First World Problems...

It seems like all modern cars have some sort of display to take up the space that used to be filled with cassette decks and 8-track players and CD players. Now...I am not quite enough of a luddite to reject the tremendous technological advances in the automotive industry...modern cars are amazing! They handle spectacularly, they get great gas mileage, they are safe, and they don't require much in the way of repair. We can discuss the conspicuous lack of soul in most of them another time.

But that big screen in the middle of the dash is simply a gateway into the minds of automobile designers without any tech expertise, their reluctant partners the software engineers who don't have a clue about design, and the redheaded stepchildren in the office...the hardware guys, who always say, "yes, that will work," while muttering under their breath, "sometimes."

So we are plagued by their worst ideas, turned into technology that doesn't really work all that well. For instance, embedded navigation systems (a system sold to us at a premium) that aren't nearly as good as the ubiquitous GPS systems on a typical smart phone. Connectivity to customer service to do...what? I have no idea! The ability to schedule service via the car? Whoopee!

But the worst part is the connectivity to your smart phone. You know...the device that already has your nav system and your phone and your music and all that sort of stuff. but connecting your phone to the car runs into overlapping systems, and the car manufacturers want you to use theirs! Hell, my newest car wants me to use its embedded phone! At extra cost. Why the hell would I do that?

Okay...I'll get to the point. When I run my phone through the car systems the screen does not display outside temperature.

Yes...the suffering at Chez Dildo is indescribable!

Posted by: CBD at 02:00 PM

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Posted by: Skip at June 18, 2023 02:02 PM (xhxe8)

2 yo

Posted by: REDACTED at June 18, 2023 02:04 PM (us2H3)

3 If you need a screen to find your lame ass around

you are definitely not a redneck

Posted by: REDACTED at June 18, 2023 02:05 PM (us2H3)

4 yo
Posted by: REDACTED at June 18, 2023 02:04 PM (us2H3)

YO!

Posted by: not the guy who usually says yo at June 18, 2023 02:06 PM (Zvtjl)

5 My 1WP is my parents seem to be set on bailing out of their house and moving to a apartment

Posted by: Skip at June 18, 2023 02:09 PM (xhxe8)

6 I know I'm not FIRST.

Posted by: Disabled elderly pregnant child at June 18, 2023 02:09 PM (nakGR)

7 I have a 2009 Subaru Outback, manual transmission with a single CD player.

If I could, I'd have manual roll down windows.

Posted by: nurse ratched at June 18, 2023 02:09 PM (U2p+3)

8 hiya

Posted by: JT at June 18, 2023 02:09 PM (T4tVD)

9 Skeeters. or something like that, under my desk, eating my legs. I hate bug spray, I hate the sound of a floor fan. Aarrgghh.

Posted by: m at June 18, 2023 02:10 PM (4tUZx)

10 After 17 years, the CD player in my console took a massive dump. Now I use my iPhone and a Bluetooth connection to rock the cab.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at June 18, 2023 02:10 PM (KVGVf)

11 Okay...I'll get to the point. When I run my phone through the car systems the screen does not display outside temperature.

Yes...the suffering at Chez Dildo is indescribable!

Sheesh!
Windows up...its cold.
Windows down...its warm.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 18, 2023 02:10 PM (e4fEA)

12 JT!

Birdbath status?

Posted by: nurse ratched at June 18, 2023 02:10 PM (U2p+3)

13 JT!

Birdbath status?
Posted by: nurse ratched

Not frozen.

Posted by: JT at June 18, 2023 02:11 PM (T4tVD)

14 9 Skeeters. or something like that, under my desk, eating my legs. I hate bug spray, I hate the sound of a floor fan. Aarrgghh.
Posted by: m

Get a pet bat.

Posted by: nurse ratched at June 18, 2023 02:11 PM (U2p+3)

15 Perhaps a better example for the food thread but my FWP is why in God's green earth would any dairy create and market low fat Half & Half?

I inadvertently picked up a quart due to the fact that if it says "Half & Half" on the packaging, THAT'S WHAT I FOOKING EXPECT!!!!.

*breathes in a paper bag*

Okay, I'm better now but really. 'Low fat'?

It's the end times I tell you.

Posted by: Tonypete at June 18, 2023 02:12 PM (EnT0Y)

16 As per the Book Thread, I found the WW2 Archive.org collection, but I actually found it by arbitrarily looking up Hudson pickup trucks. Major maker pickups even into the 1960s was... Spartan.
"Two windshield wipers? What are you, The Pope?"
Now I run a mid-2000s luxury sedan and I really don't want to give up heated leather seats. It does not, however, have a screen. CD player, yes.

Posted by: LenNeal at June 18, 2023 02:12 PM (43xH1)

17 7 About the same. 2010 KIA, stick, and it is at the limit of everything I would want. Hell, I went back to a flip phone after the smart phone dumped on me, and I got a 2023 Road Atlas and my old USMC lensatic compass if I get lost.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at June 18, 2023 02:13 PM (rLD7a)

18 I have a 2005 Chevy 2500 HD with a 900 pound V plow

now that's status

Posted by: REDACTED at June 18, 2023 02:13 PM (us2H3)

19 My truck radio has been out a few years, I had it all but out once but put it back.
Theory is get card out, bake it in a oven and put it back

Posted by: Skip at June 18, 2023 02:13 PM (xhxe8)

20 Ok, I hate the screen stuff too. However, that big screen told me this morning that it couldn't pair with my phone. Looking around couldn't find it and realized I left it the shopping cart at grocer's. Hurried back and there was my phone still in the cart. Thank goodness it was 6:30a and store was basically empty.

Posted by: olddog in mo at June 18, 2023 02:14 PM (ju2Fy)

21 ...the screen does not display outside temperature...

Weather rock glued to hood will take car of major weather events. For more nuanced like temperature just put your head out the window.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 18, 2023 02:15 PM (ga8qR)

22 While I'm driving I listen to map instructions from my phone through my hearing aids. That way my wife thinks I'm some sort of super navigator. I even get alerts for speed traps.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at June 18, 2023 02:15 PM (MeG8a)

23
Okay, we can discuss the lack of aesthetics in another venue, so I'll only mention in passing that (to me) modern cars are just transportation modules with the appeal of a tree stump.

And now to return to lurking.

Posted by: irongrampa at June 18, 2023 02:16 PM (KATBx)

24 If you really want to fit in around here you need a 3/4 ton pick em up truck with real, real loud exhausts, and tow around a trailer for no apparent reason.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at June 18, 2023 02:16 PM (rLD7a)

25 '20 Ok, I hate the screen stuff too. However, that big screen told me this morning that it couldn't pair with my phone. Looking around couldn't find it and realized I left it the shopping cart at grocer's. Hurried back and there was my phone still in the cart. Thank goodness it was 6:30a and store was basically empty.
Posted by: olddog in mo'

Speaking as overnight/early morning supermarket staff, you are one lucky mo'fo.

Posted by: LenNeal at June 18, 2023 02:16 PM (43xH1)

26 my boss wants to watch golf

she wants sumptin, don't know what but it must be a biggen

Posted by: REDACTED at June 18, 2023 02:16 PM (us2H3)

27 I listen to map instructions from my phone through my hearing aids. That way my wife thinks I'm some sort of super navigator. I even get alerts for speed traps.
Posted by: gourmand du jour'

That is diabolical.
Well played.

Posted by: LenNeal at June 18, 2023 02:17 PM (43xH1)

28 Like having a plan until you get punched in the mouth, all the extra added features are fine, nice to have, until you get the repair bill. And you will wonder if the mechanic is paying off student loans from MIT.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at June 18, 2023 02:19 PM (rLD7a)

29 I have a 2009 Subaru Outback, manual transmission with a single CD player.

If I could, I'd have manual roll down windows.
Posted by: nurse ratched at June 18, 2023 02:09 PM (U2p+3)

I've acquired a couple hundred CDs over the years. One of the reasons I still have my 2005 BMW is that it is the only thing left that plays them. That and it only has 50k miles on it.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 18, 2023 02:19 PM (e4fEA)

30 Skeeters. or something like that, under my desk, eating my legs. I hate bug spray, I hate the sound of a floor fan. Aarrgghh.
Posted by: m

Get a pet bat.
Posted by: nurse ratched

Wood or aluminum ?

Posted by: JT at June 18, 2023 02:19 PM (T4tVD)

31 The driver-side door of my 2007 Sienna got bashed in from an accident (not my fault, my brother's).

So, I bought a 2020 Rav4. It has all the neat stuff. Lane Traction Control, Adaptive Cruise Control. SiriusXM.

But it's not comfortable. I recently replaced the driver-side door on the Sienna, thanks to Pull-It-Apart used auto parts for less than $100. Got a set of new tires last week. The engine has only 104,000 miles on it. Smooth ride. Comfy. Just. Love. It.

I am driving the Sienna for the next month, exclusively, as a test to help me to decide if I want to sell the Rav4.

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at June 18, 2023 02:19 PM (vg8N1)

32 I bought a new 1993 Cutlass Salon that had the digital speedometer /Dash . From what I've gathered since that time it's all gone back to mechanical. I want to make an assumption that only EVs might have the digital dash these days. Would that be correct?

Posted by: polynikes at June 18, 2023 02:19 PM (WxkE9)

33 Connectivity to customer service to do...what? I have no idea!

To void your warranty if you do not follow its instructions.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 18, 2023 02:19 PM (ga8qR)

34 I have an Android device for my car's multimedia system. I use Waze for navigation. Works great. No phone necessary, unless I want to connect my phone via bluetooth to the device.

Works great for me!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 18, 2023 02:20 PM (k5hXU)

35 I really think there's a niche market for new vehicles without all the electronic gadgets.

Posted by: olddog in mo at June 18, 2023 02:21 PM (ju2Fy)

36 Oh. CD player? The Sienna has a 5-disk changer. I don't really need SiriusXM

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at June 18, 2023 02:21 PM (vg8N1)

37 off topic

but if you are looking to park some cash

CIT bank is paying 4.95 on a 5K+ savings

Posted by: REDACTED at June 18, 2023 02:21 PM (us2H3)

38 I've acquired a couple hundred CDs over the years. One of the reasons I still have my 2005 BMW is that it is the only thing left that plays them. That and it only has 50k miles on it.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 18, 2023 02:19 PM (e4fEA)

Wow you beat me by a mile. My 2011 Jeep Wrangler has only 65k.

Posted by: polynikes at June 18, 2023 02:22 PM (WxkE9)

39 14 9 Skeeters. or something like that, under my desk, eating my legs. I hate bug spray, I hate the sound of a floor fan. Aarrgghh.
Posted by: m

Get a pet bat.
Posted by: nurse ratched at June 18, 2023 02:11 PM (U2p+3)

And then the trouble began.

Posted by: m at June 18, 2023 02:22 PM (4tUZx)

40 Preach it, brother!! AMEN!!!!
We just bought our first car with a smart screen thing. We rejected a number of car brands because of the positively gigantic, battleship-laptop size screen stuck on the dash like it had been attached with hot glue and a couple of drywall screws.

And yes, running the phone nav system means losing other info like the outside air temp. The only benefit is the map display is bigger and the nav audio comes out over the car speakers and is easier to hear.

At least the manufacturers lost their love of putting all the HVAC controls on the touch screen. I wish they'd go back to knobs instead of pushbuttons. On my old '09 Equinox, when I want windshield defog it's just grab the know and go full one direction for defog, no need to look for the defog button and try to punch it while keeping one eye on the road.

Posted by: George V at June 18, 2023 02:22 PM (ugbqN)

41 Yeah. I use google maps and plug in my phone to Android Auto, so I get the maps. That is nice. I might miss it.

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at June 18, 2023 02:22 PM (vg8N1)

42 My conservative group here has determined that the southern Berkshires is a haven for hermits

Posted by: REDACTED at June 18, 2023 02:23 PM (us2H3)

43 Apple Car Play is the schnizz. I wouldn't buy a car that didn't have it.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 18, 2023 02:23 PM (8JbE1)

44 My pal across the way got back on the horse after wife dumping him a year and a half ago, and he has a new roomy. She drives a Saturn, pretty nice little car with more plastic of some kind than a Trabant. Also, she has a toy terrier of some sort and a dachshund, keeping his chiweenies company (I guess he got them in the settlement so his ex wouldn't use them in some coven ritual).

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at June 18, 2023 02:24 PM (rLD7a)

45 Wow you beat me by a mile. My 2011 Jeep Wrangler has only 65k.
Posted by: polynikes at June 18, 2023 02:22 PM (WxkE9)

I love the car. A 330 convertible. Great condition. Bought it with just 3k miles on it. Long since paid for. Great mileage. Handles like a dream. Only issue is Mrs D can't really get in and out of it so well anymore. Not that that is a real issue...

Posted by: Diogenes at June 18, 2023 02:25 PM (e4fEA)

46 I can't use Apple Car Play 'coz I don't have Siri activated on my phone.

Posted by: olddog in mo at June 18, 2023 02:25 PM (ju2Fy)

47 I use a Garmin for navigation but often it gets you close but that's it so have gone to satellite Google map on phone to get exact building

Posted by: Skip at June 18, 2023 02:26 PM (xhxe8)

48 I rent cars all the time, at least 2 or three times per month. I have noticed the increased suckiness of Toyota, Honda, Mazda, and now even VW. It seemed to start getting worse in 2023 models.
Funny thing. I got in a 2022 Nissan and it had no USB to plug in, so I got out and got in a 300. It connect fine.

Posted by: sTevo at June 18, 2023 02:26 PM (8i+57)

49 Pfft, kids and their fancy GPS!

In my day, we drove around looking for our destination while ignoring suggestions from the wife that we "stop and ask someone."

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(2YtOq) at June 18, 2023 02:26 PM (2YtOq)

50 I want to make an assumption that only EVs might have the digital dash these days. Would that be correct?

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My 2020 MB E450 has what appear to be analog gauges but they're actually pixels on a screen. One nice thing about that is the are all kinds of different ways to configure the dials by just flicking a touchpoint.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 18, 2023 02:26 PM (8JbE1)

51 The speedometer and related CELs on my car are connected through a black box that controls the ABS. It's known for frying, and it requires rebuilding, etc. so for a while I ran without a speedometer and honestly, I found it unnecessary. Traffic does what it does. Keep up, maintain, and it's genuinely not necessary. I got an app on my phone and ran that at night when nobody was out, but most of the time I could keep track of speed by watching the tac.
I forgot to turn the app off on an overseas trip, and on checking it when I got home was like, "When TF did I drive 463 MPH?!"
The app runs off GPS!

Posted by: LenNeal at June 18, 2023 02:27 PM (43xH1)

52 I love the car. A 330 convertible. Great condition. Bought it with just 3k miles on it. Long since paid for. Great mileage. Handles like a dream. Only issue is Mrs D can't really get in and out of it so well anymore. Not that that is a real issue...
Posted by: Diogenes

Sounds like a perfect excuse to road trip to
Salem in August!

Posted by: nurse ratched at June 18, 2023 02:28 PM (U2p+3)

53 Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 18, 2023 02:26 PM (8JbE1)

I just noticed something similar in CBDs photo up top.

Posted by: polynikes at June 18, 2023 02:28 PM (WxkE9)

54 Sounds like a perfect excuse to road trip to
Salem in August!
Posted by: nurse ratched at June 18, 2023 02:28 PM (U2p+3)

;-)

Posted by: Diogenes at June 18, 2023 02:28 PM (e4fEA)

55 The thing that irks me the most is cars that insist on putting every function into a touchscreen, which is a pain in the ass.

When you're committed to driving a two-ton chunk of mass down a public roadway, you should keep most of your attention focused on not killing yourself or others, not peeking over at a touchscreen hunting and pecking for the right pixels to change the radio station or the AC temperature.

Most things that are done while moving should be done with physical buttons and knobs that are always in the same place. There's a reason that fighter jets aren't designed with massive touchscreens that force the pilots to start pecking through menus to launch an air-to-air missile. Big old master arm switch under a cover, and then the triggers and pickle switches are where their hands are when flying the jet.

Posted by: ballistic at June 18, 2023 02:29 PM (oXNqT)

56 I want a car with an actual key. I don't care for the fob that has to be present for the car to start - that seems prone to so many issues. And after our trauma in the car wash with the sensors that decided the bar that scrapes water from the car as you drive out was instead an obstacle and shut down, I don't want all the electronic systems they are now putting in. Is this an anti first world problem?

Posted by: Moki at June 18, 2023 02:29 PM (JrN/x)

57 "I love the car. A 330 convertible."

Manual?

Posted by: pawn at June 18, 2023 02:30 PM (wsHtO)

58 Is the heads up display a thing anymore?

Posted by: polynikes at June 18, 2023 02:30 PM (WxkE9)

59 57 "I love the car. A 330 convertible."

Manual?
Posted by: pawn at June 18, 2023 02:30 PM (wsHtO)

-----------

No. Jose.

Posted by: Senor Wences at June 18, 2023 02:31 PM (8JbE1)

60 I really think there's a niche market for new vehicles without all the electronic gadgets.
Posted by: olddog in mo at June 18, 2023 02:21 PM (ju2Fy)

Oh, isn't that the truth! Last year had to part with my 1992 Honda hatchback (odometer died and due to age could NOT find another; caused check engine light to go on, and therefore could not pass CA smog. Ugh!).
Bought a 2022 Subaru BRZ and absolutely love it. It even has a fob, lol! But they lost me when they tried to get me to set up the screen and wanted to know my birthday, so the car could greet me on that day. Seriously?

Posted by: Grateful at June 18, 2023 02:31 PM (IQ6Gq)

61 "I love the car. A 330 convertible."

Manual?
Posted by: pawn at June 18, 2023 02:30 PM (wsHtO)

No.
Auto-stick, so if I want to pretend, I can. But I don't.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 18, 2023 02:32 PM (e4fEA)

62 I have only bought used vehicles for cash since 1982. I refuse to pay as much for a car as I paid for my first house. Right now my youngest vehicle is a 2006. I have two from that year, and a 2003 Pontiac Vibe.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at June 18, 2023 02:32 PM (aD39U)

63 I remember getting TripTiks from Triple A for my roadtrips. Damn, I'm old.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at June 18, 2023 02:32 PM (Xrfse)

64 That 93 Cutlass was a manual also but I didn't have a tach. I had a digital screen that indicated when to shift. That was dumb.

Posted by: polynikes at June 18, 2023 02:32 PM (WxkE9)

65 I agree, basic functions, like the ones ever since cars were invented, should be required to have dedicated knobs, buttons or levers.

Car companies should know better.

Posted by: sTevo at June 18, 2023 02:32 PM (8i+57)

66 60 I really think there's a niche market for new vehicles without all the electronic gadgets.
Posted by: olddog in mo at June 18, 2023 02:21 PM (ju2Fy)

You speak my language, friend.

Posted by: Moki at June 18, 2023 02:32 PM (JrN/x)

67 I have a particular dislike of software engineers who sit isolated in their cubicles and are driven by the "Good Idea Fairy" to design new features without any knowledge of the needs of the end user and ultimately adding nothing more than unnecessary complexity and additional points of failure.

Sitting in design meetings, seeing this happen in real time, I always had fantasy visions of Tinker Bell exploding in a pink mist as I jacked another round into my 12 Gauge. So much for your "Good Idea Fairy". Heh.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at June 18, 2023 02:33 PM (mTSL0)

68 I had a busted speedometer cable for a while in a 67 Bug. When people would make a comment about it, I told them it was an altimeter.

Posted by: pawn at June 18, 2023 02:33 PM (wsHtO)

69 I remember getting TripTiks from Triple A for my roadtrips. Damn, I'm old.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at June 18, 2023 02:32 PM (Xrfse)

Heh.
I still have a AAA map atlas of the US stuck between the seat and the center console. I use it too.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 18, 2023 02:33 PM (e4fEA)

70 FWP. My Ford truck doesn't come with hard copy of the manual. You access it through the dash screen. PITA to navigate. Was able to download PDF to puter, but not convenient when in vehicle and want to look something up.

Posted by: olddog in mo at June 18, 2023 02:34 PM (ju2Fy)

71
Car companies should know better.
Posted by: sTevo at June 18, 2023 02:32 PM (8i+57)

I think our "betters" are demanding these things be put in so that if they so desire, they can take away our freedom of movement.

Posted by: Moki at June 18, 2023 02:34 PM (JrN/x)

72 I still have a AAA map atlas of the US stuck between the seat and the center console. I use it too.

Nice.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at June 18, 2023 02:35 PM (Xrfse)

73
A GPS once told me to "Take the next legal U-turn." After I did that, its next command was, "Take the next legal U-turn." That's the last time I used one.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 18, 2023 02:35 PM (MoZTd)

74 2007 Chevrolet Cobalt LS. 300,000+ miles. 31MPG combined. Original AM/FM/CD with AUX input. Old smartphone stripped of almost all apps and all personal data used as music bank. Plugged in to AUX and dash 12v socket. I haven't crossed Loop 1604 yet, so I'm not lost. Background music "Go (Instrumental)" by Josh Woodward. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6xnY9hvz4U

Posted by: Rusty Bill at June 18, 2023 02:36 PM (MXuIM)

75 Momi, I'm seeing more of this, especially with the home home feature, no bug, forced on us in cars today.

Posted by: sTevo at June 18, 2023 02:36 PM (8i+57)

76 not sure my 1948 Chevy had a key

foot starter

Posted by: REDACTED at June 18, 2023 02:36 PM (us2H3)

77 "I think our "betters" are demanding these things be put in so that if they so desire, they can take away our freedom of movement."

No, they will tax your "freedom of movement". Of course the tax rate will depend on all kinds of variables that are being tried out right now.

Posted by: pawn at June 18, 2023 02:36 PM (wsHtO)

78 Phone home

Posted by: sTevo at June 18, 2023 02:36 PM (8i+57)

79 A number of friends have cars and trucks that have the engine turn off at stop lights and restart when they hit the gas.

I know this is not supposed to effect engine wear, but how can it not?

Posted by: Regular joe at June 18, 2023 02:36 PM (nnp+f)

80 I messed around with old Type 1 beetles for many years. Had a couple with no gas gauge, just a reserve switch under the drivers seat. One actually had the tank dipstick with the tool roll, a rare item nowadays. Damn things didn't even have a washer pump, bleeding air off the spare tire or a little tank you would air up. One, a 1960 canvass sunroof was ex's daily driver, and she would run out of gas, flip the reserve switch, and then really run out of gas.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at June 18, 2023 02:37 PM (rLD7a)

81 My 1999 BMW 540iT wagon is considered the last of the true electro-mechanical Bimmers. Yes, it has untold miles of wire, I-BUS this and D-CAN that (I'm learning) and motorized everything (eg self-leveling headlights and rear air suspension), all of which keeps me and the folks at RockAuto busy enough. OTOH, with 294k miles on it, it still does everything asked of it and will do it all day long at 100mph (at 3100 with redline at 5700 - you do the math). Installed a BlueBus bluetooth interface this spring, which uses the factory stereo and telephone wiring. Still trying to work out the bugs with hands-free phone but the BlueBus works great with iPod/iPhone libraries... and the wagon doesn't have a "black box" to record my every move on the road though my phone does. FWP indeed.

Posted by: Cowboyneal at June 18, 2023 02:37 PM (DzsA0)

82 The danger of a push button start from the key fob is carjacking. On one of the First 48 episodes in Atalanta, a guy was at the air station with his car shut off and filling his tires with air. Car of thugs drive up and one of the passengers jumps in and simply pushes the button. ( since this is a murder show the owner tried to stop him and was shot dead)

Posted by: polynikes at June 18, 2023 02:37 PM (WxkE9)

83 Oh, isn't that the truth! Last year had to part with my 1992 Honda hatchback (odometer died and due to age could NOT find another; caused check engine light to go on, and therefore could not pass CA smog. Ugh!).
Posted by: Grateful

AAGH!!! A CA Honda hatch in WI is worth almost its weight in gold. I'm serious. In my area there is no testing of any kind, people drive cars for years with the dash lit up like a trailer park on Christmas. That car, if reasonably straight and rust-free, would have fetched near USD$4K in WI.

Posted by: LenNeal at June 18, 2023 02:38 PM (43xH1)

84 I know this is not supposed to effect engine wear, but how can it not?

It does. Another gaslight.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at June 18, 2023 02:38 PM (Xrfse)

85 I have the auto off annoyance in wife's car. To defeat it you have to press a button. It resets when the car is turned off.

Posted by: sTevo at June 18, 2023 02:39 PM (8i+57)

86 I'm told the car is restarted using the alternator. I half believe it.

Posted by: sTevo at June 18, 2023 02:40 PM (8i+57)

87 I don't mind the screens. They've come in handy a few times. Love my twin-turbo 2015 Explorer. Best vehicle I've ever owned.

Posted by: Dr Pork Chops & Bacons at June 18, 2023 02:40 PM (BdMk6)

88 A number of friends have cars and trucks that have the engine turn off at stop lights and restart when they hit the gas.

I know this is not supposed to effect engine wear, but how can it not?
Posted by: Regular joe

Milage is assessed with new cars. Not thise ragged out due to dozens of starups a day for years.
New car milage governs much of the design.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 18, 2023 02:41 PM (ga8qR)

89 82 Car jacking and car theft in general. I got a letter from KIA USA saying I was eligible for an anti theft device due to the number of KIAs being boosted. I like free stuff, went on line with the provided instructions and UPS dropped off "The Club" a week later. I don't really need it having the anti theft device known as stick shift.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at June 18, 2023 02:42 PM (rLD7a)

90 number of friends have cars and trucks that have the engine turn off at stop lights and restart when they hit the gas.

I know this is not supposed to effect engine wear, but how can it not?
Posted by: Regular joe at June 18, 2023 02:36 PM (nnp+f

I had a rental when my car was in the shop that did that. I thought the car had died at the light and tried to start it again. Finally remembered about this from hearing discussions in the past . I located the switch where it can be disabled.

Posted by: polynikes at June 18, 2023 02:42 PM (WxkE9)

91 I have a muscle-memory routine in my 2017 E-Class benz.

Get in, foot on brake, start button, flip to Sport mode, seatbelt on, push button to disable the stupid auto-start-stop, reverse out of garage.

Posted by: ballistic at June 18, 2023 02:43 PM (oXNqT)

92 A number of friends have cars and trucks that have the engine turn off at stop lights and restart when they hit the gas.
---------------

Had that on old Ford truck but at least you could turn off. The new 2022 truck doesn't have that feature. They couldn't get the chips from Chyna. Supply chain problems FTW.

Posted by: olddog in mo at June 18, 2023 02:43 PM (ju2Fy)

93
Get in, foot on brake, start button, flip to Sport mode, seatbelt on, push button to disable the stupid auto-start-stop, reverse out of garage.
Posted by: ballistic at June 18, 2023 02:43 PM (oXNqT)

That's an aerobic class just to get out of the driveway!

Posted by: Moki at June 18, 2023 02:44 PM (JrN/x)

94 Also, my 20 year old high-mileage but decent-for-the-region Euro Luxury Sedan has paddle shifters, a turbo, and something like 300+ brake horsepower. It's by far the most powerful, luxurious vehicle I have ever owned. I've had it for 5+ years in the Rust Belt and it's getting to that point.
I did take it out on the County roads in M-mode with the paddle shifters and really wound it out. That's not as crazy as it sounds, some County roads here are arrow-straight with few crosses, and if you know them you can really go fairly fast. 140MPH and with those paddles, you can really get into trouble, really quickly. I now understand how supercar buyers wreck them, those paddles, man, it's way too easy to turn sideways.

Posted by: LenNeal at June 18, 2023 02:46 PM (43xH1)

95 I wonder the premium you could charge to convert a modern car to one to survive the apocalypse in?

Posted by: sTevo at June 18, 2023 02:46 PM (8i+57)

96 Diogenes--

I have a 2002 330 convertible and it is truly awesome. I bought it with more miles on it but haven't put more than 40-50K on it in a decade. It's got a performance chip in it and some other upgrades. No one would believe it's a 21-year-old car.

Dog loves to ride in the passenger's seat and take a slow ride around the neighborhood to catch all of the smells.

Posted by: Art Rondelet of Malmsey at June 18, 2023 02:46 PM (fTtFy)

97 My 2011 4 door wrangler is basic except for the power windows. And it has a CD player.

Posted by: polynikes at June 18, 2023 02:47 PM (WxkE9)

98 I have a particular dislike of software engineers who sit isolated in their cubicles and are driven by the "Good Idea Fairy" to design new features without any knowledge of the needs of the end user and ultimately adding nothing more than unnecessary complexity and additional points of failure.

As someone who has been at every level of software development from napkin to shrink wrap, most software devs are so behind on the backlog that there is no time for managing technical debt , let alone dream up new features.

Product Managers do their thing, architects and maybe principal engineers are in to cost it, UX people come up with the wireframes and the flow, team leads delegate out the work and form strategery, then finally near the end of that whole chain is a software guy in India trying to interpret the specs and the acceptance criteria.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at June 18, 2023 02:47 PM (3hSHB)

99 Having recently completed a 1k mile (plus) road trip, the roads were OK but my fellow humans are driving in a crazy manner. The speed limit is 70mph, I'm doing 75, everyone is passing me doing 90 or so. I really hate when when I'm in the grandpa lane (far right) doing 5mph over the limit and some asshole is tailgating me. Sometimes I brake check just for them. They get really pissed. I never played Grand Theft Auto but I think that's how these people learned how to drive.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at June 18, 2023 02:47 PM (MeG8a)

100 No matter where you go, there you are.

Posted by: Buckaroo Banzai at June 18, 2023 02:49 PM (xxG/v)

101 When I do decide to buy another vehicle I plan to keep my Wrangler and red neck up armor it.

Posted by: polynikes at June 18, 2023 02:49 PM (WxkE9)

102 Oh, and my 330 IS a manual. Love it and it's a passive anti-theft device because kids can't drive it.

Posted by: Art Rondelet of Malmsey at June 18, 2023 02:50 PM (fTtFy)

103 We've had one car with a touchscreen. We got rid of it and I hope we never have to get another with that kind of touchscreen. It's a nuisance and a driving distraction to have to look at the screen to touch in the right place to operate controls. I much prefer physical buttons and dials that I can operate by feel while keeping my eyes on the road.

Posted by: Emmie -- July 15 ArkanOklaMoMe RSVP email link in nic at June 18, 2023 02:51 PM (Emce2)

104 In the beginning there was fire. Just as cavemen once crouched around the flames, so coal scuttles and mantelpieces became the focus of modern life. “There’s an emotional connection between people and combustible energy sources,” says the environmental historian Melanie Arndt of Albert Ludwig University, Freiburg.
__________

The emotional connection is to the 1st world lifestyle made possible by combustible energy sources. Often 1st world problems are caused by tje delusions of the so called elites abusing science. In this case, that fuel that made it possible to pull billions out of poverty will one day in the long distant future possible cause a 1 degree rise in the average temperature of the earth which apparently will be more catastrophic than putting billions back into poverty.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at June 18, 2023 02:51 PM (fs1hN)

105 99 I'll brake check tailgaters all the time. Almost chalked up some idiot on a DWI scooter (Lost my licence but at least there's this) last week.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at June 18, 2023 02:51 PM (rLD7a)

106 Getting directions through your phone into your hearing aids so your wife believes you have the directional equivalent of Perfect Pitch is SUCH a, as the kids at my work would say, 'Baller Move'.

That is the kind of dirty pool that keeps marriages strong.

Posted by: LenNeal at June 18, 2023 02:51 PM (43xH1)

107 I wonder the premium you could charge to convert a modern car to one to survive the apocalypse in?
Posted by: sTevo at June 18, 2023 02:46 PM (8i+57)

It would probably be cheaper to buy a restored 1955 DeSoto. Now THOSE were built for nuclear war.

Posted by: Dr Pork Chops & Bacons at June 18, 2023 02:51 PM (BdMk6)

108 Automakers offer 10,000 dollar bonuses for good ideas....

they offer 100,000 dollar bonuses for shit ideas...

guess where the effort goes?

Posted by: sven at June 18, 2023 02:52 PM (X0I7i)

109 Back in the day, when I was an undergrad taking a course in Optical Electronics, we had a guest lecturer come in to explain and demonstrate his business, which dealt with building optical projection displays for the Air Force. He mentioned that when he had to make his bimonthly drives from Salt Lake City to LA, he'd pop a video cassette in and watch movies on the optical display that he had set up just in front of the steering wheel, which enabled him to watch movies and keep his eyes on the road at the same time.

Naturally, during the Q&A session, someone asked him how well it worked for porn videos.

Posted by: Buckaroo Banzai at June 18, 2023 02:52 PM (xxG/v)

110 I bought a 2004 yukon with less than 130,000 miles on it to convert to a 1/2 sleeper....

a 20 dollar walmart cigarette lighter bluetooth lets me rock the bose sound system with aplomb.

Posted by: sven at June 18, 2023 02:53 PM (X0I7i)

111 107 1955 DeSoto with first generation hemi. Yes, they had 'em in the stone age.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at June 18, 2023 02:53 PM (rLD7a)

112 95 I wonder the premium you could charge to convert a modern car to one to survive the apocalypse in?
Posted by: sTevo at June 18, 2023 02:46 PM (8i+57)

That is one of my daydreams. Retrofitting modern cars to be more independent of connectivity.

Posted by: Emmie -- July 15 ArkanOklaMoMe RSVP email link in nic at June 18, 2023 02:54 PM (Emce2)

113 Off 8-dimensional sock!

Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at June 18, 2023 02:54 PM (xxG/v)

114 People will also eventually lose the ability to use a rear view mirror. The back up cameras are pretty useful though in backing into tight spots. I don't have one but have seen them in action.

Posted by: polynikes at June 18, 2023 02:54 PM (WxkE9)

115 109 Posted by: Buckaroo Banzai at June 18, 2023 02:52 PM (xxG/v)

Future fighter pilot....

Posted by: sven at June 18, 2023 02:54 PM (X0I7i)

116 It's a love hate with my touch screen on tablet can't imagine in a vehicle

Posted by: Skip at June 18, 2023 02:55 PM (xhxe8)

117 I only wish that my older car had a mp3 jack. That's it. ... and an automatic oil change feature. I fucking hate having to get an oil change. WHY???? Can't i just get some lithium grease or something?

Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 18, 2023 02:55 PM (jzzG8)

118 I have a 2017 Dodge Charger and wife has a 2018 Jeep Grand Cherokee. Both have the same identical head unit. Last year both head units started failing the exact same way at the same time. Basically, the touch screen began delaminating, and the screen would go crazy with false positives. Luckily, I was able to get both systems replaced under warranty. Which was good because they would have cost about $3k each. I did a little research and it is a common issue with a large batch of the head units on Chyrsler/Jeep cars with the 8.4 UConnect.

Posted by: Eric at June 18, 2023 02:55 PM (a2F+C)

119 The Rav4 has that. (automatic shutdown of the engine) But it can be disabled.

A friend has it on her F150 and is concerned that it will wear out the starter.

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at June 18, 2023 02:57 PM (vg8N1)

120 My wife's Explorer has a "digital dash" and a large touchscreen in the middle. The only buttons are for the climate control system. You can change the drive mode via a selector knob... there's 7 different settings. I prefer the "sport" mode and use the paddle shifters. At least it seems like I'm actually driving the thing instead of it driving me around.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 18, 2023 02:57 PM (Q4IgG)

121 The car I recently rented (RAV4) had some nanny features, like if you changed lanes without signaling it would beep at you. Never mind that there is no one around to observe your signal. Then there are the "proximity beeps" which kick in if you get too close to another car or vice versa.
These are annoying in the case of tailgaters.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at June 18, 2023 02:59 PM (MeG8a)

122 Even with all modern devices aboard your car or truck, you should have stuff like paper proof of insurance and road maps or an atlas. There are a lot of places with no cell or internet (see about half of New Mexico).

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at June 18, 2023 03:00 PM (rLD7a)

123 My first 'car car' was a 1985 Olds Firenza station wagon with the 4-banger. It claimed 85 horsepower. I regard it as the equivalent of the post-WW2 Crosley.
Interestingly, I like the displays for some things but do not at all believe any of those things need to involve functions of the car itself. I can attest it is entirely possible to fleet-sales a major maker pickup or van without said display, brand-new.

Posted by: LenNeal at June 18, 2023 03:01 PM (43xH1)

124 I do not want a car to do my thinking for me. Aargh! For one thing, you can't really trust it. What if the computer seizes up?

It takes more mental energy for me to go ahead and slam on the brakes when roads are slick than it does for me to instinctively adjust pedal pressure based on road feel feedback.

Posted by: Emmie -- July 15 ArkanOklaMoMe RSVP email link in nic at June 18, 2023 03:01 PM (Emce2)

125 Only "infotainment" should be on the screen. Nothing more "critical" like climate control, hazard lights, shifting, etc.

There's nothing worse than having functions buried in menus when you just want the air speed turned down a notch.

My latest car has WAY too much going on in the touch screen, I absolutely hate that part of it.

Posted by: Blago at June 18, 2023 03:01 PM (cOFom)

126 2004 Taco with 330,000 miles. 26mpg. Put about 16 miles a day on it. Paid 600 bucks for her and have had to put about a grand into self done repairs, parts and maintenance .
If it weren't so windy today I would be out repacking the front wheel bearings. If I wasn't such a hoarder slob I would be here in my shop doing it inside. If I weren't so cheap I'd just buy the bolt on fix for the issue.

Posted by: Reforger at June 18, 2023 03:02 PM (B705c)

127 Worst idea ever in an automobile is the fob.

What asshole came up with that idea…

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at June 18, 2023 03:02 PM (R/m4+)

128 AAGH!!! A CA Honda hatch in WI is worth almost its weight in gold. I'm serious. In my area there is no testing of any kind, people drive cars for years with the dash lit up like a trailer park on Christmas. That car, if reasonably straight and rust-free, would have fetched near USD$4K in WI.
Posted by: LenNeal at June 18, 2023 02:38 PM (43xH1)

Oh, that would have been good to know a year ago...I paid $4500 when I bought it used from a friend in 2000. "Albert" was completely rust free, and in excellent mechanical condition. Gave it to our mechanic who works with a charity in Mexico. Guess they don't have all the pesty CA car rules.

Posted by: Grateful at June 18, 2023 03:02 PM (IQ6Gq)

129 "That is the kind of dirty pool that keeps marriages strong. "

Well put. Feel free to steal the idea, which also works even if you have no hearing aids, just normal ear buds. That way your dash screen can just be for music or whatever.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at June 18, 2023 03:03 PM (MeG8a)

130 They also effed up cruise control. Now when your vehicle thinks you're "too close" to vehicle in front it automatically slows you down. No override for that feature.

Posted by: olddog in mo at June 18, 2023 03:06 PM (ju2Fy)

131 Even with all modern devices aboard your car or truck, you should have stuff like paper proof of insurance and road maps or an atlas. There are a lot of places with no cell or internet (see about half of New Mexico).
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at June 18, 2023 03:00 PM (rLD7a)

I have always depended on atlases for direction. I even have atlases that show all the dirt country roads (a must for the end-times....and storm chasing).

Posted by: Dr Pork Chops & Bacons at June 18, 2023 03:06 PM (BdMk6)

132 Gave it to our mechanic who works with a charity in Mexico. Guess they don't have all the pesty CA car rules.
Posted by: Grateful'

Thinking further that car would likely have fetched a lot more, closer to $6K if relatively unmolested. We here in flyover country generally do not have testing, not enough population density. There is a small but steady business that has always been here of people transporting rust-free cars to the Rust Belt. I see photos of junkyards in Texas, say, filled with rust-free vehicles junked and am dumbfounded.

Posted by: LenNeal at June 18, 2023 03:07 PM (43xH1)

133
Headline of the Day!!!!

Uranus takes a pounding more frequently than thought

https://www.physics-astronomy.com/uranus-takes-a-

pounding-more-frequently/

Posted by: naturalfake at June 18, 2023 03:07 PM (fb7jX)

134 What's fun with car navigation systems is driving on roads built after the system was programmed. It insists you're way off course and in the middle of field somewhere.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at June 18, 2023 03:07 PM (Bd6X8)

135 I think my Garmin and phone can be connected but not sure what good it could do

Posted by: Skip at June 18, 2023 03:08 PM (xhxe8)

136
Try being born analog and having to adapt to the digital age, if you're in love with the career you chose, that of auto repair.

Been an interesting and frustrating time to live in.

Posted by: irongrampa at June 18, 2023 03:08 PM (KATBx)

137 'I paid $4500 when I bought it used from a friend in 2000. "Albert" was completely rust free'

Now, 'Alberto'.

Posted by: LenNeal at June 18, 2023 03:08 PM (43xH1)

138 2weeks ago I was in a boat and I launched Google maps. They have no provision for marine use.

Posted by: sTevo at June 18, 2023 03:09 PM (8i+57)

139 About the same. 2010 KIA, stick, and it is at the limit of everything I would want. Hell, I went back to a flip phone after the smart phone dumped on me, and I got a 2023 Road Atlas and my old USMC lensatic compass if I get lost.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply
++++
I recently discovered how useless cell phone navigation can be while visiting your state. There's an awful lot of places in the Ozarks where there is no cell signal.

Posted by: Florida Peasant at June 18, 2023 03:09 PM (dr4Q1)

140 138 2weeks ago I was in a boat and I launched Google maps. They have no provision for marine use.
Posted by: sTevo'

Holy shit. That approaches a Dad Joke.

Posted by: LenNeal at June 18, 2023 03:11 PM (43xH1)

141 Worst idea ever in an automobile is the fob.

What asshole came up with that idea…
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at June 18, 2023 03:02 PM (R/m4+)

I like it. It's conveniences much outweigh the downsides.

Posted by: Dr Pork Chops & Bacons at June 18, 2023 03:11 PM (BdMk6)

142 What asshole came up with that idea…
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at June 18, 2023 03:02 PM (R/m4+)

A rich one!

Posted by: sTevo at June 18, 2023 03:12 PM (8i+57)

143 Al of us downs at the Brattelboro Womins Repreductove Centor wants to wish Presdent obana a happy farters day. We love you and miss you !!

Posted by: Mary Clogginstein from Brattleboro, VT at June 18, 2023 03:12 PM (9e2kV)

144 Dog loves to ride in the passenger's seat and take a slow ride around the neighborhood to catch all of the smells.
Posted by: Art Rondelet of Malmsey at June 18, 2023 02:46 PM (fTtFy)

Mine too. He loves the top down.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 18, 2023 03:13 PM (e4fEA)

145 My Garmin can be updated by WiFi

Posted by: Skip at June 18, 2023 03:13 PM (xhxe8)

146 139 Yep. Not far from here is a stretch of I40 with nothing, no internet or cell, lasting for about 10 miles. You get up in the "hollers" of the Ozarks and things get worse.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at June 18, 2023 03:13 PM (rLD7a)

147 People will also eventually lose the ability to use a rear view mirror. The back up cameras are pretty useful though in backing into tight spots. I don't have one but have seen them in action.
Posted by: polynikes at June 18, 2023 02:54 PM (WxkE9)

My sister's SUV has that top down view of the vehicle when you put the car in reverse. Like having a drone 20 feet over the top.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at June 18, 2023 03:14 PM (aD39U)

148
My pet peeve about today's cars -- and it is a big one -- their abso-fucking-useless tire pressure sensors. Unreliable, neatly always signaling "something's wrong" when it is not, and expensive to replace. I want whoever was involved with then, in whatever capacity, to suffer the excruciating pains of the damned for eternity in the circle of Hell they'll share with the purveyors of the low flow toilet "blessings" to which we've been subjected for decades now.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot Egg-Fried: Did you clowns think that I was joking? at June 18, 2023 03:15 PM (5pZqO)

149
My FWP:

My very expensive Swiss watch, the watch the RAF wore in the Battle Of Britain, the watch that went to the moon, James Bond's watch in Spectre !- is losing 20 seconds a day. A minute every 3 days.

I have to take it in for service. The $50 Timex I bought to wear while the other watch is away keeps perfect time.

F***ing f***!

Posted by: DB - at June 18, 2023 03:16 PM (geLO8)

150 Another terrible feature. Collision Control or whatev they call it. Was making an aggressive move to get around retard in left lane and my truck slams on brakes. Scared the eff out of me. Damn near made me wreck.

Posted by: olddog in mo at June 18, 2023 03:16 PM (ju2Fy)

151 My pet peeve about today's cars -- and it is a big one -- their abso-fucking-useless tire pressure sensors. Unreliable, neatly always signaling "something's wrong" when it is not, and expensive to replace. I want whoever was involved with then, in whatever capacity, to suffer the excruciating pains of the damned for eternity in the circle of Hell they'll share with the purveyors of the low flow toilet "blessings" to which we've been subjected for decades now.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot Egg-Fried: Did you clowns think that I was joking? at June 18, 2023 03:15 PM (5pZqO)

I'll agree with that.

Posted by: Dr Pork Chops & Bacons at June 18, 2023 03:18 PM (BdMk6)

152 KIA TPM sensors are a big pain in the ass. Only one time in 11 years have I had a bad tire. They call for 35 lbs, and every so often I roll into the lube place and have the guys jack it up to 37 lbs.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at June 18, 2023 03:18 PM (rLD7a)

153
2weeks ago I was in a boat and I launched Google maps. They have no provision for marine use.
Posted by: sTevo'

In keeping with on the water parlance, you ought to have used Google charts.

I keed.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot Egg-Fried: Did you clowns think that I was joking? at June 18, 2023 03:18 PM (5pZqO)

154 '143 Al of us downs at the Brattelboro Womins Repreductove Centor wants to wish Presdent obana a happy farters day. We love you and miss you !!
Posted by: Mary Clogginstein from Brattleboro, VT'

Well, Mary, I'm sure you miss him, because I watched your White teacher friends beam while Black miscreants ran through the hallways in 2012 whapping White kids and screaming 'Obama Obama yo mama yo mama!'
Then when I was begged by Black residents and teachers to be a male elementary teacher, because you and all your White Rich friends were on the School Board and wanted Stronk Wimmens, I found no point in it and went back to work in Dirty Manufacturing and Service Jobs.
I know perfectly well it's a parody account but...

Posted by: LenNeal at June 18, 2023 03:19 PM (43xH1)

155 148 Posted by: Krebs v Carnot Egg-Fried: Did you clowns think that I was joking? at June 18, 2023 03:15 PM (5pZqO)

Tire Pressure Sensors are a gift from laywers, regulators, and pols who decided that because a few fucking retards in RVs thought evidently that they were secretly ground effect vehicles they never needed to check tire pressure.

Consequently a one size fits all "solution" was a rube goldberg design with a high failure rate TPS system.

Posted by: sven at June 18, 2023 03:20 PM (X0I7i)

156 There's an awful lot of places in the Ozarks where there is no cell signal.
Posted by: Florida Peasant at June 18, 2023 03:09
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Yep. I drive US 60 monthly across southern MO. where the hoot owls love them some chickens. No cell service.

Posted by: olddog in mo at June 18, 2023 03:20 PM (ju2Fy)

157 HAHAHA!!!
Google Charts, I want this expanded into something far better, that's a hilarious idea.

Posted by: LenNeal at June 18, 2023 03:20 PM (43xH1)

158 My pet peeve about today's cars -- and it is a big one -- their abso-fucking-useless tire pressure sensors. Unreliable, neatly always signaling "something's wrong" when it is not, and expensive to replace. I want whoever was involved with then, in whatever capacity, to suffer the excruciating pains of the damned for eternity in the circle of Hell they'll share with the purveyors of the low flow toilet "blessings" to which we've been subjected for decades now.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot Egg-Fried: Did you clowns think that I was joking? at June 18, 2023 03:15 PM (5pZqO)

I'll agree with that.
Posted by: Dr Pork Chops & Bacons at June 18, 2023 03:18 PM (BdMk6)
***

Ditto, although my SNL replaced the air with nitrogen. Works great and not subject to the fluctuations of temperatures.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 18, 2023 03:21 PM (e4fEA)

159 Our old Nissan Quest pre-dates vidscreen displays. This is our 2nd Quest. Both stupidly had LCD displays for the gauges. Bit by bit, info disappeared. Engine temp? Who knows? If the gas tank is full, we can see two dots at the "Full" end of the gauge. Below that, it's guesswork. No odometer, either. Both cars the same.

Our older one was from a rental company, so, no frills. As a man of manners it was always frustrating that the only door lock was on the driver's door, so I couldn't just open the passenger door for Milady. The newer car also only had the driver-door lock, but it had a remote fob to lock/unlock all. Luxury! Even more, it has an auto side door and auto back hatch, handy buttons on the fob. That's about as modern as I'd like to get.

Of course, then the fob died.

Posted by: mindful webworker - used to drive a Mustang, long, long ago at June 18, 2023 03:21 PM (SLkJZ)

160 149 I had one of those expensive quality Swiss watches, the ones named after a bivalve, bought at the DaNang PX in 1970. Lost it during the divorce years but it never kept super duper accurate time, even after being "regulated" for about $50 each time. Timex Indiglo keeps better time according to the cable TV and lap top.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at June 18, 2023 03:23 PM (rLD7a)

161 138 2weeks ago I was in a boat and I launched Google maps. They have no provision for marine use.

Posted by: sTevo at June 18, 2023 03:09 PM (8i+57)

One upon a time in Yahoo Maps: If you requested a driving route from a US location to Paris, France, the route went to pier in a port in New Jersey, then directed you to DRIVE 3000-plus miles to Le Harve or Cherbourg, France, where the road route resumed. Much time was wasted by millions who went to Yahoo Maps to see if it was true or not.

I have no idea if Yahoo Maps exists now.

Posted by: Gref at June 18, 2023 03:24 PM (AMIL/)

162 Nissan Quest

At least you didn't go for the Honda Odyssey, which takes 10 years to get to your destination only to find your wife with another man.

Posted by: LenNeal at June 18, 2023 03:24 PM (43xH1)

163 2weeks ago I was in a boat and I launched Google maps. They have no provision for marine use.
Posted by: sTevo'

In keeping with on the water parlance, you ought to have used Google charts.

I keed.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot Egg-Fried: Did you clowns think that I was joking? at June 18, 2023 03:18 PM (5pZqO)

You guys are keeling me!

Posted by: Diogenes at June 18, 2023 03:25 PM (e4fEA)

164 To all the 95s out there, just wanted to wish you a 95 95 95!

Posted by: Lumpy Fetterman at June 18, 2023 03:26 PM (XabuO)

165 Wait, nitrogen filled tires are an actual thing?
I thought it was a joke, like blinker fluid.
Really?

Posted by: LenNeal at June 18, 2023 03:26 PM (43xH1)

166 Ordered a 2022 GMC Sierra Elevation in Jan last year and it came in around Sep, I traded it in on a 2019 this past Jan. The electronics are too much and I couldn’t play my music using voice control or while it was moving scrolling through the screen. The OS built into the vehicle is Android and I despise Google, it practically demands a phone be connected. And GM is forcing a 3 yr OnStar subscription on new vehicle purchases.

Posted by: SSR at June 18, 2023 03:27 PM (7NmRg)

167 My 17 Silverado blinds you with its screen while reversing at night. It is especially bad at the boat ramp at night. It would be an easy fix if they had a dimmer on that screen, or an off switch.

Posted by: Jinx the Cat at June 18, 2023 03:27 PM (qmDL0)

168 I prefer my vehicles to not have 'gubmint tracking' devices built in. I can always leave my phone at home if I prefer a bit of privacy. I don't normally, all I'm doing is boring errands, but I do like the option.

Posted by: PaleRider at June 18, 2023 03:27 PM (3cGpq)

169 I fill my tires with a 78% Nitrogen mix.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at June 18, 2023 03:27 PM (aD39U)

170 Happy Dad's Day!

Included Pachelbel Bedtime link. It always makes me both laugh and feel nostalgic.

https://tinyurl.com/5aadee87

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at June 18, 2023 03:29 PM (YEHMZ)

171 I do not like the vehicle to talk to me, especially during a good song 'You Sexy Thang' by Hot Chocolate.

Posted by: Eromero at June 18, 2023 03:29 PM (Uv0D2)

172 The Timex comment makes me resurrect The Kid's favorite Dad Joke:
My neighbor has two dogs, named Timex and Rolex.
They're watchdogs.

(I got it from here, but it's her favorite)

Posted by: LenNeal at June 18, 2023 03:30 PM (43xH1)

173 Included Pachelbel Bedtime link. It always makes me both laugh and feel nostalgic.

Hah! Loved it.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at June 18, 2023 03:31 PM (Xrfse)

174 Tires are something that has made progress over the years. I can change tires on the light weight KIA at about 40K, and there is still enough meat on them where they can be sold to the needy for about $20 just to get them around.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at June 18, 2023 03:31 PM (rLD7a)

175 Yesterday was the Golden Knights celebration for winning the Stanley Cup. And you know what happened ???????

Nothing !!!! No Shootings, No Murders, No Stores Ransakcked, No Cars broken into or smashed, or building burned down !!!!

And they call Vegas Sin City ??? Denver Nuggets win and they go on a crime spree in Denver. Wake dumb ass libs and quit burning down your homes and cities !!

AND DO NOT COME TO RED CITIES !!!!!!!!!

Posted by: Ferd Berfall at June 18, 2023 03:32 PM (hSa/7)

176 Not a first world problem, more of a solution: even with all the tech on new cars, they mostly do not come with a dashcam. I immediately put one in my car as soon as they got sort of affordable and have never regretted it.
Get a dashcam. They plug into the cigarette lighter socket. Oops, accessory port.
If you do not have one, go get one, now. Right this minute.

Posted by: LenNeal at June 18, 2023 03:34 PM (43xH1)

177 In Brattleboro we cans use the Human Greenhorse Gas from FART Tubes to full tires on Electriconic cars. Whats has you done to ends Globill warmming ???

Posted by: Mary Clogginstein from Brattleboro, VT at June 18, 2023 03:35 PM (hSa/7)

178
I fill my tires with a 78% Nitrogen mix.
Posted by: G'rump928(c)

You sly fox!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot Egg-Fried: Did you clowns think that I was joking? at June 18, 2023 03:35 PM (5pZqO)

179 Tires are something that has made progress over the years. I can change tires on the light weight KIA at about 40K, and there is still enough meat on them where they can be sold to the needy for about $20 just to get them around.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at June 18, 2023 03:31 PM (rLD7a)

You are so kind. 😉

Posted by: Dr Pork Chops & Bacons at June 18, 2023 03:37 PM (BdMk6)

180 I took off the other day from New Orleans, headed to Kentucky. After about two hours of driving the car went in to "limp-home" mode. You can push the accelerator to the floor and get next to nothing in terms of power. Ran the code and it came back, "Turbo boost low". Funny thing, if you shut the engine off, it resets, and you can drive normally for a half hour or so, and hour or two if it sets off all night. I just had the intake system completely re-done and a new oil cooler installed. Might be low oil pressure. Might be an air leak.

Posted by: Javems at June 18, 2023 03:38 PM (AmoqO)

181 I saw a picture of Senator Fetterstien in Jams and a Hoodie meeting Biden. Pennsylvania you really voted for this retard??? This is the best you have ???

Posted by: Ferd Berfall at June 18, 2023 03:38 PM (9e2kV)

182 I fill my tires with a 78% Nitrogen mix.
Posted by: G'rump928
++++
Seems like it would be hard to get that mix exactly right.
But it's actually pretty easy.

Posted by: Florida Peasant at June 18, 2023 03:38 PM (dr4Q1)

183 179 I'm not. The boys at the tire center sell them so they avoid the recycling fees.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at June 18, 2023 03:38 PM (rLD7a)

184 Why would I put Nitrogen in my tires ???

Posted by: Ferd Berfall at June 18, 2023 03:39 PM (9e2kV)

185 Someone's not in the holiday spirit:

Shooting at Juneteenth celebration leaves at least 20 injured, 1 dead

Posted by: DB - at June 18, 2023 03:39 PM (geLO8)

186 I can change tires on the light weight KIA at about 40K, and there is still enough meat on them where they can be sold to the needy for about $20 just to get them around.
Posted by: bill in arkansas

My paternal grandfather (born 190

was from Arkansas, and when asked about all the changes he must have seen (died at 102), all he would talk about was how much cars are better! and he was obsessed with tires, something I've never understood. Modern cars can and will run on tires that are honestly bald.

Posted by: LenNeal at June 18, 2023 03:39 PM (43xH1)

187 >Why would I put Nitrogen in my tires ???

Posted by: Ferd Berfall

Science and stuff

Posted by: DB - at June 18, 2023 03:39 PM (geLO8)

188
Ditto, although my SNL replaced the air with nitrogen. Works great and not subject to the fluctuations of temperatures.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 18, 2023 03:21 PM (e4fEA)

????

The Ideal Gas Law is: PV=nRT. Pressure of a specific gas in a specified volume is proportional to Temperature of the gas.

Posted by: Physics! at June 18, 2023 03:39 PM (AMIL/)

189 Was the shooting Black on Black on Juneteenth ???

Posted by: Ferd Berfall at June 18, 2023 03:40 PM (9e2kV)

190 Chatterbox Mouse,
Where are you located? I may be in the market for that RAV4 at the beginning of the year.

Posted by: lin-duh at June 18, 2023 03:41 PM (UUBmN)

191 I am told when I was a toddler I was on the Cape May to Lewis ferry, wonder is Google map in a car would send you across. I think it still runs
My Garmin sent me on a dirt road upstate twice years ago.

Posted by: Skip at June 18, 2023 03:41 PM (xhxe8)

192 Holy MF-ing S-word Batman, Nitrogen filled tires are, in fact, a Thing.
Eu-uch-what

Posted by: LenNeal at June 18, 2023 03:42 PM (43xH1)

193
I would fill my tires with carbon dioxide, but at winter temperatures it would convert to dry ice and that is not as cool a ride as it may sound.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot Egg-Fried: Did you clowns think that I was joking? at June 18, 2023 03:42 PM (5pZqO)

194 Someone's not in the holiday spirit:

Shooting at Juneteenth celebration leaves at least 20 injured, 1 dead
Posted by: DB - at June 18, 2023 03:39 PM (geLO

Nothing says "celebration" like a drive-by shooting.

Posted by: Dr Pork Chops & Bacons at June 18, 2023 03:42 PM (BdMk6)

195 A shooting near a shopping center in Willowbrook, Illinois, early Sunday left at least 20 shot and one dead, according to authorities, in what witnesses describe as a Juneteenth celebration turned violent.

said preliminary witness and victim reports indicate at least 20 individuals suffered gunshot wounds, and confirmed that one victim has died.

"The motive behind this incident is unclear and this is still an active investigation,"

Posted by: DB - at June 18, 2023 03:43 PM (geLO8)

196 Fetterman called I95 a major eatery yesterday Hell, stroked out Thad Cochran had more on the ball.

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at June 18, 2023 03:43 PM (1NfkJ)

197 I picture Steve Martin from the Muppet Movie at the dealership producing a canister of Tire Fillante.

"Would you like to sniff the inflator?"

Posted by: LenNeal at June 18, 2023 03:44 PM (43xH1)

198 Just don't pay to have the radio installed. I think they charged as much per hour as my lawyer does. All the Bose stuff was shot. I do have the backup camera now. And I got the radio with the simpliesr screen I could find.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at June 18, 2023 03:45 PM (ouTlx)

199 Holy MF-ing S-word Batman, Nitrogen filled tires are, in fact, a Thing.
Eu-uch-what

It's a way to extract more money from the customer.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at June 18, 2023 03:45 PM (Bd6X8)

200 Fetterman will give an exhibition of figure skating to help those in Philly who live in Philly and can't make it out alive.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at June 18, 2023 03:46 PM (rLD7a)

201
My Garmin sent me on a dirt road upstate twice years ago.
Posted by: Skip

Mine did that to me in rural WV, over unpaved roads and after a February snowfall, about six years ago. In the middle of that adventure, Mrs. K texted my sister, "Krebs is using many words right now."

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot Egg-Fried: Did you clowns think that I was joking? at June 18, 2023 03:46 PM (5pZqO)

202 Whats has you done to ends Globill warmming ???
Posted by: Mary Clogginstein'

Well, Mary, to be totally honest, I've reduced many, many carbon-based lifeforms to ambient earth temperature.

Posted by: LenNeal at June 18, 2023 03:47 PM (43xH1)

203 The Ideal Gas Law is: PV=nRT. Pressure of a specific gas in a specified volume is proportional to Temperature of the gas.
Posted by: Physics! at June 18, 2023 03:39 PM (AMIL/)

Huh?
Dude. I was a political science major for a reason.

Nitrogen. Thats what the SNL said. Who was I to argue?

Posted by: Diogenes at June 18, 2023 03:48 PM (e4fEA)

204 Also Biden says we should give Chyna a break as their leadership has no idea about this whole balloon thing, none. We are governed by the evil and infirm.

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at June 18, 2023 03:48 PM (1NfkJ)

205 The motive behind this incident is unclear and this is still an active investigation,"
Posted by: DB -
++++
Probably an aspiring rapper who was just about to get his life turned around accidently shot 20 people.
That would be my guess.
But we'll have to wait for the media take.

Posted by: Florida Peasant at June 18, 2023 03:48 PM (dr4Q1)

206 15 Perhaps a better example for the food thread but my FWP is why in God's green earth would any dairy create and market low fat Half & Half?

Posted by: Tonypete at June 18, 2023 02:12 PM (EnT0Y)
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Isn't Low fat H & H equivalent to Jumbo Shrimp?

Posted by: I before E except when you run a feisty heist on a weird beige foreign neighbor at June 18, 2023 03:49 PM (qfLjt)

207 Fetterman is from Pittsburgh area, 300 miles from Philadelphia. I been on I95 way more than he ever heard of it

Posted by: Skip at June 18, 2023 03:49 PM (xhxe8)

208 >Mine did that to me in rural WV, over unpaved roads and after a February snowfall,

That was happening in Colorado too. Some route-finding app was telling people stuck in traffic on westbound I-70 to use a detour over Oh My God Road, which is an unpaved road, thru the mountains, and is as scary as its name.

Posted by: DB - at June 18, 2023 03:50 PM (geLO8)

209 Yeah, got none of that stuff. Not even a 'smart phone'.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, curmudgeon at June 18, 2023 03:50 PM (uUKp3)

210 Also Biden says we should give Chyna a break as their leadership has no idea about this whole balloon thing, none. We are governed by the evil and infirm.
Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem

If only Winnie Xi Pooh knew!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at June 18, 2023 03:50 PM (FVME7)

211 My FWP...
Mrs D has been on a Pringles Potato Chips kick lately. Those long re-sealable cans seem perfect for something. So I now have half a dozen sitting on my work bench. But I've no idea what to use them for???

Posted by: Diogenes at June 18, 2023 03:51 PM (e4fEA)

212 Ditto, although my SNL replaced the air with nitrogen. Works great and not subject to the fluctuations of temperatures.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 18, 2023 03:21 PM (e4fEA)

Oilfield tools that use gas pressure to operate use nitrogen. Pressure vs temperature calculations are more reliable.

Posted by: Javems at June 18, 2023 03:51 PM (AmoqO)

213 203 The Ideal Gas Law is: PV=nRT. Pressure of a specific gas in a specified volume is proportional to Temperature of the gas.
Posted by: Physics! at June 18, 2023 03:39 PM (AMIL/)'

How many Physics students did this math with their professor, the lecture hall, and the ambient temperature.

Posted by: LenNeal at June 18, 2023 03:51 PM (43xH1)

214 Probably an aspiring rapper who was just about to get his life turned around accidently shot 20 people.

-
Did he have a pistol brace?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at June 18, 2023 03:52 PM (FVME7)

215
Mrs D has been on a Pringles Potato Chips kick lately. Those long re-sealable cans seem perfect for something. So I now have half a dozen sitting on my work bench. But I've no idea what to use them for???
Posted by: Diogenes

Potato cannons

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot Egg-Fried: Did you clowns think that I was joking? at June 18, 2023 03:52 PM (5pZqO)

216 ...in what witnesses describe as a Juneteenth celebration turned violent.

"Turned" violent?

Posted by: Diogenes at June 18, 2023 03:53 PM (e4fEA)

217 That was happening in Colorado too. Some route-finding app was telling people stuck in traffic on westbound I-70 to use a detour over Oh My God Road, which is an unpaved road, thru the mountains, and is as scary as its name.
Posted by: DB - at June 18, 2023 03:50 PM (geLO

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Those things have sent people down fire roads in the Coast Ranges here in Oregon. At least one guy died that I know of.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at June 18, 2023 03:53 PM (fxrF8)

218 Potato Chips kick lately. Those long re-sealable cans seem perfect for something. So I now have half a dozen sitting on my work bench. But I've no idea what to use them for???
Posted by: Diogenes'

Leave them laying around with crumbs in them. The cats will stick their heads in and get stuck. Hours of entertainment!

Posted by: LenNeal at June 18, 2023 03:53 PM (43xH1)

219 Watch the bad consequences of US-style mass democracy. Sen. Fetterman and Biden in the same room.

On YouTube, commentary by Emil.

Posted by: sTevo at June 18, 2023 03:53 PM (8i+57)

220 Diogenes @ 211-
Hampester tubes.

Posted by: Eromero at June 18, 2023 03:54 PM (Uv0D2)

221 Cats with their heads stuck in Pringles cans will, if left to their own devices, will occasionally 'joust', like in EXCALIBUR, and the metal bottoms of the cans make a ringing noise.

Posted by: LenNeal at June 18, 2023 03:55 PM (43xH1)

222 Willowbrook, Illinois, shooting leaves 1 dead, 19 hurt; 2 killed in shooting at Washington music fest

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How can you have more killed than dead? Is this like a zombie thing! Should I be concerned?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at June 18, 2023 03:55 PM (FVME7)

223 The answer is

95

Posted by: DB - at June 18, 2023 03:55 PM (geLO8)

224 The las Vegas Police Department is obviously RACIST and HATES PERSONS OF COLOR !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The LVPD did not allow Persons of Color Loot and Pillage the city after the Golden Knights won the Cup. I beleive AG Garland should start an immediate investigation into this Civil Rights Violation !!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: Frank N. Stien at June 18, 2023 03:55 PM (y9QBQ)

225 Eromero, LenNeal.
So you're saying the solution is to buy a cat and some hampsters?
Well crap. This isn't going to end well.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 18, 2023 03:56 PM (e4fEA)

226 Persons of Color > Persons of Choler

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at June 18, 2023 03:56 PM (fxrF8)

227
Make sure you change to summer nitrogen after Memorial Day.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 18, 2023 03:57 PM (MoZTd)

228 49 Pfft, kids and their fancy GPS!

In my day, we drove around looking for our destination while ignoring suggestions from the wife that we "stop and ask someone."

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(2YtOq) at June 18, 2023 02:26 PM (2YtOq)
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YESSSS!

Posted by: I before E except when you run a feisty heist on a weird beige foreign neighbor at June 18, 2023 03:57 PM (qfLjt)

229 Make sure you change to summer nitrogen after Memorial Day.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 18, 2023 03:57 PM (MoZTd)
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N2O

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at June 18, 2023 03:58 PM (fxrF8)

230 Keep driving-

You WILL find it!

Posted by: DB - at June 18, 2023 03:58 PM (geLO8)

231 Dog-bites-man story. I went to a Juneteenth celebration and a fight broke out!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at June 18, 2023 03:59 PM (FVME7)

232 Diogenes, the tubes are for launching the hamsters. You do have nitrogen, right,

Posted by: Eromero at June 18, 2023 04:00 PM (Uv0D2)

233 what about nitrogen-filled hamsters

Posted by: DB - at June 18, 2023 04:00 PM (geLO8)

234 Dog-bites-man story. I went to a Juneteenth celebration and a fight broke out!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at June 18, 2023 03:59 PM

Glad I missed that one!

Posted by: Michael Vic at June 18, 2023 04:00 PM (8i+57)

235 LenNeal.
So you're saying the solution is to buy a cat and some hampsters?
Well crap. This isn't going to end well.
Posted by: Diogenes'

We assumed you already had a cat. This is AoS. The hamsters, well, that's on you.

Posted by: LenNeal at June 18, 2023 04:01 PM (43xH1)

236 227
Make sure you change to summer nitrogen after Memorial Day.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 18, 2023 03:57 PM (MoZTd)
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Also top up your blinker fluid. The orange one is better for winter.

Posted by: I before E except when you run a feisty heist on a weird beige foreign neighbor at June 18, 2023 04:02 PM (qfLjt)

237 I did have to explain how dialup internet works to some co-workers this week. We are closing out all dialup accounts and they would say things like "do they have any equipment to return?"

Posted by: Notsothoreau at June 18, 2023 04:03 PM (ouTlx)

238 Stray from hampsters, trust me.

Posted by: Richard G at June 18, 2023 04:03 PM (8i+57)

239 Good Lord

Fetterman can't talk

https://tinyurl.com/46ypymaa

Posted by: DB - at June 18, 2023 04:03 PM (geLO8)

240 I've decided what I really want for Father's Day.
So far, The Kid doesn't actively hate me, so I'm ahead of the game.

I've decided I want Weird Al Yankovic to do another of his infamous interviews, and have Michael Falk, autistic reporter, interview Kamala Harris, mediated by Weird Al Yankovic c.2010.

I would pay for that on pay-per-view.

Posted by: LenNeal at June 18, 2023 04:05 PM (43xH1)

241 239 Good Lord

Fetterman can't talk

He doesn't dress well either.

Posted by: Richard G at June 18, 2023 04:06 PM (8i+57)

242 Nood food.

Posted by: Florida Peasant at June 18, 2023 04:06 PM (dr4Q1)

243 Good Lord

Fetterman can't talk
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He could be trolley boy at a supermarket.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at June 18, 2023 04:06 PM (fxrF8)

244 Sock, back in the drawer.

Posted by: sTevo at June 18, 2023 04:07 PM (8i+57)

245 Down south, they call em Bobby boys.

Posted by: sTevo at June 18, 2023 04:07 PM (8i+57)

246 Buggy boys

Posted by: sTevo at June 18, 2023 04:08 PM (8i+57)

247 I guess that's why Joe went to Philly- so he could stand beside Fetterman and be the smarter one

Posted by: DB - at June 18, 2023 04:08 PM (geLO8)

248 Baggy boys.

Posted by: Eromero at June 18, 2023 04:08 PM (Uv0D2)

249 Nitrogen is a pure gas whereas air is a mixture. One would never charge up a nitrogen cylinder with air. I worked on mining haul trucks for years and many of those require nitrogen in the tires to help prevent breakdown in the sidewalls. It also doesn't leak out as fast as air.
I charged my tires on the constant nitrogen system at work last winter and my pressure hasn't changed at all. All 4 still 35 psi.

Posted by: Reforger at June 18, 2023 04:11 PM (B705c)

250 My FWP...
Mrs D has been on a Pringles Potato Chips kick lately. Those long re-sealable cans seem perfect for something. So I now have half a dozen sitting on my work bench. But I've no idea what to use them for???

WiFi extenders for your outbuildings:

https://is.gd/vDO1AD

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at June 18, 2023 04:11 PM (Bd6X8)

251 Ditto, although my SNL replaced the air with nitrogen. Works great and not subject to the fluctuations of temperatures.

Posted by: Diogenes
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*?!*

Boyles Law has been rescinded?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, curmudgeon at June 18, 2023 04:11 PM (wAqo5)

252 "The motive behind this incident is unclear and this is still an active investigation,"

The real motive: Strutting gansta tough was disrespected for his "the fried chicken is cold" swindle attempt.

Posted by: Sick Sad World at June 18, 2023 04:13 PM (aMv3l)

253 No, Hoyle's Law, Mike Hammer. Sorry, that's the deal.

Posted by: Eromero at June 18, 2023 04:13 PM (Uv0D2)

254 No, Hoyle's Law, Mike Hammer. Sorry, that's the deal.
Posted by: Eromero
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Ah...so that's the game, eh?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, curmudgeon at June 18, 2023 04:20 PM (TyYgv)

255 ““I don’t know your mom. Never met your mom. I’m certainly not speaking to her now. Because SHE’S DEAD.”

Posted by: McPoyle's Law at June 18, 2023 04:21 PM (8i+57)

256 'Yeah, then why are you wearing Mom's apron?'

Posted by: Eromero at June 18, 2023 04:29 PM (Uv0D2)

257 I always wanted to mount an Etch-A-Sketch in the dash of one my cars, and label it "Vehicle Information Center".

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 18, 2023 05:07 PM (7COwz)

258 My truck radio has been out a few years, I had it all but out once but put it back.
Theory is get card out, bake it in a oven and put it back
Posted by: Skip at June 18, 2023 02:13 PM (xhxe

I took the factory CD stereo out of my 2008 Suburban, and installed a used Pioneer head unit that I got from a truck I parted out. It was a real challenge to make it work. Main reason: it has a USB port that "can" play tunes off a thumb drive. It also has an annoying animation on its little screen that you cannot shut off. But the dumb thing cannot remember exactly where in the .mp3 track it was when it gets shut down, and upon a restart, it starts at a random point. I lived with it for the duration of my run to Cedar City, but that POS stereo is coming out, to be replaced by one of those twenty-dollar "Dual" cheapies from WalMart. Which really work.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 18, 2023 05:15 PM (7COwz)

259 I bought a new 1993 Cutlass Salon that had the digital speedometer /Dash . From what I've gathered since that time it's all gone back to mechanical. I want to make an assumption that only EVs might have the digital dash these days. Would that be correct?
Posted by: polynikes at June 18, 2023 02:19 PM (WxkE9)

The display may be analog, but the implementation of it is all electronic. Those swinging needles are all attached to stepper motors, that get coded signals from either the Powertrain Control Module, or the Body Control Module.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 18, 2023 05:18 PM (7COwz)

260 Apple Car Play is the schnizz. I wouldn't buy a car that didn't have it.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 18, 2023 02:23 PM (8JbE1)

Nothing from Apple, nothing from Google. Those bastards are of the enemy.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 18, 2023 05:22 PM (7COwz)

261 The app runs off GPS!
Posted by: LenNeal at June 18, 2023 02:27 PM (43xH1)

They make GPS speedometers for hot rods. Not real expensive.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 18, 2023 05:25 PM (7COwz)

262
I know this is not supposed to effect engine wear, but how can it not?

Or, if the starter is going to cycle at least 10x more during a car's lifetime, are they planning to replace many starters under warranty or I want to know where you can get these indestructible starters from?

Posted by: Azjaeger at June 18, 2023 06:49 PM (3/XaG)

263 I know this is not supposed to effect engine wear, but how can it not?

Or, if the starter is going to cycle at least 10x more during a car's lifetime, are they planning to replace many starters under warranty or I want to know where you can get these indestructible starters from?

Running with zero oil pressure for a second or two every time it is started up is the bigger problem.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 18, 2023 06:54 PM (ga8qR)

264 Some wiseass needs to install a Pitot Tube on their high-performance Yugo.

Nothing so misleading to ground-bound transportation as knowing one's True Airspeed on the highway.

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at June 18, 2023 06:59 PM (e6UQI)

265
9 Skeeters. or something like that, under my desk, eating my legs. I hate bug spray, I hate the sound of a floor fan. Aarrgghh.
Posted by: m at June 18, 2023 02:10 PM (4tUZx)

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If you have a dog or a cat, could be fleas.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at June 18, 2023 07:03 PM (PL6Pg)

266 What I despise is the gaudy and gratuitous use of color. It’s even worse on modern motorcycle displays.

Classic white on black dials or gtfo.

Posted by: Anon at June 18, 2023 10:35 PM (iauIu)

267 It is true that the onboard navigation in my (and I think most) cars is crap compared to phone GPS tools, cause the car nav doesn't take into account current road conditions and such, the way phone apps do.

On the other hand, I dunno that I *want* my car having enough connectivity to do all that stuff. I guess that's irrational cause I can be tracked with the phone anyway, but I'd like to keep the probably false illusion that if I just left my phone behind it would make it harder for the bad guys to track me.

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