You should caveat that with this is true for houses built in the last 80-100 years.

Recognizing that this is an American site, but some of these are quite culture specific.

Rubio’s a communist?

People can still drive everywhere. They just can’t drive a 3/4 ton truck with sketchy lift, stacked spacers on the hubs, and deleted cat.

Defender 130 is what you need, then

It  already exists - Suzuki Jimny. Just license it and throw the 3 pointed star on the front and add €20,000 to the price.

The 4 cylinder 300hp version (which I own) is the one for off road. And it comes (as a zero cost option) with 18" steelies. As part of the off-road pack or as a standalone option are dedicated offroad tires. While I wouldn’t pick out Goodyear Wranglers as my first off-road choice, they are fine and do the job.

My dad, who grew up in days before credit ratings, taught me “never pay the bill until they send you the red final demand - you need the money more than they do”

That’s the spare on the rear door.  There are only three nuts attached in that position

It’s definitely unfortunate that tires are fixed to the vehicle for its lifetime and can never be changed or swapped.

I ordered my Defender in spring 2021 and it arrived in November 2021. Ordered exactly what I wanted, in the color and spec I wanted. No bullshit add-ons or fees. Paid MSRP which is what I expected for a special factory order.

“In this episode of Outback Truckers, Turbo loses a radioactive source on a desolate stretch of dirt road in WA”

I made the mistake of renting a car in Amsterdam once - the most stressful driving experience I have ever had. Tens of thousands of bikes, dozens of trams, pedestrians everywhere, streets that loop around and around while they are 9 feet wide, and canals with no guards at their edge.

It’s been fought by conservatives who are told by their talk radio overlords that trains are communist since the first light rail lines were started in the early 2000s.

As a Landrover owner I follow a couple of owner forums online.

“Let the system deal with them”

Can confirm - I have stayed in probably a dozen different hotels since the pandemic and not one has gone back to daily cleaning. I leave $5-10 in cash when I check out.

Ooooh - someone took a high school debate class. It’s not ad hominem if it’s true.

Not to be an *actually* guy - but Patagonia and Gore-Tex both recommend drying gore-tex raingear on low in a tumble dryer for 20 minutes after washing to reactivate the DWR on the outer surface.

PhD in climatology, 20+ years of research experience in data science and environmental analysis, graduate classes in hydrology, geology, statistics, data science, environmental economics. Teaching experience at four major universities in the US. 15 years professional experience in data science, AI/ML, and HPC…