What’s funny is how he’s seen as an anti-establishment type and acts like he’s the kid running the candy store. They worship him but in reality he’s a conman and the richest guy in the world.  He doesn’t give a s... about anything but making himself richer. He is the establishment. The end for me was programming in…

This is art.

Why? This Caddy is clean, rare and highly collectible. That M5 was rolling trash in need of extensive major repairs.

If you vote NP on this and voted ND on the M5 yesterday, please seek help immediately. 

Clearly there was a typo with that extra ‘9' in there. Even then it’s a ND from me.

You’re just angling for the dumbest comment of the day award, eh? Problem is, such a thing doesn’t exist.

Yes, it does. This is where silver ano comes in. This is a job for the pros, or I find a certain attractiveness to just running whatever old shit I’ve got on my bike, matchy-match be damned.

Anodization is a process to produce aluminum oxide - the same material that ruby and sapphire are made of - a very hard and generally very durable. It is also prone to tiny cracks which, in that very hard material, become fatigue crack initiation sites - the reason you won’t find many anodized aircraft structural…

Yes on durability, not just cosmetic. Passivation on a metal is done to protect metal from corrosion. While aluminum will passivate naturally with an aluminum oxide coating, it’s not very durable when compared to an aluminum anodization.

Jokes on them...this customer wants to buy out of warranty so he can mod it. :)

Looks like they didn’t even blow their whole load here either. They saved the extended warranty pressure sale for when you actually arrived at the dealership.

Or you could have bought this:

Greatly increases corrosion risk. How much will depend on the specific alloy.

The anodization is mostly cosmetic but there is some serious pitting on there that could potentially compromise durability. I don’t know that these parts are subjected to sufficient forces for it to become an issue, but it is certainly a lot of pitting.

OK 1, that’s super cool and thanks for sharing... 2, most of shimano’s stuff pre-11 speed is super cross compatible so you might be able to use an older shimano 105 long cage derailleur, which is already swoopy and silver and looks a LOT like that old xt- fair to say you could paint the front of the parallelogram…

Sorry brah, this one’s a bridge too far for me. I would never have risked it.

Germans: Ok, so Hitler was just like the worst thing we ever did. Not only do we take full responsibility for him, we’ll make ANYTHING promoting him illegal, our children will be taught EXACTLY how horrible he was, and we will make all of his atrocities into museums so that no one ever forgets.

Possibly the worst part is how many people slobber over themselves to worship him. If he was just screaming into the void it’d be more sad than anything, but his supporters make it that much worse.

You seem to have a “win at all costs” mentality.

Whenever someone refers to something “liberals” think derisively, you give yourself away as a drooling moron.