but his current car probably isn’t rusted out yet, since he likes it and doesn’t have any problems with it, and is 2,000 miles away from toronto (and south of the border). spray on some rust protector and drive it until it’s no longer safe - don’t replace it with something that’s going to get eaten by rust just…

my only problems with an ‘09 have been that it seems to shred tires somehow. It doesn’t help that we have the dumb 17" wheels, but damn if it doesn’t go through them.

salty’s take is pretty funny when I compare it to memories of eating at places like steak n’shake. It’s pretty rare to go there and not see customers get fed up and refill their own drinks. I bet if you scavenge all the tables in the immediate vicinity of yours, you may be able to have a full silverware set.

the only benefit I see is that 2012 mazda 3's with 120k miles are evidently worth 3x as much in trade-in than 2009 mazda 3's with 210k miles, which I, have to say, I’m a little salty about. Trading it in now nets him some trade-in money that won’t be there in 3 years, I guess, but a functioning car for 3 years is…

“Hi, I owe 27k on my car, and that’s too expensive! I’d like to buy a car for $28k to lower my payment.”

the difference is whether you pay a premium to have these items fixed immediately, vs doing it in a cost effective manner.

bww’s, in my opinion, is chuck-e-cheese for adults in terms of chaos and loudness. it is a lawless place, with 45 minute waits on food, customers stuck to their sticky seats, and a staff of 2 people at any given time.

oh man I forgot about the horrifying mascot actor deaths, that was wonderful.

“a tiny little sidekick who looks like a sentient fetus who just barely survived an abortion”

sounds perfect. basically the cost of an oil change, but a clean job is worth it.

okay, that would be good firestarter, I can’t argue that

I love sassy Venn diagrams.

the occasional, under-the-breath ‘fuck’ or ‘aw shit’ is totally normal to me. What I consider to be unfair behavior is when you’re at a restaurant, before 8pm, and the person next to your table is drunk and talking shit about their coworkers and cussing up a storm. I definitely think pre-10pm tv rules are a great…

the show was pretty fun and okay, and then Gyllenhaal came out and I was sold. That was, just, a traumatically fun experience.

I clearly do not love any of my brothers enough, if it’s normal to be giving $250 christmas gifts. Wow.

I clearly do not love any of my brothers enough, if it’s normal to be giving $250 christmas gifts. Wow.

I suppose I’m just worried about mine that’s at 220k. I’m definitely thinking about getting one for the mazda 3, though - my girlfriend is always threatening me with taking it to an oil change shop. Do you have experience with the short nipple vs standard on a car? Is it one of those things that doesn’t matter unless…

sounds pretty frickin judgy. by the same logic, one could question how content your glass house is that you’re mocking others who are content to dine the way they please

It’s straight-up unpleasant to be trying to eat next to a group dropping f-bomb and c-words every 5 seconds. People are sensitive about coarse language in public, and probably too sensitive, but it’s rooted in that it’s generally unpleasant. Besides, this isn’t hearing a couple f-words because someone missed their…

Looks handy, but it also looks like I’d lose the benefit of a magnet on a standard drain plug. Does that bother you much? I know a lot of engine components aren’t ferromagnetic anyway, but I hate going against the original design

Makes sense, but a lot of dealerships that aren’t so busy have shitty practices like requiring mechanics to be in the shop (even if the power is out all day), but only get paid for billable hours.