I can’t read the article, and maybe it’s answered somewhere in there. But what is the metric for figuring this out? Any modern car can make it to 200k miles assuming that you follow scheduled maintenance and are willing to replace parts that fail. Is it the one that will make it to 200k without needing a new turbo? A…

That’s the face of a man who has no idea how lucky he is and strikes me as someone who will be right back out there as soon as he can. 

Wish I saw this earlier. I’d have run off and bought it. But, it’s been sold.

Obviously it might not be up to the author, but what I would have preferred is that they test drive the base version, which starts at what I thought it should ($40k). I don’t understand why “a limited-slip differential, beefier brakes and forged 19-inch Rays alloys” add $14k to the price, and I struggle to think that…

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I would say my Laser II sailing days were the absolute most fun and challenging of any of the numerous little dinghies I owned. Had way too much fun on those things. And, like I said, they really aren’t that expensive in the big picture of sailing. So even as far as hobbies go, a Laser II is pretty hard to beat in…

You forgot the most expensive part though. The obsession that may develop from your $500 boat. Much like cars, motorcycles, planes, and any other hobby, soon after boring yourself with the Sunfish you’ll find yourself lusting after a Laser II, which is a semi-reasonable $2,500. But then you’ll want Challenge Sailcloth…

Underfunded and repeatedly incompetent federal agency is incompetent, more at 11. 

Of course not.

I find it all fascinating. I hadn’t seen this video yet and its very interesting.

Boat ramp watching is always a good time, but I still have yet to see a car submerged at the ramp! 

Man, not only are they out there, they seemed to be the majority these days. The covid boat-buying boom was terrible for boating safety. People somehow assume if you can drive a car you can drive a boat. Which, while technically true, does not quite mean you can do all the things you need to do with a boat. Like dock…

Somehow, people associate wearing a life jacket with looking or being perceived as “weak.” It is staggeringly dumb. I do a lot of kayaking and sailing on small dinghies (which flip over constantly and I spend a lot of time swimming) so its only natural for me to always have a life jacket on. I also own a power boat…

While there is much that drives me bonkers about GT7, the VR aspect of it is truly a sight to behold and changes the dynamics of playing that game in a way that I don’t think Microsoft can compete with. Playing GT7 in VR with even a budget wheel and pedals changes that game in a staggering way, and the immersion is…

This was my first thought. Safety at port and pirates can likely be dealt with. But trusting private industry, which exists to make a profit and makes that profit by cutting as many corners as possible, to safely run a nuclear reactor is not something I’m interested in seeing. 

This is dependent on where we are road tripping, but I am old school and buy or print out hard-copy maps of our journey. Google Maps is shockingly accurate throughout the world, but it is not perfect. Paper maps has saved my bacon on multiple occasions traveling in Central America. Particularly El Salvador and…

Wow, so just about a year I guess. I’ve been wondering what the delivery time is. I have a ‘15 Forester right now and it’s nearing the age/mileage where it’s going to start needing routine scheduled maintenance. Thinking about placing an order, but have to go find a dealership that actually has one on the lot and see…

That’s awesome!

I can’t tell if this is satire. But, some problems with your math there I think. By my math, that’s $2,750 or so a month, before taxes. So probably a take home of something like $2,200 a month, maybe less. Assuming you live with your parents, sure. You could afford this car. What's the average studio apartment there?…

How on earth you pull that off? Around me that’s a $30k truck.