Everyone I know who wants “cheap and sensible” buys used cars. Which is generally a smart move. Everyone I know what wants “(slightly less) cheap and sensible” buys compact SUVs. Which IMHO is less of a smart move, but it’s where the market is.

It might refer to the fact that GM was able to walk away from a lot of liabilities when they went bankrupt, and essentially started with a clean slate, but got to keep the good parts of the business.

I like Ford, but Farley is an asshole.

This is always the argument they use to justify shooting every dog they see.

Historians a 1000 years from now:
“In the year 2020, a great pandemic arrived in the San Francisco Bay region, leading the denizens of the area to build the ‘Great Wailing Bridge’ as a monument to mark their mourning - of the valuable profits that had been lost during the economic shutdown caused by the plague. It was…

No no no. The specific frequency of the bridge is what will kill the monster/alien/robot. So it will have to be lured near the bridge, but of course it will be a calm day and they will have to come up with a way to artificially generate wind and get the bridge a-wailing. 

This is so classic California...

M/Ts suck for towing in city traffic. 485,000 miles on mine, mostly towing miles (I bought it with 105,000 from Enterprise). It tows exceptionally well, especially after stuffing all E450 running gear underneath. The transmission is stock still!

So I’ve got 15-20 on that truck. Well, closer to 15 on that one, because as a manual, it doesn’t have the transmission coolers or cooler lines that an automatic would have.

I did get my index finger removed compliments of a disintegrating HF grinding wheel.

Stanley Black and Decker owns the brand, and ACE is a retail point. ACE Hardware is owned by a conglomerate out of the Philippines.

It may be worth your time to check out some YouTube reviews for guidance on basic hand tools. The gist lately is that the HF stuff is not bad if you aren’t doing ridiculous stuff with them. Ratchets are an especially hot topic — general rule of thumb is to not buy the cheapest stuff at HF, get the “higher quality”…

Finally, someone who has actually bought something from HF recently. I, too, have found some surprisingly high quality stuff at low prices. One thing I am noticing more and more is the fact that the better quality stuff is the stuff the 20% discount coupon does not apply to. The Earthquake cordless and pneumatic…

Harbor Freight does have some good stuff. I own a number of things like a corded reciprocating saw (aka “Sawzall”), a demo hammer, painting machine, nail guns and some spanners as well. The Pittsburgh line does have a lifetime warranty and I haven’t had any break on me, and yes, I do the two spanners to make a breaker…

The trouble that I’ve had with Craftsman tools is if you break something they replaced it with either a reconditioned tool or a cheaper made one . Either way I was not happy with the quality of the replacement tool .  Cheap tools have there place in my tool box but not anything that can cause injury or death . Jacks…

A few points - definitely check these if you have them, and get them returned. Pay attention to the teeth on the stand bar too, I’ve seen some of them that are very shallow - this may be the thing causing the recall, the forming dies for the teeth are getting worn on the tooling.

Am I surprised that HF issued a recall? Nope, but at the same time, this isn’t down to the quality of materials used; the castings went bad and this will be rectified. Shit, I’d love to pick up a new set once the castings get refreshed. At the end of the day, I’ve never fully trusted my life to jack stands, even if…

Well, it appears they went cheap on maintaining the tooling, not the material. So, that’s how. 

I think they’re trying to thin out the veterans so they can invest in cheap, unexperienced labor. Isn't that a favorite pastime of the video game industry?