My ‘72 240z cost $172 to register in CA last year. 

I have an old Datsun. Before upgrading the headlight harness (helped some) and upgrading to projectors (helped a TON), driving at night with low beams on over 35 mph was terrifying. High beams meant I didn’t out-drive my headlights until roughly 55 mph, but there was a ton of glare for oncoming traffic.

At night, on flat ground, with your high beams on, try putting your face roughly where the faces of oncoming drivers would be.

$36k is almost double the out-the-door price of my old 2015 CX-5 sport (base) when I bought it new (caveat: it was a 6 m/t and had been on their lot for nearly a year). Is this really double the car?  That 2015 CX-5 base was a blast to drive with the manual. Dog slow though. Like, Prius slow. And not enough storage…

Solidarity!

Great to hear they finally came around, sucks it took so long.

Believed the previous owner when he said the cam & valve springs could support 8000 RPM in my 240Z. 8 bent valves later, and at my great expense, I learned he was bluffing.

Flying bricks have been here for decades.

I hate reading stuff like this. Sorry to hear it. The VA has patient advocates, and yeah, it’s a massive ass pain for sure, but if you have documentation from the Army that the injury occurred during service they should be able to help you.

Thanks, same to you. You going through the VA or Tricare/civilian insurance?

Nah, I don’t feel written off. That’s my perception, anyway.

Poverty spec XL trim 4 door 4x4 trucks still run a $30k MSRP and come with a bunch of creature comforts as standard. I’ve not looked into fleet sales.

Same. I think the global Ranger was built in Thailand or China or wherever. Doesn’t matter, still loved it. 5-spd stick, small diesel, zero maintenance (or fucks) given and yet it soldiered on for multiple rotations before and after mine.

I knew guys who were so paranoid about the extra weight that they’d cut down their toothbrushes to just the heads, trim the excess strapping from their rucks, and field strip every MRE we had to take with us just to save a few grams here or there.

Thats true. The Army doesn’t give smaller weapons, or fewer bullets, or lighter-weight anything to smaller Soldiers. When it comes to a combat load, this is one of the few places where the same standard is applied across the board and everyone is expected to carry their share.

How this will actually play out, in real life:
Army: “materials scientists have worked for decades to reduce the weight of your kit by 20%!”
Every Sergeant Major Everywhere: [scrambles to figure out how to make Soldiers carry 20% more gear]

Shhhhh... don’t tell anyone else. This place is already on a bunch of “top-10 places to raise a family” lists nationally, and is one of the top 15 fastest growing regions in the US.

As a resident of Northwest Arkansas (home to WalMart, JB Hunt, Tyson, etc), I posit that this corner of the state is an exception.

Arkansan here. Give us a little credit. Thanks to the proliferation of the internet into even the most back-wood-est of back woods here in the state, 101, 102 and even 103 are now well within the grasp of dozens of us.

I posted this over at TheDrive when they reported on it the day after it happened, but I’ll drop this here because I like to hear myself type.