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  1. goblin

    Will Musk be the 1st trillionaire?

    To the question - yes, he will. Funny how in The Fourth K - probably the only Mario Puzo's book that is both NOT about the Corleones AND is a good book - Louis Inch, the tycoon secretly aspiring to become the first trillionaire, plans to do it with oil and grain speculations, over decades. That...
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    Rock Auto Wagner ThermoQuiet Bait and Switch???

    Here's what the smart chip says... Here is exactly how to decode each segment of your string: LPB 5508 FE N 17 The Complete Edge Code Breakdown 1. LPB — The Manufacturer This is the registered identity code filed with AMECA for Shandong Gold Phoenix. They manufactured the physical friction...
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    What are you watching on tv right now?

    Aaah... No lo soo, magnifico, no sabe, no sabe nada, no sabee...stupido Salvatore! Stupido! ... me no know nothing 😇
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    What are you watching on tv right now?

    C) You don't register hot actresses climbing in trucks, which makes you way purer than I'll ever be.
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    What are you watching on tv right now?

    You could think I'm watching Anna Sawai's butt, but I'm actually looking at the reason why Amsoil don't advertise. Because their whole ad budget goes in subliminal ads! Now the cat is out of the bag. Remember, you read this here first.
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    Awaiting new Hyundai Theta II Engine Install

    The thing is - driving in any major city is severe service. Suburbia dream might differ, but city is severe service no matter what.
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    TOYOTA possibly bringing small truck ( Corolla ) to compete with FORD Maverick in U.S..

    Two words: Chicken tax. If it's built outside of the US, it won't be importable. And the US factories are already building way juicier models. There's not enough profit in this thing to free space in US factories for it. This is for other markets, and there are plenty of Subaru Baja-like...
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    Lets talk about new vehicles

    Sounds like a "we'll see about that!" challenge. Tried Neutral?
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    The Jony Ive EV Ferrari - looks like a flattened Equinox EV

    And till proven wrong, they think right.
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    Why Honda is no longer Toyota's equal in the used car market.

    I believe they were the very first to use fully galvanized bodies.
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    Why Honda is no longer Toyota's equal in the used car market.

    20+ years ago I was swapping an engine (preventatively 😇) on my CRX, from a rusted 1989 Civic Hatchback junker, at my friendly local body shop. The owner (a friend), an older guy with decades of experience,went on a similar narrative, and decided to cut the whole front clip off. Just ahead of...
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    The Jony Ive EV Ferrari - looks like a flattened Equinox EV

    What I want to know is, 30 years from now, when I buy one of these at a Barrett Jackson auction for a megabazillion dollars, will I have to make sure it has been restored with original Ferrari batteries and electrical motors, or will restomods using (much more powerful by then) motors from a...
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    The Jony Ive EV Ferrari - looks like a flattened Equinox EV

    And this one is not mine, all credit goes to whoever thought of it before me on Ars. Note the rear wheel arch curve and marvel.
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    The Jony Ive EV Ferrari - looks like a flattened Equinox EV

    This just in straight from Maranello: ...an unfortunate mixup during the final PR package assembly had us reveal this with the wrong name. The correct model name to use in all subsequesnt communications is the Temurario. Thanks. Over. Sorry for bringing this up in the third discussion board...
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    Mitsubishi stores get scarcer as brand cuts low performers and ‘fed up’ dealers walk away

    2002 Diamante, best and worst car we ever had. Was assembled in Australia and sold here, everything Australian broke. Stupid stuff. Undersized front rotors always warping, AC mode valve, cabin heater leaked on a $4 transmission relay that then died, dashboard removal in both cases to fix. Then...
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    New tool thread

    There are at least a few cliches here. Overseas is not only China. As far as tools go, Overseas has historically been Taiwan. And their labor costs are not 1/10 of ours, neither do they need to copy anything, or do they lack skills or ingenuity. They've been making tools since the war. They...
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    Mitsubishi stores get scarcer as brand cuts low performers and ‘fed up’ dealers walk away

    All I have to say is that if Mitsubishi decide to not forget what they know about car manufacturing - they'll survive. The no-BS stuff mentioned above makes perfect sense. Example from our 2002 Diamante that was already an aged model when we bought it: - The remote had the usual buttons - easy...
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    Mitsubishi stores get scarcer as brand cuts low performers and ‘fed up’ dealers walk away

    The Devil is in the details... I think there are simply too few people that can afford to have all the cars that they want. Used to be a time you'd have a two door coupe or a convertible, and, say, a sedan. Plus the wife's car. All brand spanking new, not some weekend project used. Nowadays we...
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    Mitsubishi stores get scarcer as brand cuts low performers and ‘fed up’ dealers walk away

    Suzuki could afford to leave the US market because leaving it barely made a dent (US sales were like 1% of their global sales). For Mitsubishi the US market still mattered and matters. Both are selling units in the millions every year, so none of them is quite dead yet.
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    Going to tribal gas stations to save on fuel taxes?

    I am not saving money by looking for the most reasonably priced gas - I simply make sure that I'm less lazy than the scumbag who decided to charge 30 cents more per gallon because they were too lazy to figure out something else and think it's fair game to fleece me $4.50 extra on a 15 gallon...
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