I also live in that Central Indiana City. Young adult, no kids - but I would be really horrified of any sitter that worked for less than double minimum wage. Clearly they’re not going to be giving their full attention to the job.

I was cross shopping every sporty car in town last month, and noticed that a Golf R had sat unsold on the local (major city) lot for over a week - they wouldn’t even take the wraps off so I could look closer. That’s fair enough I guess? It’s not even a $40k car though... I test drove a GTI to try to get a better feel…

Those earplugs hanging from the rearview mirror (@2:31) are a great touch. That is not a quiet motor.

“Researchers?”

*sob*

I miss my red ‘89 Prelude so much... I could fit everything I owned in that car back in high school.

Today, I probably couldn’t even use it for my grocery run, since it only has like 10 cubes of cargo volume... but I think that says more about me than the car.

Now this is just wrong. Close when you need the house and no sooner, sure, but delay for the sake of the prepaid interest? That’s dumb, unless you have already sunk your rent somewhere else for that month and don't need anywhere to live.

I hated the plasticy plastic feel of the shifter on my first car, a base model Elantra, so I swapped in the higher trim version leather shifter.

Ok... So who’s actually holding them accountable? Clearly a marketing move with almost zero cost to them.

“Almost Always Based On This One Search I Did Online Today”
Come on. I’m all for tracking prices at several stores, but this ain’t that.
Besides, if Target were “Always” cheaper than Amazon, someone would already be all over that arbitrage.

Like most noise cancellation products, don’t rely on this for hearing protection. It’s good for reducing low frequency noise only - which might be a nuisance, but it’s less important from a hearing conservation standpoint.

Always wear earplugs when doing something noisy like riding - deeply inserted foam roll-down…

That’s an over-estimate. About 40 dB is about the maximum attenuation anyone can achieve from a deeply inserted foam earplug or a very large earmuff. Your bones conduct sound at levels around 40 dB down from what your ears would hear, so there’s a physical limit there.

Ten cent roll-down foam earplugs are the highest…

My “first” car was a 3rd gen Prelude... this was in the early 2000s, but to my junior-in-high-school mind it might as well have been an NSX.
I know they’re tiny, but as someone who could fit 99% of my belongings and 3 smallish friends in there, it was just perfect.

It’s not the fees that annoy - it’s the people who complain. It’s a goddamn business, people - you aren’t going to change it by whining to some underpaid and overworked gate agent. You know what you’re getting into when you decided to fly. And no - the airlines AREN’T making much money - why do you think they keep…

“How to make iOS9 into a downgrade”

Shouldn’t be too hard. Different headphones or other devices would have a different impedance, which it could fairly easily detect. Some headphones also include a microphone and they have a TRRS connector, which the phone would need to detect - then it would know it’s not plugged in to a speaker, for instance.

This is not helpful - it’s just pictures of things that you could see if you walk around and clean occasionally. How much of this actually has some information supporting it? Which of these deep cleanings (eg. carpets) have sanitation or health benefits, and which are just cosmetic? Which parts are most important for…

Is it pronounced "Eee-ko" or "Ehh-co" because curious minds want to know how they can possibly be justifying using any term that implies environmental friendliness for a low 20's MPG vehicle.

Some places have weather. It may not occur to you until you live in one of these places, but the "utility" of a pickup is useless when it rains 100 times and snows 20 times a year. Now, a truck is great for hauling something like a motorcycle (also entirely useless in a bad-weather state), but for suburban / urban…

This sounds a lot like Confirmation Bias. Nice paper on a bottle has an effect similar to Placebo Effect, but even boxed wine can be well above average for its style and price point. But if it's a gift, get the nicer looking bottle anyway.