McTinkerson posted:

I know for a fact that Canadian Tire's Motormaster used to be Castrol. I think it still is but am not sure anymore. That price is insane and as long as it truly is full synth, I wouldn't care who made it.

everdave posted:

I have no good suggestions I was heavy into BTC/ LTC / ETH and I cashed the wrong time. Only thing I did good was XRP. Pay your house off it is some small comfort in this world that is crazy. I paid it probably at a disadvantage to me but now I don’t have to worry about it. Oh forgot about property taxes thanks government!

Elviscat posted:

Last year my house underwent a routine 5-year reappraisal, and jumped in value $50,000, this year it just went up $70k for no reason, and my property taxes literally doubled in the last two years (some good bond measures and whatnot contribute to that too). The taxable value of my house is now higher than the actual value.

Applebees Appetizer posted:

That's the reason people don't paint their houses in the small town my wife grew up in in New York, they're too scared a fresh coat of paint will raise the value of their home and their taxes will go up. As a result a lot of the houses look like poo poo.

ExplodingSims posted:

Oh yeah, to get away from life questions posting, I got adopted by a cat a few weeks ago.

Meet Bean.



He literally wandered in from the woods.
No chip, cant find anyone who seems to know him, no missing cat posters or posts online or anything.

Hes super friendly most of time. Gets a bit cranky if ges petted too much. And is the laziest cat I've ever seen.

kastein posted:

So you all know how Facebook marketplace sucks I'm sure.

I might act like a dick on the internet but apparently I trust people too much. I had agreed to drive 40 minutes to tolland CT today to sell a tool I'm trying to offload, guy was coming from Hartford so it was about halfway. Agreed upon price was 30 bucks under asking.

I message him an hour before meeting time saying I'm gonna be a few minutes early. He reads it and doesn't respond. I assume it's because he's driving. I show up, he's not there. I wait till an hour after the agreed upon time, messaging him about every 20 minutes, he doesn't even read any of them. By this point I'm pretty pissed but I go home.

I get another message looking to buy it and an idea pops into my head. I message the first guy and say if he still wants it it's still available but he's going to have to come get it now.

Guy #2 and I agree on a meeting time and place that's like 10 minutes from my house at 11 tomorrow, I'm 99% sure he's gonna show up. Ten bucks less but whatever.

Guy #1 now wants to meet me at a grocery store a few minutes from my house. I tell him 11 tomorrow.

So I'm gonna go sell it to dude #2, if he doesn't show up, I'll get back to the grocery store about 20 minutes after the agreed upon time with the flake. I'm not taking less than asking price anymore, and if he doesn't like that, I'm going home and he can drag his rear end an hour home with his dick in his hand like I did today.

I'm not worried about selling it at this point, apparently drywall hoists are hard to come by right now and it'll sell.

Spiteful? drat straight it is. Dude needs a taste of his own medicine though. If he'd just taken 5 drat seconds to reply to the message he read we wouldn't be here right now.

kastein posted:

So you all know how Facebook marketplace sucks I'm sure.

I might act like a dick on the internet but apparently I trust people too much. I had agreed to drive 40 minutes to tolland CT today to sell a tool I'm trying to offload, guy was coming from Hartford so it was about halfway. Agreed upon price was 30 bucks under asking.

I message him an hour before meeting time saying I'm gonna be a few minutes early. He reads it and doesn't respond. I assume it's because he's driving. I show up, he's not there. I wait till an hour after the agreed upon time, messaging him about every 20 minutes, he doesn't even read any of them. By this point I'm pretty pissed but I go home.

I get another message looking to buy it and an idea pops into my head. I message the first guy and say if he still wants it it's still available but he's going to have to come get it now.

Guy #2 and I agree on a meeting time and place that's like 10 minutes from my house at 11 tomorrow, I'm 99% sure he's gonna show up. Ten bucks less but whatever.

Guy #1 now wants to meet me at a grocery store a few minutes from my house. I tell him 11 tomorrow.

So I'm gonna go sell it to dude #2, if he doesn't show up, I'll get back to the grocery store about 20 minutes after the agreed upon time with the flake. I'm not taking less than asking price anymore, and if he doesn't like that, I'm going home and he can drag his rear end an hour home with his dick in his hand like I did today.

I'm not worried about selling it at this point, apparently drywall hoists are hard to come by right now and it'll sell.

Spiteful? drat straight it is. Dude needs a taste of his own medicine though. If he'd just taken 5 drat seconds to reply to the message he read we wouldn't be here right now.

StormDrain posted:

Schedule same time same place and see if you can avoid a punch in the mouth lol.

IOwnCalculus posted:

What are you trying to build as an end goal? It might be cheaper to deal with proprietary component form factors and buy a used server with components already in it.

Kivi posted:

Plex server with disks and existing ATX hardware. I have everything in hand, just need a case. In my experience non-server stuff is so much quieter too. Maybe I'll just get a shelf and toss the case sideways on top of it

StormDrain posted:

Schedule same time same place and see if you can avoid a punch in the mouth lol.

ExplodingSims posted:

Oh yeah, to get away from life questions posting, I got adopted by a cat a few weeks ago.

Meet Bean.



He literally wandered in from the woods.
No chip, cant find anyone who seems to know him, no missing cat posters or posts online or anything.

Hes super friendly most of time. Gets a bit cranky if ges petted too much. And is the laziest cat I've ever seen.

Bajaha posted:

I have made a questionably sane decision but it was encouraged by a friend who always seems to be involved with said decisions so



2010 STI hatch for a steal of a price with an engine that's making knock knock jokes. Should make for a fun project, because I already didn't have enough to do with the baby on the way, the new home build, and the mountain of projects at work.

I really know how to pick the days too with it being whiteout conditions on the trip back home, had sections where we were going 60kph because there was almost no visibility, 2.5hrs away from home, and arriving just now. Made it safely at least and great fuel economy at 13.9l/100km ( 16.9mpg) pulling the trailer driving into the wind.

Humphreys posted:

Beerfest was fun, a lot of [SCENE MISSING] occurred, brilliant beers from all over the east coast. Bonus was bringing a chick home that the missus approved of

Elviscat posted:

Pham Nuwen posted:

So I apparently completely missed the 3-year period in which Buick decided to make a station wagon. I test-drove a Regal TourX today, and even at a lower trim level it was quite nice. I think my wife is on board with a nice one (leather seats) as a possible replacement for her old Camry... anybody in AI owned one? We're still checking out what's out there, but we were pleasantly surprised by the test drive.

everdave posted:

While I skip over any new Porsche in Car & Driver, and this wagon had me excited, I have never seen one in person. I drive to Florida multiple times a year. Never seen one. Based on an Opel if I remember right.

I would not go from a Camry to this but I also drive 25 year old Japanese imports including 4wd wagons.

I just don’t know/have not read about anyone having one of these

Bajaha posted:

I have made a questionably sane decision but it was encouraged by a friend who always seems to be involved with said decisions so



2010 STI hatch for a steal of a price with an engine that's making knock knock jokes. Should make for a fun project, because I already didn't have enough to do with the baby on the way, the new home build, and the mountain of projects at work.

I really know how to pick the days too with it being whiteout conditions on the trip back home, had sections where we were going 60kph because there was almost no visibility, 2.5hrs away from home, and arriving just now. Made it safely at least and great fuel economy at 13.9l/100km ( 16.9mpg) pulling the trailer driving into the wind.

Humphreys posted:

Yeah it's also what the ZB Commodore Tourer was.

https://www.driven.co.nz/reviews/holden-high-ride-zb-commodore-tourer-multi-tasking-master-class/

Bajaha posted:

I have made a questionably sane decision but it was encouraged by a friend who always seems to be involved with said decisions so



2010 STI hatch for a steal of a price with an engine that's making knock knock jokes. Should make for a fun project, because I already didn't have enough to do with the baby on the way, the new home build, and the mountain of projects at work.

I really know how to pick the days too with it being whiteout conditions on the trip back home, had sections where we were going 60kph because there was almost no visibility, 2.5hrs away from home, and arriving just now. Made it safely at least and great fuel economy at 13.9l/100km ( 16.9mpg) pulling the trailer driving into the wind.

IOwnCalculus posted:

So my youngest brother is back in town, first time since he went and traded his C5 Z06 on a C7 Z06.

That car is absolutely obscene in all the best ways. It makes awesomely dirty sounds when you stomp on it and the exhaust opens up - all while the rear end is dancing all over trying to put that much power down on "a closed course"

I need 650hp now.

BuckyDoneGun posted:

Turbo for the truck?

IOwnCalculus posted:

I haven't seen a turbo setup on a 67-72 C10 that would still leave me with things like "air conditioning". The frame rails / wheel wells are surprisingly narrow.

A driver's side mount Torqstorm supercharger, or one of the options for a top mount supercharger, on the other hand?

Also, a loving giant camshaft.

IOwnCalculus posted:

I haven't seen a turbo setup on a 67-72 C10 that would still leave me with things like "air conditioning". The frame rails / wheel wells are surprisingly narrow.

A driver's side mount Torqstorm supercharger, or one of the options for a top mount supercharger, on the other hand?

Also, a loving giant camshaft.

IOwnCalculus posted:

top mount supercharger, on the other hand?

Also, a loving giant camshaft.

Pham Nuwen posted:

So I apparently completely missed the 3-year period in which Buick decided to make a station wagon. I test-drove a Regal TourX today, and even at a lower trim level it was quite nice. I think my wife is on board with a nice one (leather seats) as a possible replacement for her old Camry... anybody in AI owned one? We're still checking out what's out there, but we were pleasantly surprised by the test drive.

Bajaha posted:

I have made a questionably sane decision but it was encouraged by a friend who always seems to be involved with said decisions so



2010 STI hatch for a steal of a price with an engine that's making knock knock jokes. Should make for a fun project, because I already didn't have enough to do with the baby on the way, the new home build, and the mountain of projects at work.

I really know how to pick the days too with it being whiteout conditions on the trip back home, had sections where we were going 60kph because there was almost no visibility, 2.5hrs away from home, and arriving just now. Made it safely at least and great fuel economy at 13.9l/100km ( 16.9mpg) pulling the trailer driving into the wind.

Sgt Fox posted:

I am liking the new owl picture.

slidebite posted:

Can't give insight, but I am intrigued by them as well.

IIRC, also cancelled already.

slidebite posted:

IIRC, also cancelled already.

Pham Nuwen posted:

Yep, lasted 3 years and they poo poo-canned it. Searching for info about the car kept bringing up articles about how TourX buyers had the highest income of any Buick customers which you'd think would be a desirable thing for the company and not a segment you'd alienate by killing the line, but who knows.

quote:

It’s not just Buick corporate that is dropping the ball here—even on the dealer level things are pretty sad. I had a few recent clients looking for nice wagons and I made sure I put the new TourX on their radar. Most of them were pretty impressed after a test drive, but when it came down to actually get a deal, things fell apart.

A lot of Buick dealers were not cooperative when it came to actually give pricing and the numbers I did receive were pretty pathetic. Discounts were maybe a grand or so off the MSRP. In one instance I had a client who wanted to order a TourX, when they sat down with the dealer to do the paperwork, he said to them “I don’t know why you want to order this. No one is buying these cars.” Then he demanded a $1,000 non-refundable deposit and told them they must do a credit check at the time of order.

I’ve done dozens of luxury car orders and rarely do they require credit checks before the order is placed and the deposits are almost always refundable.