Such a perfect vehicle (in another more muted color)
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I finally got my car back yesterday after it sitting at the dealership for a month to have the suspension replaced. Pumped!
Wheel bearing took a shit in my f150 last Friday. Dealership says they cant look at it until March 9th. I say thats fine, it's not safe to drive, I'll just leave it at the dealership. Give me a loaner until you fix it under warranty. They complied with a nice red truck for me to drive. 5 days later they say my rig is fixed. I guess they want the loaner back.
Apparently these newer f150's have terrible wheel bearings and bearing has been changing part numbers every few months.
Apparently these newer f150's have terrible wheel bearings and bearing has been changing part numbers every few months.
Sounds like you got gotten by the fallacy of unit bearings. I fucking hate those stupid things, "lifetime" bearings that cost 10-25x more than the old school roller bearings and last twice as long.
My Discovery used $9 Timken bearings, my Taco uses $175 bearings that don't even last as long as the brake pads. Progress!
My Discovery used $9 Timken bearings, my Taco uses $175 bearings that don't even last as long as the brake pads. Progress!
So basically what's in the background?I finally got my car back yesterday after it sitting at the dealership for a month to have the suspension replaced. Pumped!
The tire store I took it to first said they could get a bearing out of Florida in 4 days for $950 + labor
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That does look amazingly like a toy.
Aside from the fact those fenders are going to rip right off it's pretty sweet for a juke. Just needs to lose that yellow crap.
As it has no travel those fenders might be just fine
But why are you mining for diamonds?
cobalt
Trafigura inks cobalt deal with DRC artisanal miners
Agreement with the Congolese government will help improve conditions at informal mine sites in return for cobalt supplies.
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My longtime friend/neighbor and his damn office window never disappoints
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Michael Bedell on Instagram: "More snow fun outside the office. Bring the correct gear when coming to the mountains kids!"
51 likes, 19 comments - have_mojo on February 22, 2023: "More snow fun outside the office. Bring the correct gear when coming to the mountains kids!".
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That looks just like my old fwd Volvo.My longtime friend/neighbor and his damn office window never disappoints
Michael Bedell on Instagram: "More snow fun outside the office. Bring the correct gear when coming to the mountains kids!"
51 likes, 19 comments - have_mojo on February 22, 2023: "More snow fun outside the office. Bring the correct gear when coming to the mountains kids!".
uSeD oNeS wIlL tRiCkLe dOwN iN pRiCe
jesus.fuckMy longtime friend/neighbor and his damn office window never disappoints
Michael Bedell on Instagram: "More snow fun outside the office. Bring the correct gear when coming to the mountains kids!"
51 likes, 19 comments - have_mojo on February 22, 2023: "More snow fun outside the office. Bring the correct gear when coming to the mountains kids!".
Jtfc, this thread is full of overvalued "bring a trailer" ads . What's your fucking point? All used car prices have gone up in the last few years. I'm loving the "pick a data point a be a dick about it" ... C'mon you're better than that.
A Valentine's Day gift for 'woo: Europe joins California in mandating all new vehicles sold be zero emission starting in 2035... https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20230210IPR74715/fit-for-55-zero-co2-emissions-for-new-cars-and-vans-in-2035
With the EU and much of North America on board, the auto manufacturers are going to have to ramp up production capacity pretty quickly... Hopefully this means more options...
With the EU and much of North America on board, the auto manufacturers are going to have to ramp up production capacity pretty quickly... Hopefully this means more options...
"But my tyres say All Seasons"My longtime friend/neighbor and his damn office window never disappoints
Michael Bedell on Instagram: "More snow fun outside the office. Bring the correct gear when coming to the mountains kids!"
51 likes, 19 comments - have_mojo on February 22, 2023: "More snow fun outside the office. Bring the correct gear when coming to the mountains kids!".
Mclarens were never marketed as saving the world einstein.
Im literally referencing somethig said here on this forum, about that specific brand, regarding the 'trickle down' of getting more telsas specifically on the road to replace gas cars. Your feelings are oddly attached to a real shitty company. You should get that checked out. Its not healthy.
mY fUcKiNg pOiNt sensitive one, is the same one it's always been: mass consumerisim under a different guise, especially when it continues to drive all the same horrors as the oil industry, fixes nothing. Electric cars are simply a new chair arrangement on the titanic. Remote combustion vehicles will solve or save nothing except for new investment opportunities for people with money.
Man as soon as you find all those examples of me defending oil production and the industry behind it imma be in big trouble!
you can offset all that with carbonclick.com payments you know....
hint: they both suck. But it's apparently more fun to just ignore the realities of one of them. The people who made that graphic are an assemblage of multiple mansion owners and private jet flyers. There's a joke there if you can see after you're done catching on fire every time someone says something remotely mean about a car.
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well, you never specified that the picture you posted was a Tesla mining operation. You seem to conflate your hate of Tesla owners in California with all EVs the world over. No one's saying lithium and cobalt mining isn't bad, but you certainly never point out the negative effects of petroleum extraction. I guess it doesn't happen in your back yard so the whataboutism is legit?
I'm with you on mass consumerism. But its impacts are not limited to one company making 5 (or 6?) models of cars. The pearl clutching is also a bit ironic given your penchant for gasoline-powered sports...
also, I've never professed to being a Tesla fan. I dislike Musk as much as the next guy, and will never own a Tesla as a result.
literally anyone from the PAWN forum to the courtesy phone please....literally anyone.....
you should change your avatar to one of the monkeys with their hands over their eyes
Climate Change...
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You make a lot of assumptions.....
My TX colleague drove me around in his C7 Z06 on some open country roads. Holy heck, I almost soiled the fancy leather.
There are a few good roads downtown that have cams. Portland doesn't get much snow, but when it does...My longtime friend/neighbor and his damn office window never disappoints
Michael Bedell on Instagram: "More snow fun outside the office. Bring the correct gear when coming to the mountains kids!"
51 likes, 19 comments - have_mojo on February 22, 2023: "More snow fun outside the office. Bring the correct gear when coming to the mountains kids!".
This last dump was pretty impressive.
whenever I see coastal snow up there the first thing I do is start looking for portland and seattle footage
Those I can kinda get. But you come to tahoe in february with street slicks.....you deserve every bit of what you get. Fun Fact: the bottom of that hill is an open area straight into lake tahoe
Respect
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There was a dude in a brodozer with 24" wheels and street slicks that I pulled out of the ditch 3 times in about 100'. I made sure he was billed each time. He was bitching that Dodge trucks were shit. I told him it wasn't the truck it was his choice of wheel/tire combo that was failing him.whenever I see coastal snow up there the first thing I do is start looking for portland and seattle footage
Those I can kinda get. But you come to tahoe in february with street slicks.....you deserve every bit of what you get. Fun Fact: the bottom of that hill is an open area straight into lake tahoe
It's so funny to me when people think it's their vehicle that's the problem. Are your wheels spinning? Then it's doing it's job.There was a dude in a brodozer with 24" wheels and street slicks that I pulled out of the ditch 3 times in about 100'. I made sure he was billed each time. He was bitching that Dodge trucks were shit. I told him it wasn't the truck it was his choice of wheel/tire combo that was failing him.
It's proof that all that AWD independent blah blah blah that gets in the way of 4wd marketing bullshit actually worked.
Lack of homer rating, so bad spelling is appliedThere was a dude in a brodozer with 24" wheels and street slicks that I pulled out of the ditch 3 times in about 100'. I made sure he was billed each time. He was bitching that Dodge trucks were shit. I told him it wasn't the truck it was his choice of wheel/tire combo that was failing him.
It’s no fun arguing with you anymore because you literally hate everything and simply outcynical any point. It’s boooooring. You sound like a twitter reply guy. Get off the hellsite and maybe get some therapy. You should probably move out of the town you now hate so much and is gonna burn down at some point anyway.literally anyone from the PAWN forum to the courtesy phone please....literally anyone.....
you should change your avatar to one of the monkeys with their hands over their eyes
Climate Change...
https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/12/startup-make-sunsets-promises-to-disrupt-the-stratosphere/
You make a lot of assumptions.....
Like it or not, EVs are a positive step forward from gas cars and they are less evil. Your attitude of some sort of requirement for perfection is frankly pretty dumb. You increasingly sound like the stupidest sort of American these days.
buy a carbon credit you'll feel better
Just bought a 2014 Ford Escape for the missus. Her sister came back to town so no more free Tesla for her!
It came with a hitch, a roof rack, and near new Nokian HakkepelikAtiakka tires. I’m sure it will smoke my Durango come this weekend’s snowpocalypse
It came with a hitch, a roof rack, and near new Nokian HakkepelikAtiakka tires. I’m sure it will smoke my Durango come this weekend’s snowpocalypse
I knew you were being sarcastic with this but sweet jeebus that's not far off
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Are those the ones with the little glass/polymer bits in the rubber? Those plus studs must be about perfect
all ends justify all means in the new progressive consumerism amirite?