin Transport, the main operating subsidiary, received a controversial C$34 million loan guarantee from the Canadian federal government in 1982, the year the company reported a C$20 million loss.

In 1983, Maislin Transport, Maislin Transport Delaware Inc. of Detroit and four other U.S. affiliates sought protection from some 2,000 creditors under Canadian and U.S. bankruptcy laws. The bankruptcy and the subsequent effort to collect undercharges from shippers led to the U.S. Supreme Court, where Maislin vs. Primary Steel served as a test case for tens of thousands of outstanding undercharge battles involving tens of millions of dollars.

@nickhasanexocet I've had it twice and my wife has yet to catch it and she's a teacher. I'm starting to think she's one of those that are immune to it.
Rum and cappuccino are my recommendations for getting it out of you. Glad your feeling better. The first time I caught it wrecked me. Cheers

@Manwich Slightly less than 1/2 a tank in my truck cost me US$56 yesterday. That hurt.

Luckily the weather finally broke and I've been able to ride the scooter to school most of May.

@GibbsEmphasis Thanks, I'll have to look into the dome circuit and see if there's some draw there.

@Albino-Kangaroo thanks! @Qaaaaa came up with a list, I’m planning on escalating to Karen mode and speaking with The Manager

@Skyfire77 I still have that one, several other sets, and all my cars stashed in a closet. Great memories with those things.

@The-Crazy-Kanuck I'll wave as I drive by towards cottage country!

@PowderHound When I was a kid, budding dendrochronologists kept their hobbies to themselves!

@Genesis_Haysenhox said in Kids and Jolene.:

Hello there.
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Sigh. Sorry to subject you to my ugly mug. 😂

@e90m3 said in Fit, S3, and MR2 content:

@monkeepuzzle Don't let your employer see you taking a photo while driving!

dear big blue, this photo is clearly edited, and likely never happened, and certainly not on company time! 😄

@Chariotoflove
Goodnight mate.

@e90m3 @Highlander Looks like that little old lady the parking at full opposite lock, if you ask me.

@HammerheadFistpunch I mostly tagged Steve for posterity, but who knows, he might pop in and see it.

@CarsOfFortLangley good driving roads out that way, light traffic.

@HUGZ

I feel that installing carlashes should be part of this plan
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@ash78 said in Caption this photo:

So tell me, Colonel,

I'm guessing with those 3 stars on his shoulder he's a 3 star general.

@Skyfire77 The flyaway cost is down to something like $80M, though of course that doesn't take into account the program costs. On one hand, all those R&D costs are sunk costs, so it doesn't really make sense to consider them if the question is "should be buy more F-35s or should we shutdown the program?", but it absolutely makes sense to consider them if you want to ask "has the F35 program been a mismanaged clusterfuck?"

@ItalianJobR53 said in OPPOsistance needed:

selective quote on my iphone quotes the entire post

Hopefully the NodeBB team will get this fixed at some point.

@ibRAD
Quick look and they go from £200 to about £1,000 (looks like some are up to £1,600, but most have discounts down to £1,000).
But the upper price is for a full system, that's from birth to four years old.
Package includes:
Maxi-Cosi Adorra Luxe stroller
Maxi-Cosi Oria Luxe Carrycot
Maxi-Cosi Pebble 360 Luxe infant car seat
Footmuff Luxe
Maxi-Cosi FamilyFix 360 Base
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@Mupalup Logical, I think I need to hear some louder engines.

@tysmagic LMAO nice

@WasGTIthenGTOthenNOVAthenGTInowA4 Almost immediately, just keep refreshing.