I’ve long thought that this story is one of the most amazing parts. He’s landing somewhere we’ve never been, somewhere completely uninhabited, and he still has to literally find a place to park the lander which was not designed for that situation. It’s unreal, and not publicized enough.

The real question is how they left the ground with the weight of all those huge brass balls.

“Yes it was pretty crappy by today’s standards, but it held it’s own very well when compared to the build quality and mechanical sketchiness of just about every other early seventies mass produced car.”

Interesting, and alarming. I wonder if that “35 and older” stat basically means that a lot of them are Boomers, though.

“I look at the insurectionists [sic], and I wonder how hard they worked and how much money they spent not to pay taxes.”

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It also sounds like they aren’t taking much away from the FTC... they can still collect, they just can’t do so in this specific way. Annoying for victims, granted, but at least it doesn’t prevent them from eventually getting repaid (likely, partially repaid, but still it’s something).

Same. And agreed on the purchase/sale calculation, I’ve had a number of cars I traded in before paying off (always with equity, I’m not an idiot, I just get bored) so I spent nowhere near the actual purchase price.

I had a good time with BF1, but it was only fun if your entire team was competent. In BF4 one competent squad was able to make a difference, but the maps in 1 were too large for that to be possible. Personally I loved the old-school weaponry, but then I’m weird and have enjoyed using no-scope bolt-action rifles in…

Um, there’s one other group...

Agreed. Or maybe we can do half-generations like the Audi scene does.

3.2 Carrera; I inherited it from my late father who picked it up for about $8k in the early ‘00s. Granted it needed a few thousand put into it at that time, but looking back, what a bargain...

IMS is overblown (also cheap to proactively fix), and the headlights objectively look great if you get the mostly-clear versions. Not the best looking 911, to be sure, but as cars go they’re great looking. Drive one, you’ll love it.

Your overall point is completely valid, but for this car specifically I think the appreciation is genuine. It’s a desirable enthusiast car in a nice spec, and good ones just aren’t that common anymore.

Agreed, all that picture did was make me want to move to Lithuania.

I, for one, have been enjoying my new 5G connectivity since getting the vaccine over a week ago. Blazing fast speeds everywhere!

Wait until you see a Cullinan. There are quite a few where I live in the tri-state area and they utterly dwarf everything around them.

In 2001 my dad bought a manual 924S (which had the 944 engine) with around 100k miles for $3500. The times have indeed changed.

And, the resolutions are different (at least in the Q50 I drove once) between the screens so the thing looks like a hackjob. Do it properly like Audi does and multiple screens is fine.