Deadspin does too much traffic to get Splintered. The brilliant executives wouldn’t kill a blog like Deadspin. That’d be like killing your politics blog during a heated election cycle.

The sweet spot for affordability is the 3FE 80 series, the FJZ80 gets all the love because it feels like it has twice the power of the old 3FE. It also was just before Toyota decided we get the Lux Cruiser or nothing, so you can get them with cloth seats. 

I love how you’ve put that. Kevin Smith made a movie so he could spend time with his daughter, score a job for one of his best friends, and serve up something to his fan-base. It’s bizarre how much scorn the reviewer wants to heap on him over it (as opposed to movies like Batman v. Superman or Rambo: Last Blood, which…

Everyone: shaft driven is more reliable and less maintenance

Owning a boat is dumb. It’s far easier to just have friends that own boats.

The two best days of boat ownership:

Things that appreciate in value - homes

This is a cool story. Looking forward to it.

You want to live in a tiny trailer with no toilet and shower? I get the whole wanderlust minimalism mentality, but set yourself up for success first.

Boat owner here, you nailed it.

Counterpoint: the two happiest days of boat ownership are the day you buy your boat, and the day you sell your boat.  

You’re not wrong. It’s emotionally and fiscally irresponsible to sell the house. This is real life, not a movie. 

I dunno, everyone I know that owns a boat agrees that boats are holes you through money into.

Why substitute ? let’s just add it to the mix

Unhappy boat owners are the ones who aren’t on the water because their boat is broken and they can’t afford the thousands to fix it.

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