Often millwork was completely custom - each guy working 80 or 100 years ago would have his own set of knives and make his own profile for everything. So if you want to match those beautiful old mahogany baseboards you often have only two options: pay a fortune to have custom knives made to match your existing…

Oh, it's been done, and bigger. Google Land Rover 4BT swaps for giggles.

The Rover 2.25 diesel never got a turbo. This is almost certainly a 2.5TD, which was a huge improvement in power over the old 2.25d, but still pretty notorious for busting cranks.

As a bearded TDI owner in Portland, I will be waiting until tomorrow morning to actually yell that out my window.

It’s incredibly difficult with dementia’s though. One of the first things lost to disease is executive function, which is critical to making exactly that kind of decision. In fact one of the cruel ironies of dementia is that the patient often loses the ability to recognize their own illness very early on, and resent…

I went through this with my mother, who was diagnosed in her early 50's, just a year or two after my father had passed away suddenly. At first we thought she just wasn’t bouncing back from losing him, but it became clear soon enough something much worse was happening. It’s an awful awful process.

The air freshener is the big red flag to me. The speakers and stereo are dumb but forgivable, but the minute I see an air freshener I think mold and/or overpowering BO.

Right. So they’re acting like a consignor, but not actually doing the things a consignor legally has to do like assuming title and getting licensed and bonded. Sounds an awful lot like Uber’s “we’re just a technology services company” line, which hasn’t worked out too well for them in the courts so far. Not trying to…

So, it’s online auto consignment? How do they get away with not being a dealer, legally?

It is verifiably the worst. I’ve driven to LAX at 5 o’clock on a Friday, I drove across Portugal where they’ll pass your ass on a one-lane road (and have the unpaid speeding ticket to prove it), I’ve driven in freaking Honduras where I had to dodge a guy riding a horse bareback in the street. DC rush hour actually…

Switched to TaxAct this year. Just as effective as TurboTax, slightly less obnoxious, much cheaper (like 1/3rd the cost for me, at least). And I get the joy of putting Intuit on my spam filter list.

The awareness of Russian casualties is slowly improving, but it’s still incredibly unusual to find references to the huge number of Chinese casualties in WWII. I think it’s pretty evident in the way Americans tend to react to Chinese and Russian politics; when you finally grok how extensively those two cultures got…

If the Disco 5 doesn’t get the TDV6 as an option in the US, it will be definitive proof that God hates us. I just hope they can keep some of the chunkiness alive; I really like the looks of the new RRS and Disco Sport, but I’ll miss the boxy purposefulness of the older models.

CP

Here’s what’s unacceptable:

Yes, the wires are very fine, much finer than what you’re used to in a rear window defroster. Who knows what the actual marginal cost is - I think they do tend to be found more on “premium” brands like Audi, BMW, etc, but Ford offers their version on just about every European model they make, including their tiniest…

I’ve had a couple Land Rovers with the fully heated windshield, and I don’t notice the elements at all. I have to squint and concentrate to even see them, and they’re invaluable in truly nasty weather. I can see why they’re not a standard, but I don’t understand why almost nobody even offers them as an option in the…

I was shopping CPO Range Rovers recently, and more than one dealer told me they’re getting very hard to come by because lease residuals are turning out to be way below market value. In other words, the rate of depreciation on these things has changed so suddenly, people are coming off lease and finding out they would…

Enough about strategy and diplomacy- I want to know more about this Mooninite camo.

OMG, it’s full of leather.