My body is ready!!!!!

I've been on a You Love Her Coz She's Dead kick lately. Really fun late-00s electronica project out of the UK.

@poor_sh You seem to be too experienced in Aston's accuracy of judginess. Been on the receiving end too often?

hm... he's right. I should do better.

@spacekraken And there lies my problem. Because I want to like them. But that’s just such a personal was of vehicular prejudice to get over. Had a mediocre Hyundai experience which is also too bad.

@silentbutnotreallydeadly hmmm. Pinch points... true.

@pip-bip Something about this reminds me of those "new" models Moskvitch came out with in the 90s when they were circling the drain, which were all just either shortened or stretched versions of the Aleko with different grilles tacked on the front.

@shop-teacher said in Car Adjacent: A James May Cooking Show:

@6mt_ftw I'm not familiar with QI.

I'd suggest looking it up on YouTube. It's a very entertaining quiz/discussion show; the title is shorthand for Quite Interesting. For the first several years the host was Stephen Fry, with Sandy Toksvig taking over a few years ago. They ask a number of questions, and one of the main goals is to avoid saying the most obvious/cliched answer. It's simultaneously entertaining and educational.

@s65 And, I think fewer hashmarks makes slightly larger text.

@silentbutnotreallydeadly Yeah Billy Bob is gonna kill someone in one.

Nice

I hope they have good colors from the start rather than releasing them as "limited editions" every other year

@415s30 perfect, we can all agree that they are just big cat cars.

@jarrett Honestly, this with the new GR Yaris drivetrain would be pretty awesome.

@captdale-is-secretly-british i already found a semi-fix for the long usernames, it shall be put in production soon.

@hondoyota sod all at work today

@essextee Nice - thanks.

@jawzx2 I have learned much Sheep Knowledge today. Thank-you.
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@chariotoflove Well in real life I'm not contained within a floating orb but as to whether that improved my appearance is up to you.

@bobkustofawitshz Brown bear milkshake, delicious.

mmm, I like the sculpted Logitech's like this I wonder how the vertical mice compare. I do CAD almost all day everyday.

@rctothefuture And instead of focusing on anything important, he dedicates his time to insulting people in the comments if they don't agree with him 100%.

@exage03040 There are certainly people that buy new sportbikes with intentions to only use them on the track, but they are surely in the minority. Most people doing track days are starting out on whatever sport-ish bike they ride on the street, then moving to getting a dedicated track bike after getting addicted. Very few true adult novices start with racing, most do track days first then move to racing after a while. Kids are the exception, the fast ones start when they are 5 or 6, but they won't be on 600s for a while.

For racing, it depends how fast you are. If you can consistently podium in the expert class, you're maybe buying a new bike every other year as contingency only pays current + previous model years. Everybody else, it kinda depends. The R1 is the same for 2015+, the R6 basically the same from 2008+. If you don't have a shot at winning and getting paid your $500 for it, there shouldn't be any speed difference between model years. Might not even matter for the cost difference anyways.

That may all end up being irrelevant. People will still be able to race a 2020 & get paid on it next year, and maybe they are just skipping a year and working on a new 2022? A turbo doesn't make any sense, the power delivery when it spools up could be a disaster in a corner.

If you're into Euro Lagers, Buckler is a good choice. It's made by the Heineken folks.

@silentbutnotreallydeadly said in Chod spot:

@borsuq I would take the FSO Matiz over the Lanos. They were almost OK.

Wonder if this is an FSO that would appeal to @Stef-Schrader or @RallyDarkstrike

It's a weirdo. I like it.

@poor_sh said in Miata nudes within:

@cash-rewards said in Miata nudes within:

@poor_sh a couple people here, me including, have a sprint in their Miata. It's a solid combination. Fits well

Question is, how tall are ya'll?

@miatabymoe too.

I'm 5' 10"

@cb it's no patio lanterns or easy to tame, but it will suffice.

@jgrabowmst woah an entry level new processor on a new architecture doesn't compete with a workstation that costs many times as much and isn't portable.

Amazing.

But the entry-level new laptop is able to compete with the previous high-end laptop at an insanely lower TDP while also having better specific performance with native apps.

@bloody-the-resident-shitposting-saffer haha wow that's a lot less complicated than I thought it was. I was expecting some elaborate game with rules I couldn't decipher for the life of me.

You need to be doing something really dumb or ignorant to get the car to actually panic brake for you while going forward. Reverse Auto braking, on the other hand, now that is sensitive! I've had that kick in on my quite a few times as I park close to a bush on my driveway.

I do get the forward collision warning periodically. It's also important to know that any intervention will stop forward collision assist. It really only will stop the car if you completely ignore you're about to hit something.

@captdale-is-secretly-british Denim Dan, 'atcha service

There's already a cool looking three-wheeled electric car: The Vanderhall Edison2 (For only 35 grand).

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https://vanderhallusa.com/models-edison-comparo/

There's also that Nobe 3-wheeler, but it's still a concept and will likely be quite pricey.

But to get to your point, I'd happily convert my car to electric 1.) if it was ever required of me (preferably I'd stick to gas unless they'll install charging ports in your home too), and 2.) the tech was sound/universal/affordable (which may not come for a while. While it's simple enough, electric is still expensive). I plan on owning my car for a while, if it ever gets to the point where the mechanics all crap out and this electrical conversion tech is available, that'd be an excellent way to add years to my ride.

Still, gas will be missed. Engines don't go brrr quite the same without a couple of controlled explosions under the hood.

I have considered and the answer is yes.

Reminds me - wasn't there a TV show where the character's first name was Doctor? oh I know, football! Like Prince Amakura. There must be a player named Doctor Smith

@dieseldub said in New Oppo, New car!:

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This is great. I was looking at the one on ECS tuning a year or two ago but it retails for $650. The Aliexpress one looks the same. I only plan on having the car for another year (moving) so while I would have already bought this a year ago now I have to think about it. With COVID I don't really go anywhere.

@e90m3 those old running fork movements are finiky for sure. Worst case, you can probably find a spare working movement and swap it in. All you need to do it drop the old on out and transfer the dial, hands and maybe the date disk

@kiltedpadre was just about to mention these. glad I wasn't the only one who thought of them.

@civicwagonengineer You know where to reach me. Two other factors that helped me was that my job paid for my education and I did a part time MBA program. I had classes twice a week at night and sometimes on weekends and it took me 4 years. I think for an engineer, it was perfect because it's not like the material is hard, but your mind does get rewired. Having 4 years to rewire your brain and not having the pressure to fund the education was great. You will also have more time to apply the material to your work and that was very helpful when dealing with work issues.

@his_stigness Ha! Click your user icon - go to settings then pick dark mode in the skin there. It works on everything but the composer.

@993-5150 There are several underground sites that have the software on them and you can try to update the radio yourself, but I am not brave enough as one error will render the radio bricked forever. I am just choosing to have the dealer do it.

@arch-duke-maxyenko sounds swole

Charge $100 to turn off sigs and then $100 to turn them on and then...

@hfv They did make a nearly identical liftback for Europe (and sold the sedan alongside it there for some reason) but we never got it. We should have bought more liftback Mazda6s I guess.

@ita97 Welp everything is flat here so 14t could work out if the wind is in the right direction lol
But nah I'm good mate...just gotta hope the parts hold out till I can afford to replace pretty much the whole drive train....not going to be a cheap one
Welp at least all that flatness means I'm also not putting a huge amount of strain on those parts so they may last a little while yet despite being worn out

The car has become self-aware and has flashbacks to its prior self. Recalling that rough patch before it had decided to clean up its life a little bit. Buy that new suit; you're worth it. But hold on to your old handkerchief, because well, darnit, it reminds you of where you were...

This is amazing. Cheap 392 HEMIs will flood the market as people roll these suckers.

@cb both represent interesting ways to ruin your life lol

@essextee We're already trying to sell BeaterGT on camera gear. The photography and Mk7 guys are generally terrible for this.

It should have pulled all of them in. There are a couple others on Discord working on pulling everything as well so we should end up with a few copies. The site I set up just doesn't have all of the posts yet - I'm still playing with the format so it was just a quick grab of 100 posts. So when I get it up all up there then all of your posts should show up.

F1 threads will continue! But yes we're lively on the discord too

@poor_sh said in I don't want to move....:

Update: he's taken the high ground.

It's over, Anakin.

@his_stigness Oh man, that is scary!

@rallywrench But moose don't break down every other day.

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Also, you can probably find just the engine for 16-cyl Cadillac, Marmon or the like for under the budget just to fill the list.

Looks great!

I love being able to sous vide steaks from frozen. When I find a killer deal on NY boneless strip, I load up on steaks, indivudually season and vacuum seal them, and put in the freezer. I'll start the sous vide a couple of hours before I want to eat, and throw a steak in the water bath straight from the freezer. Comes out perfect every time after some post cook searing in cast iron.

I have a serious problem. Can't stop collecting these things.

@pip-bip I sent her a note on Jalopnik - hopefully she comes over.

@jb-boin That's what I meant... my 14 year old GM wheel with less miles looks worse.

@poor_sh Back when I was doing long drives, I was in college, so it wasn't unusual for me to record my classes and listen to them again in the car. It really helped reinforce the lectures. My only other recourse was music. I had the same issue - a limited CD collection to choose from. Yeah, I'm old enough to remember 8-tracks and saw the rise and fall of cassettes.

When I took really long trips (the trip home from college was 9.5 hours), I'd check out books on tape from the library. It wasn't unusual to arrive mid-tape and my mom would wonder why it was taking so long for me to come inside. I just had to get to the end of the chapter!

Audible really changed things for me. I started making weekly trips to Houston for work and that was a 4-5 hour drive each way. I got an Audible subscription and only purchased unabridged books with my credits. That's often 20+ hours. Even though I'm not doing that drive any longer, I still get good books to keep me entertained on my short commute. It's a great way to pass the time.