@kiltedpadre The kid looks uncertain about the sporran. I wonder how many folks here have worn proper highland dress?

@krustywantout yeah i kinda got it of hand.

@forsweden party plates!

THIS is the way to lease, nicely done

@long_voyager94 big fan of Carpenter Brut. Dangerous driving music

Sorry to hear that. Enjoy the ride, maybe crank some good music or find an audiobook or podcast to get your mind elsewhere. Take care.

@flatisflat said in Parts Bin Morph 22:

@hfv Now one of these on the other hand....

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Look at those muscular haunches!

Such wide body, much box flare

Oh man, I had a conference this year where one parent (mom) did 90% of the talking, I did about 5%, kid the other 5%, dad kept looking at me like, "I don't want to be here either" And I can't even remember whose parents they were. Really effective.

@farscythe 😬

@musashi66 Hard to say, the government seems to lump EV and PHEV sales together, and they're sitting at a little over 2% combined, while traditional non-plug in hybrids are also sitting at around 2%. Is it a question of lack of consumer acceptance, or lack of consumer choice? When automakers have offered hybrid options in the past, they seemed to usually be only available as part of a package with lots of extra luxury features that drove the price up, and, even then, they were only offered on certain types of vehicles and not at all on other types

@aremmes yeah, I need to get a bigger high endurance SD card before I start turning on the audio 24-7. At least 1TB. (Seems like there's no such thing, sadly.)

@highlander the problem with selling rare spares is that if you sell it, you now no longer have it, and might need it

I had a couple of ideas for the next challenge. 🙂

Kei cars (size and engine restrictions)
pickup trucks (could be work trucks, off road, or pavement queen)

@bloody-the-resident-shitposting-saffer said in Classic car as a first car:

@huzer I'm in a similar boat regarding motocycles and my wife. She's totally fine with me driving a 60 year old 4x4 but a bike is too dangerous. I think it is the same misconception a lot of people have when it comes to SUV's, there is a lot of metal surrounding you so that is safe. Never mind the fact that said metal will most likely direct almost all the kinetic energy of an accident into your body.

Also, I REALLY want a cafe racer. It would make me so happy.

Yeah there is often a big disconnect between what makes someone "feel" safe and what is actually safe.

As for a classic car being unsafe, sure. Lots of things are unsafe. If the kid has an affinity and respect for cars and is an attentive driver, I see no problem with a classic Mustang being that first car. But then I also see nothing wrong with teaching a kid how to ride motorcycles if they're interested.

@longtime-lurker said in New email from Ford on my Maverick:

@bbg2d That will work as long as your delivery date isn't something stupid like Dec 31 2022.

If it gets into August, I'll probably cancel the order, buy in the CONUS and drive the AlCan highway again, it's usually very doable and an interesting trip.

I do tweet on occasion....been to busy to do it as much as I had been lately though! 😞
https://twitter.com/RallyDarkstrike

@gibbsemphasis off the shelf from Setina, a police equipment vendor. They might have a kit for the Camaro.

Update: nope they don't. The key to a skid plate on a coupe is having the correct bolt points to ensure it won't drop off the car and pole vault you into a tree.

@bbg2d yeah, for sure. We also have to contend with a 25% lot coverage maximum in our town, so you got to choose between a 10x10 shed or another 100 sqft of house for each level. So you have to make up the loss of storage in the garage. So many bouses in the neighborhood have the garage as a shed and the cars on the driveway.

Dune is about worms

@just-jeepin said in Michigan help:

@chariotoflove Whoa. Please express my gratitude to your brother-in-law; that's quite detailed.

I will. He's a detail oriented guy. He's been driving these roads for years. If I pressed him, I'm pretty sure he could tell me the mile markers of the best stops.

@dr-zoidberg
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I can parallel park pretty well, but for whatever reason, However...i dunno if it's the raked, high door sills or the narrowing of the front end, but I just can't back into a parking space straight in that thing. Never used to have this problem in other vehicles, but I can never seem to get it right. No backup camera, btw, or i'd probably be doing much better.

@silentbutnotreallydeadly for me it was more that my NC750X cost near that, and is more capable for road stuff.

@exage03040 I have it on fairly good authority that our firm, a national company, would love to mandate it, but we'd lose to many people in small town prarieland/flatganistan that it would cripple us, since our company has a lot of branches.