Was it an older Chevrolet SUV (S10 Blazer or Trailblazer)? That’s just normal operating sounds on those lol

“where the police didn’t feel free to hunt me down like an animal with impunity and community support....”

Must suck to live life delusional and scared like that. Do you also worry about getting struck by lightning a lot? Because that is literally more likely to happen than you getting gunned down by a cop.

Those “evil large corporate megafarms” feed most of the country at the moment, and employ the majority of the ag workforce. Then there’s the equipment sales and maintenance, the seed producers and distributors, the grain elevators, etc, etc. And that’s the Midwestern corn/soy folks, produce growers have their own…

“leading to a shocking percentage of Americans being ignorant shitheads.”

Precisely, ignorant people like you that are willing to insult the people that literally keep our population from starving to death. You dehumanize and insult whole swaths of the population that keep the country running and then wonder why they…

I hate to be cliche, but “this is why Trump won.”

The fact that you talk about “illiterate dirt farmers” also goes to show just how little you know about the ag space in America, despite benefiting from it massively (before mercifully leaving this country). I’d say our farmers are probably among the most literate on…

Take a look at the cars you listed, the $3500 one looks at least passable but more than likely is a mess (just say no to black plastidip wheels). The $2500 one is just about ready for the junkyard. And there are many fewer 4 doors since it was a very limited run of v6/6spd sedans just in 2006 and 2007, and sellers…

“There’s a ton of manual V6 Accords from the mid-00's that would also qualify as a “better” car.”

Please find me the “tons” of these $3k stick shift V6 Accords.

There’s a 70% chance that you’re a rapey “male feminist”

Okay, but it is still a difference in hardware and how the car acts in terms of ride and handling. Heck even the difference between an SE and LE rental is noticeable (to me). Namely, the LE rides better. The thing of it is, this gen Camry is a legitimately competent handler even in the more basic trims, so yes perhaps…

“The XSE trims are essentially an appearance package, performing almost no better than the XLE.”

Except for, you know, the springs and struts and sway bars, different tires. 

The nut behind the wheel

Eh kind of sort of. Lifting the body higher does help the truck from getting caught up on its belly.  Better to just be dragging A-arms and the rear pumpkin than the entire underbody.  But you’re right adding in larger wheels helps even more.

“That’s a relative term, as we’re talking about a Lada, but apparently, the ride comfort is improved.”

What you don’t realize is that Ladas are tuned with a huge emphasis on a soft, long travel suspension. They unequivocally ride better than a modern Cadillac over bad pavement, since bad pavement is all they were…

Yeah I really don’t understand why ‘yota wouldn’t have one then, since they have a history of putting them in their TRD Offroad Tacos and 4Runners. I don’t use the one on my ‘96 often, but it’s good insurance.

I agree, why is there no locking rear diff in the Tundra?  Is it because they didn’t have something beefy enough the handle the 5.7L’s torque?

Hmm...

You do realize that the billionaire class benefits greatly from unrestricted migration of low cost labor into this country? There’s a reason why the mainstream Republican machine so wholeheartedly rejected Trump as a candidate during the primaries. Look at fundraising numbers and at who was getting the big GOP bucks.…

You’re not wrong. It was interesting to go after the election with my grandfather in law to the local USW union hall (steel town in NE Ohio), they still had some leftover pamphlets near the entrance promoting Hillary, but in line for the asbestos screening was an old timer with his MAGA hat. Going off of yard signs…

Did Hilldog get a kinja account?  Can you just re-read what you wrote?  People are engaged in reasoned discussion and you come barreling in with accusations and vitriol.  This is the precise reason the Hillary camp lost badly in those key working class areas that were traditional Democrat strongholds.  Protecting jobs…

I don’t doubt that, beaches can be vastly different, from wet hard packed sand that is as smooth as pavement, to deep and dry sand that’s like sugar.  In the OBX it’s the areas immediately by the ramps that typically catch people. The sand gets dug up and is the driest and deepest there.  The only way to get through…