First impressions?

1. Gorgeous ride. Seriously this suspension is really really good. It's so incredibly smooth on road. I feel this is going to be a great road trip car. There is a botched sewer repair/pavement patch in an intersection where I turn left all the time. It's unsettled every car I've ever driven over it. My wife and I both independently drove it in the Landy and both remarked to each other, it's the only car to not lurch sideways in that intersection.

2. Roomy, nay cavernous. At 6' I can lay down in the back. That's not common for SUVs (and a reason I was considering a suburban).

3. Power is very much there, but in an understated way. It never really feels like it's working very hard, I suppose that's what a luxury SUV should do.

Really, really looking forward to camping in this thing. My only wish is that it could've been green over tan but you can't have it all I suppose

The console fridge:

The offroad bits. So many options!

Soooo much light in the cabin:

And here's the Land Rover in its natural habitat, the local coffee shop

So Baxter decided to move out. We thought she'd live with us over the winter but apparently she had other plans! She started going outside an hour or two at a time, then all day. Now she's been gone for three days and two nights.

She's plenty sharp (teeth, claws, and brain, lol), so I think she'll manage fine. I hope so anyway. I'll miss her climbing into my hoodie but I won't miss her eating the keys on my laptop. Goodbye and godspeed, wherever you are!

Went out for coffee today and my wife and I spotted a squirrel pup on the sidewalk next to the auto parts store. It was alive, alert and waiting for its mama… who never showed.

So, what are you gonna do? It’s living with us now. It likes drinking puppy formula from a dropper, climbing my sweater, and sleeping curled up in my beanie. I think I’ll call it Baxter.

I’ve been reading all afternoon about squirrels in the house, apparently they’ll bond with you but still can be easily reintroduced to the wild at about 6 months of age, so the plan is help it through the winter and turn it out in the spring. It’s very healthy seemingly, no signs of injury, sickness or parasites. But man, can it ever sleep!

Wish Baxter and me luck oppo!

Thanks secret senna, this is amazing! I cracked up when I saw the shirt, my wife came into the room and immediately stole it Loving the book and hotwheels too, it's good to have distractions on the desk. Thank you!!

@sn4cktimes To brighten your humpday, here's Baxter fighting some stuff

@jordan I notice "all of the above" is not an option...

Yesterday was a yuuuuuge day for my broken leg!

I'm walking

and I'm driving!

And today after breakfast I'm going to try and ride a bike.

The damn leg ought to be strong enough to hold my weight, given all the metal scaffolding in there LOL:

She’s a die hard fan. Me too. If I could get one for less than a small fortune… sigh…

From Rad Envy for those interested

No car news, since I can't drive or really even walk. Instead I have fascinating medical updates!

A week ago Friday I felt a stabbing pain in my left chest. I couldn't breathe without pain, I was way short of breath, my pulse was thru the roof, and I thought I was having a heart attack.

The ambulance came and found a clean EKG, so they took me to the ER to find out what the heck was wrong.

They took a chest x-ray and then I waited. The gunshot wounds and the car crashes got precedence... OK. The pain died down a bit so it was fine.

The doctor saw me finally and said "well, there's an anomaly on the x-ray, but we don't see it as serious. Since the pain's gone I'm going to send you home. If the pain comes back see your primary care doctor."

This is where I fucked up. I should have told him no, something is wrong with me, you've got to find it. But I didn't. I just wanted to go home and sleep. So for the better part of a week, until I could see my primary care doc, I was limping along with four of these bad boys in my lungs:

[image stolen from google cause I don't have my CT data:]

Blood clots! My primary got so mad about the ER doc it was amazing. He told me I have textbook pulmonary embolism symptoms and I need a CT scan immediately.

Found the clots, got on blood thinners, feeling better. But yeah that's a week of my life where I could have been a lot healthier.

TLDR, fight for yourself in the hospital and clinic, cause no one else is going to do it for you.

@arran-angus haha the drivetribe clique Well I can't speak for others, but personally I never followed anyone because the forum was small enough that I saw every post. Maybe as things get bigger I'll change my ways

@RallyDarkstrike said in I have a very important announcement:

good to have something else on the resume

i'd hire a grub

@DSM_OR_DIE

@Neil-in-Nomi just had a look at that purple 2-series and it's pretty compelling. But with 3 people, four doors has got to be the way to go

@BJ I got you. Here you go!

@farscythe said in england v senegal:

@farscythe even tho they have a banana for a keeper

Pickford's haircut looks like it's 1922 and not 2022 lol

seriously though that was a f'n phenomenal left-hand save

Well played England. I don't know who's got the edge, them or France, but I do know that will be can't-miss TV.

@WilliamsSW I’d agree with you, 10k seems to be the Craigslist baseline for a nice SL of this generation. Nice cars, I wouldnt mind that in my driveway!

Good game Netherlands! Bad game US… I knew it would be tough but that was rough

@CarsOfFortLangley dude from the thumbnail I thought you had a visit from the EMTs… glad the kiddo got to enjoy the fire truck instead!

@flatisflat child of fort Langley?

@TheModernLeper it’s all just too big. Every room is too big. I think about all the biggest parties I’ve ever thrown, they are like 1 room worth of people. Living there would make me reflect on how small I am.