Yeah, the size of modern cruise ships is genuinely upsetting. I get that lens distortion is playing a part there, but those photos of cruise ships towering over venice is nightmare fuel to me. And I love boats, but you will never get me on one of those. The chance of possibly going to South America without being…
Lifespans of cruise ships are comparatively short at least for the major cruise ship companies. The average life expectancy is around 30 years. Not because the ships wear out but because they keep on coming out with bigger and bigger ships that have more amenities which attracts more passengers. In fact during the…
Pics attached. Initially the ship had a large pilot house in the front and its engines and stacks to the rear; on conversion to a barge the front pilot house was moved to a museum and replaced with a small lookout shed and the rear was converted to instrument, crew, and maintenance.
It’s interesting how ships have life cycles closer to buildings than vehicles. Even the most utilitarian vessel is built with a life cycle of decades in mind, and will be expanded and updated throughout that time. For instance the cargo ship St. Mary’s Challenger was built in 1906, worked the Great Lakes as a cargo…
The idea of a sovereign citizen living in and HOA neighborhood is just so hilariously ironic to me.
If he’s a sovereign, just declare war on the fucker and end it.
I like how these folks want all the perks of a governed society but none of the responsibilities. Isn’t there a patch of desert or tundra or a vacant Island we could move them to so they could be free.
That’s definitely one of the reasons, but the other reason is probably that their cars are now 6+ years old and fucking old now interior or exterior wise.
Seller claims he took it to a Maser dealer and has the documentation on their diagnosis. For what that’s worth...
This is a fantastic first car. Plenty of space for crap, not too powerful. Doesn’t attract the “wrong” attention. Just good honest transportation.
NP - lots of good in this...great first car for someone too. Otherwise keep it going and send it, this is solid basic transportation in a wagon.
I hope it’s as small as it looks/I expect, and not the huge (SUV) size of the Hyundai Ioniq 5, that looked like it would be a lancia integrale size:
Holy shit. Rivian is the new AMC.
I knew I couldn’t be the only one that thought Lancia when I saw it. That R3X pushes all the right buttons, now I want to see the price tag before I legitimately get excited.
I’m on my 4th Subaru, had two WRXs, a bug-eye for 12+ years. Still waiting for this head gasket issue internet parrots repeat...
Right! So not really even a weight penalty. This is the Lucid drive unit (I took this at a Lucid store)
Sounds like Kia has $3750 on the hood. Not surprising considering the high price. It’s still a **$70,000** Kia.
The law of supply and demand. They did make small cars. They weren’t profitable because:
I didnt think it was possible, but congrats Russia you actually managed to make something uglier than the MalibuMAXX, Aztec, and Cybertruck.
The beady-eyed headlights, the utter blankness of its fascia, the jowly flabbiness of its proportions...yup, I’d say the “stylist” was paying homage to Putin’s favorite bitch:
