If that is how the dude was talking to the tower, I seriously question his ability to fly the aircraft. It is almost nonsensical and certainly not how they are all taught to request anything from ATC. The rules are very specific. Sure we BS with the pilots a bit when there is time but are we sure he wasn’t having a…

It is basically not. Pay is super unbalanced, especially the DoD controllers that specialize in military aircraft. Busy urban areas like big cities get paid 4% more then rural Alabama and they wonder why they cant find new employees.

To be fair, I’m an air traffic controller and I have no idea what you asked of chatGPT because it made zero sense.

Looks like a Rivian...which is actually for sale. Can I get different state’s names to replace the Alaska on the front as I drive to different places?

Nope, still stock. And of course it’s only on empty pavement and when conditions permit and all that. Big difference between having fun and being an idiot. Also, the plastic motor mounts are a known fail point...

Why though?  I push the little golf cart tires on my electric car to their limits on empty onramps for fun.  Sure it takes a bit of life off but what’s the harm exactly?

Right now the baseline for everyone is 25%. But then places with high cost of living aren’t high enough to actually live there. Hawaii, for example, is 41%. So by the government’s estimation, Hawaii costs about 17% more then rural Alabama.  They need to roll the 25% into everyone’s base pay, since everyone already…

It is not fairly distributed though. Take department of defense civilians that control military and civil aircraft on or around military installations. In Alabama, they get 25% locality. In Seattle, they get 27%. The system needs a complete overhaul.

There are a bunch near us too. Most are CPO and marked up 50 to 70% over new sticker.  We want one but I’ll be cold and in the ground before I pay a dealer markup.

The problem is people take something that’s fairly wide eyed and stupid looking like a jeep and then GIVE it the angry eyes. Granted this is the easiest way to tell that the owner is named kyle and he mainlines monster energy and is the bane of all drywall for 10 miles in any direction...but you give the people…

Good info.  Thanks for the explanation. 

Do any of those vehicles have “standard automotive air conditioners”?  Not a single one has a compressor driven off the engine because...well of course they don’t.  So, while a heat pump is more efficient then...whatever they have (more akin to a house window unit maybe?), calling it a standard automotive AC seems…

Yeah, I bought it used. I’m paying about 3% of the car’s value per year as registration. Not a tenth of a percent. By your math, that car was 500k new? My point, that seemed to go way over your head, is my car still uses gas, weighs very little, and has very little impact on road wear. So I get all my fees doubled and…

As if we weren’t already paying enough. Registration for my BMW I3 last year was over $550. That’s $150 for the electric vehicle tax, even though it’s technically a hybrid with the generator, and another $200 for the rail tax that doesn’t go where I live...but hey, let’s find a way to make that F’ing higher. I’m sure…

The problem isn’t that they are in demand, it is that Toyota is artificially creating a ridiculous shortage by just not building them. They manufacture the Sienna almost as an afterthought as though they want their customers to not buy them. They will not build them to order.

And yet, 18 months on, Toyota still wont build me an F-ing minivan.

That would be awesome actually....wait wait...the hockey team or the wildfires?  I’ve been fooled before...

“...for whom a Jeep Gladiator is just too big...” For when the pickup bed in your ruined jeep is smaller then a camry trunk? I don’t understand. But then again I don’t understand the gladiator either. Covering that sad little bed does two things: First, people don’t see the half sized kiddie pool the owner refer to…

Hey now, that depends on the car for the most part. My I3 responds as quick as you can hit the buttons or spin the wheel and it has 8 programmable actual buttons on top for instant access to anything in the menus. HVAC and stereo have real buttons as well. I’m not saying it’s great but it is far from the worst option.

Sorry, I didn’t see the other responses when I was replying. I wasn’t trying to be contrary, just informative.