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02-27-21, 10:41 PM
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Originally Posted by phrantic09
I have a hard time justifying spending over 50 on a car. The next phrantic family truckster is likely to be something of the MDX, Highlander, XC90, Pilot, Ascent variety (or if I get my way a shaggin wagon V60 x-country).
I looked at some of the info on the VW ID.4, but I’m not super thrilled with the quality of some parts on my Passat and am not sure I’d get another one.
I looked at some of the info on the VW ID.4, but I’m not super thrilled with the quality of some parts on my Passat and am not sure I’d get another one.
that being said, the only out-of-urban drive it got was a 600 mile trip (and back), so it seems an EV would have been perfectly fin had I had the financial chops to justify paying double for a Model X.
I don’t know what the future is for vehicular transportation, but I know that internal combustion engine as we know it is living its final years. My mind says fuel cell powered electric cars are the future, but if this day’s practicality continues as it is, battery powered electric cars will have us watch another Beta vs VHS battle.
02-28-21, 07:19 AM
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My wife wants to replace the van with a rav 4 or CRV. I really like the MDX but that is more than I want to spend. Plan was or me to get a truck in a year or two, but I might just take the van and let her get a new car. I don’t really use my car for much, and once flying picks back up I will be using the car even less.
02-28-21, 07:38 AM
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
What's your latest non-work project?
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If this thread doesn't go 10 pages I'm quitting BF.
02-28-21, 09:09 AM
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Originally Posted by genejockey
$20 Billion in subsidies to the fossil fuel industry annually. in the US alone, so there's that. Sure, lithium mining ain't so clean, but here's two words: Exxon Valdez. Here's two more: Deepwater Horizon. You pays your money and you takes your choice.
The point is that everything being said about electric cars not being ready for consumers was perfectly true maybe 6 or 7 years ago. But not so much now.
The point is that everything being said about electric cars not being ready for consumers was perfectly true maybe 6 or 7 years ago. But not so much now.
02-28-21, 09:11 AM
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Originally Posted by bampilot06
My wife wants to replace the van with a rav 4 or CRV. I really like the MDX but that is more than I want to spend. Plan was or me to get a truck in a year or two, but I might just take the van and let her get a new car. I don’t really use my car for much, and once flying picks back up I will be using the car even less.
02-28-21, 09:12 AM
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Originally Posted by rjones28
I built a wheel for one of my friends the other day.
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02-28-21, 10:22 AM
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I've been watching some vintage bike restoration videos on YouTube. One particular guy in Britain seems to put out a LOT of these, maybe one week or two. Of course he also sells them on his website, but he finishes each resto off with a ride, which is really kinda cool. I mean, it's one thing to see a beautifully restored bike on the shop floor, but seeing them out in the wild, being ridden, sometimes being sprinted on, that's nice.
He does seem to have a liking for white bar tape and hoods, which looks great - at first! - but the first time you have to fix a flat on the road........
He does seem to have a liking for white bar tape and hoods, which looks great - at first! - but the first time you have to fix a flat on the road........
02-28-21, 10:25 AM
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Yesterday I wore a gift tee shirt my SiL gave me awhile ago. I think it’s appropriate on more than one level.
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02-28-21, 10:32 AM
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Originally Posted by datlas
Yesterday I wore a gift tee shirt my SiL gave me awhile ago. I think it’s appropriate on more than one level.
02-28-21, 10:40 AM
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Originally Posted by genejockey
So, you're triply cranky?
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02-28-21, 10:43 AM
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Originally Posted by datlas
Yesterday I wore a gift tee shirt my SiL gave me awhile ago. I think it’s appropriate on more than one level.
02-28-21, 10:49 AM
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Originally Posted by datlas
Certainly on some days.
02-28-21, 10:52 AM
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Originally Posted by datlas
Yesterday I wore a gift tee shirt my SiL gave me awhile ago. I think it’s appropriate on more than one level.
02-28-21, 11:10 AM
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Originally Posted by datlas
Certainly on some days.
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02-28-21, 11:26 AM
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Originally Posted by WhyFi
Nice! I've got this one from Twin Six -
02-28-21, 11:41 AM
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Originally Posted by WhyFi
Nice! I've got this one from Twin Six -
Maybe we need a “show us your bike-related (not team kit) tee shirt” thread.
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02-28-21, 11:43 AM
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Today is a total washout weather-wise. I did a brief recovery ride in the basement and now relaxing with some good French Press coffee.
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02-28-21, 11:50 AM
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HBD to Jack Brohamer, who remains the only MLB player to hit a home run in a regular season game wearing team-issued shorts.
02-28-21, 12:04 PM
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Originally Posted by LesterOfPuppets
HBD to Jack Brohamer, who remains the only MLB player to hit a home run in a regular season game wearing team-issued shorts.
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02-28-21, 12:05 PM
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There's a break in the rain but now we have gusty winds. I do not want to end up with a sleeping bicycle.
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02-28-21, 12:27 PM
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I'd like to go for a little spin but we have ridiculous wind again. Weather people on two different stations have remarked how they don't remember ever having this much wind for this long in our area. I certainly don't.
02-28-21, 12:31 PM
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Originally Posted by big john
I'd like to go for a little spin but we have ridiculous wind again. Weather people on two different stations have remarked how they don't remember ever having this much wind for this long in our area. I certainly don't.
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02-28-21, 12:45 PM
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
There's a break in the rain but now we have gusty winds. I do not want to end up with a sleeping bicycle.
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