The one here in Richmond that gets lots of jokes is Short Pump. Before the turn of the century it was just a spot on West Broad, but in the past decade or so it’s absolutely exploded to become the money spot in Richmond. But people laugh at the name.

As far as the OP goes, I’m pretty sure Billy Corgan had something to do with it.

@distraxi said in Interesting few hours coming up here:

Geological activity's our bugbear - a San Andreas grade faultline stretches the length of the country, better than half the population lives in tsunami-vulnerable areas, and our largest city Auckland is built on a field of volcanoes. Sooner or later it's going to go very, very badly wrong. Not today though, it seems.

😨 😱 Are you sure you'd rather be there than here?! 😉

@st80mnd oh yeah that's my little vertical harbor:

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@highlander That's the nice thing with kids. They don't know what they don't have. As long as you don't tell them!

@cash-rewards A friend with one of those also needed to get a ripping chain for his chainsaw.

@cé-hé-sin Yes yes, last year an inconceivable amount of bush burned down, but you get that don't you?

@jb-boin said in New Citroen C4 adverts.:

@nauraushaun no, the main selling point is that it's still comfy as the old ones, the bottle not moving on the bump indicates that.

And it's not a SUV but a "coupé" hatchback, they even use the slogan "Hatch Maker since 1928" in the first ad, it's about the height of a Golf Alltrack and the length is in between a normal Golf and an Alltrack.

That's a good pickup, I didn't notice that part.

Eh. I don't bother drawing lines between all the different types of raised-hatchback-shaped things. SUV/CUV/crossover/lifted hatch/coupe - whatever. They're pretty much the same.

@whoistheleader said in Oh hey look a SEAT Leon in the US of A:

@cé-hé-sin said in Oh hey look a SEAT Leon in the US of A:

The idea is to stop making three door cars but to disguise the rear handles so some buyers who like that kind of thing can still get a kind of three door vibe going on.

Of recent US cars I can only think of the Chevy Sonic.

Honda HR-V rear door handles are like that too, but this idea dates back to at least the FD RX-7.

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The Chevy Beretta did something similar but with what I believe is a typical parts bin handle, blacked out like the window trim and mounted vertically.

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@musashi66

Beef strip burritos this afternoon. I’ll need a late night tide over meal but still deciding.

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@e90m3 it's angry about being a Fiat

@jerc1500 said in 911 Update 2:

@snakesm13 The 997 was still a little too rich for me so I grabbed the 996 for $15k from a seller who had recently had a DUI. He offered to buy it back from me three years later for the same price and I am sure I could get more than $15k for it still so I have been very happy with the purchase.

Normal stuff has been done with mine. Alternator, brakes, water pump and tires so far. One window regulator that is acting up and I need to get around to fixing a few interior items but overall it's been reliable and inexpensive to own. Packaging makes DIY stuff cramped but you can still do it on these cars.

That is a great story and amazing deal! Most of the 996s were $20k+ with some pushing $30k. That’s insane from where they were just 5 years ago.

@bandit if you're legitimately in need of the stimulus money because you were over the thresholds in 2019 but lost a significant part of your income in 2020 (i.e. if under 2020 income you would qualify) - then the best think you can do is file your 2020 income taxes ASAP. If your 2020 taxes have been filed and you qualify based on those numbers you will absolutely receive the stimulus payment - at least that's the intent as I understand.

For folks who don't receive a check since they haven't filed 2020 taxes yet, but after the fact turn out to actually have qualified - believe they expect a program to be in place to retroactively issue payment once they make the realization based on 2020 taxes.

@veearrrsix Great question. Either way, the number of first cars cut of by the FD is almost certainly highly disproportionate.

@way2blu said in The “looking back at the car after parking” effect got a whole lot stronger with these new wheels:

The “looking back at the car after parking” effect got a whole lot stronger with these new wheels

I remember when I used to feel that way about a Camaro...

@pyroholtz none that I know of, but could be several joggers hiding in the gaping maw.

@jminer I sure will 🙂

@urambo-tauro My rule is, if the lugs are at serious risk of being sheared off by a man with a normal ratchet it is conceivable that they are too small.

@fintail "autometal direct", chromed and not stainless.
I honestly wouldn't mind if they were stainless, because it'd be a little better match to the anodized aluminum in some respects - but they're chrome.
Front and rear bumper are $500 each, contrasting with the dagmar kits, both being over 600.
I wonder, should I do a bumper + dagmar kit for each bumper at a time? Since I think the bumper guards use the bumper bolt locations, it bears thinking about.

@awesomeaustinv I don't have any info there. The markings on the front are
VEICOLO ELETTRICO (which is just Electric Vehicle I think) and a dealer badge for https://www.rugipiaggio.it/. The dealer doesn't seem to sell these or anything similar new. There is a micro van lurking in the background in some of their photos, but it doesn't appear to be this sort. And unfortunately, it doesn't seem like Italy lets you look up plates online the way some other European countries do.

Here's a closer picture:
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Ooh, found something:
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https://car.pege.org/2006-ever-monaco-car/electric-microvan.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micro-Vett

Here's another one with the same bumper (white painted this time), though without the tall windows:
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http://ipocars.com/vinfo/piaggio/porter_fontana_elettrico_6_posti-2007.html

And another with the same configuration I saw:
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@ttyymmnn I did, but that’s because the Beaver has always been among my favorite planes.

@way2blu It really looks great. And remember, anything can be an offroad car as long as you have enough momentum.

@mark-tucker good news.

Weirdly, if all else fails you can register it to an address outside of the portland metro and then you won't have to do DEQ at all. I've considered that wheeze myself in the past...

@rusty-vandura said in COVID-19, Workplace Safety, Unemployment Benefits, California: Seeking Input:

@vincentmalamute said in COVID-19, Workplace Safety, Unemployment Benefits, California: Seeking Input:

I didn't know he could've had a different source of inspiration for naming his kids.

I hadn't thought about Dr. Seuß not being politically correct as of right now.

I believe cat in the hat still hasn't been banned... but who knows.

@veearrrsix The thing is Gilroy actually smells like garlic when you drive though town...

@hfv I believe it!