I would argue that the Tundra is lightning fast for it’s size. It’s 0-60 is in the 5 second range with the 5.7l and 4 seconds with the factory supercharger. That’s faster than almost any 90s supercar.

Spot on. About 10 years ago I was in the market to replace my F150 that the engine grenaded on when the bolt holding the harmonic stabilizer sheared off. Not fun. Wanting to relive my Hilux days I went shopping for a smaller truck and the Tacoma seemed perfect. A few problems came up right away. The Tacoma was…

Before this year I would have agreed with you but it has become clear to me that I often won’t even see the best candidate because of the several layers of HR it passes through before it ever gets to me. And that assumes of course I’ve structured the job posting in way to attract a broad swath of candidates and not…

I absolutely respect the decision to buy off the rack and furthermore, there isn’t the cost savings of rolling your own like there used to be. That said, if your last experience was the 90s, let me tell you, it’s gotten so much easier. No PC interrupts, jumpers, comms channels, plug and pray. It’s more like Lego. Even…

They stole that bit of character trait from James Garner in the Rockford Files. He would always run if he could and if he did have to fight it he wasn’t great and always regretful and worse for wear. I never watched it but I imagine these were inherited from his time as Maverick. Having aired almost entirely before I…

but almost certainly at a different level of FA for high net worth individuals than the person putting in $500 for the first time. Also as you get wealthier you outsource the shit you don’t enjoy.

Listen, I think for your typical american that is true but the acceptance of this behavior is maddening. Has anything like this happened in modern history ever? We’ve lost our civility and the president is encouraging it. That isn’t a practical problem it is existential and will last for DECADES. It is this type of…

That is an incredible head in the sand statement right there. No president has ever threatened to not leave office or even hinted at it when voted out, so it isn’t the same. In my lifetime the most adversarial election was when Bush defeated Gore but lost the popular vote and we had to have the courts decide. But it…

At that time we also benefitted from the volume of skilled workers that came from Europe as skilled tradesmen. Capitalism says that as demand grows and supply diminishes, those wages should go up. I’d like to think that is true but somehow I don’t think so.

Another washingtonian here and this is absolutely correct. We’ve been vote by mail for a decade now and it is amazing. I can put it in my mailbox or I can drop it in a dropbox (which I always do). It couldn’t be easier. I was able to track my ballot within a day or two and could see that my vote was validated and…

I was looking at these yesterday in the Seattle area which is a good place to find well kept, rust free examples. I found some pretty nice ones for about $15k that road ready and all original. This looks like it needs more than $13k worth of work so ND. If this is a parent/child project car as an excuse for hanging…

BSM is so effective and obvious I wouldn’t be surprised to find it mandatory like a backup cameras. It genuinely improves the driving experience and makes me feel less safe in my other vehicles without it.

Not if the small bits are cumulatively worse than the alternative. It isn’t fatalism. We don’t have enough information to know what is the lesser of the two evils. I think the point being made was that isn’t a reasonable fix and that the problem is best addressed at the choke points (industry) otherwise your good deed…

How do you get to all those resources? Drive? I can get my milk delivered in bottles but until the chain is fixed I doubt that plastic is going to offset the giant truck that brought me my non plastic bagged bread.

My younger self was regretfully in that camp but I don’t think that is an apples to apples comparison. Nuclear has negative externalities that have NEVER been solved. There are some good ideas but no practical solutions. The problem is, the fear of nuclear has starved it of research dollars and we could likely have…

This is not old enough to be cool or ironic. Maybe in 10 more years. At $3800 this is $800 more dollars than I sold my excellent condition 2000 Camry V6 stick which was nicer by every metric that matters for a commuter. This is too much for an old (but not old enough) ford sedan.

Shame on you for invoking that song and band. 10 points minus for Griffendor!

Recent? Tesla has been up to fuckery on everything they do. I honestly have no idea how their system works. First it was supercharge access lifetime, then subscription, then lifetime again. Same with FSD and warranties. The warranty has changed a couple times in the past too. It is madness, I don’t know how a used…

4 stroke chainsaws do exist but if we’re following along with the article then I think the suggestion would be a ban on new sales not taking the old. They will die out eventually. Except the Stihls. Those things go forever (and huskqvarna to a lesser extent).

Eezep is technically correct to which I would normally say “is the best kind of correct” but in this case I don’t think I can. I can bundle a can of gasoline and matches and call it “ Safety First Indoor Firestarter Kit for Children” and it would indeed be a term of art and therefore acceptable. However, I don’t think…