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Obtuse1
| Favorite team: | Duke  |
| Location: | Westside Bodymore Yo |
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| Registered on: | 9/25/2016 |
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re: BMW to begin using its own patented screw design. Good luck trying to work on one yourself
Posted by Obtuse1 on 1/8/26 at 12:52 pm to Byron Bojangles III
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screwdriver for this will be on Temu in a week.
This is the biggest non-issue I have seen move from the automotive press to the mainstream in a long time. Over the years, I have added removal and repolacement tools for: metric, torx, security tork, e-torx, spline, hex, ecx, 6 lobe, pentalobe, square, square/slot, triangle, Y type, tri wing, s type, clutch, spanner, along with a army of tools to remove and replace various hose clamps, hoses, and electrical connectors. This doesn't even mention all the electrical and OBD2 diag equipment.
Car are getting more complex and for various reasons people love it since you see almost no poverty spec cars being bought. Furthermore, most people opining about this across the internet don't even own a set of e-torx sockets and weren't going to get very far under the hood of a German car anyway.
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You know when sometimes you post shite and it looks good at the time and then it doesn't age well.
It was actually brilliant, he had money on Ole Miss and came here to Peej it, and it worked.
re: More depressed than ever about the time era we’re heading towards…
Posted by Obtuse1 on 1/1/26 at 8:48 am to JasonDBlaha
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overwhelming sense of deep sadness
Be honest, this is a result of your lord and savior, Top G, getting beat like one of his cam girls late for work... by an influencer.
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After 20 years of diligent Scot’s drinking of whiskey
You showed your colors, you are no Scot, you're a low-brow browTaig.
Just got to the camp and unboxed my pre-Champagne choices:
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"Service Transfer Case" - $400
"Clean your throttle Body" - $90
"Service your front Differential" - $200
"Clean your fuel injection system" - $150
"Service your transmission" - $340
"Change spark plugs" - $460
Transfer case, differentials, and transmission could probably use a drain and fill, but that is on you if you have a man card, if not, then take it to an indy shop and spend a LOT less. Unless there is a reason to pull the plugs then I would leave them. I have OE Denso plugs in my Lexus travel car with 460k on the clock. I pulled the front bank plugs about 20k ago and they looked fine, gapped like new, and had no visible erosion. If there are no symptoms of fuel issues, I would do nothing if you make it a habit to use Tier 1 gas the majority of the time.
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$400 labor to change the plugs? Do they have pull the engine or disassemble half the front end to get to the plugs?
Not much of an issue with MOST longitudinal engines but some of the transverse engines will book 2 hours plus in labor.
FYI it is legit BUT you can buy the same items on AliExpress for significantly less by cutting out two middlemen in the chain.
I can't believe this has made it to the second page without a mention of Jim Brown. Even without a Heisman, he is arguably the most dominant college football player ever and has even fewer peers in the argument for greatest college athlete ever.
My top ten would be very RB-heavy, with Brown, Jackson, Walker, Jim Thorpe (also a multi-sport star), Red Grange, Earl Campbell, Sanders, Archie Griffin, and Sayers. The only non-RB in my top ten would be Butkis. Staubach is close to top 10 and Manning might make my top 20.
I think Cannon is the best LSU player ever, but I need a little more time to ruminate on Burrow, it is likely he will eclipse Cannon in my mind over time and jump ahead of all quarterbacks save Staubach.
My top ten would be very RB-heavy, with Brown, Jackson, Walker, Jim Thorpe (also a multi-sport star), Red Grange, Earl Campbell, Sanders, Archie Griffin, and Sayers. The only non-RB in my top ten would be Butkis. Staubach is close to top 10 and Manning might make my top 20.
I think Cannon is the best LSU player ever, but I need a little more time to ruminate on Burrow, it is likely he will eclipse Cannon in my mind over time and jump ahead of all quarterbacks save Staubach.
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I enjoyed it, but they should have focused on the robberies a little more and not so much on the love story
When I finished it, my first thought was I would have enjoyed more roof and less RomCom, but it was still good. It was a local story for me so kinda cool to see it in movie form.
re: Why Are Mid-Level Convertibles No Longer Popular?
Posted by Obtuse1 on 12/27/25 at 1:08 am to SaveNewOrleans
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Some say that, but the Miata's customer base in largely male.
Miatas are one of the models I see a lot of at track days, and the drivers almost all share one characteristic: they can all flat-out drive. They require a speed conservation line, their tighter lines, and early apex is a pleasure to watch when a good driver is wheeling a momentum car.
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Also back in my day the MCAT scale only went up to 45 I think
What is this 500 bullshite?
It is similar to the LSAT scores; when I took it, 48 was the max. A couple of years after that, the scores switched to 180 max. In reality, it should give a more granular indication, but it probably only makes a difference on the bottom end of a school's acceptance range.
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They ruined it. I wanted one the last time we were looking but wife wanted suv instead.
It is not as bad as the weight would suggest, in fact you don't notice it on the street. We drove a G90 since my wife is interested in replacing her F90 Comp, the G90 really is excellent on the street, as good or better than the F90. My wife is holding off on the decision to see if they make a G90 M5 Comp which they have suggested they won't build. If not, she may go a different path with a GT3 Touring being the next one in line. and it would be nice to have a N/A manual car back in the garage.
I can't imagine not having a car but I also can't imagine not having an SUV with a trailer (which we got more utility out of than a truck). Maybe the day when I can't get into and out of a car, but not until.
re: You use to could find things on Ebay bought AND shipped for $3 total
Posted by Obtuse1 on 12/23/25 at 1:56 am to Turnblad85
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Now it seems like the minimum is $10. Guess I shouldn't complain too much, no way I'd mess with selling on ebay for less than $20.
Shipping via USPS Ground Advantage (the cheapest option) is at least $4.85 for 4oz or less WITH the significant eBay discount, normally $7.20 retail.
So, a $10 item minus the CC and eBay fees would net a seller about $8.75 minus $4.85 leaving $3.90 net before taxes. This is assuming zero cost for packaging, dunnage, and the label, along with no warehousing or labor costs.
This has killed the sub-10 buck items on eBay.
re: Have any of you seen golfer Hyun Ju Yoo?
Posted by Obtuse1 on 12/21/25 at 1:12 am to Doctor Strangelove
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I wonder what her thoughts are on light being a wave or a particle?
As long as observation doesn't poison that pussy I don't really care about the duality.
re: Trashiest thing you did this week?
Posted by Obtuse1 on 12/21/25 at 1:10 am to OysterPoBoy
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Masturbated in a deer stand.
This goes beyond the bounds of trashy if you were watching a doe flag while sniffing fresh urine during the act.
re: What Philosopher Today Will Be Studied in 100 Years?
Posted by Obtuse1 on 12/17/25 at 4:58 pm to RanchoLaPuerto
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Isn’t he pretty much purely utilitarian?
Yes, but not the classical version of Bentham and Mills. He followed the Hare version of preference utilitarianism. Singer worked on the practical application of Hare's ideas. He has changed in his later years to a different form of utilitarianism, hedonistic utilitarianism which bends back more to the Bentham/Mills concept but I haven't read much of his writings on this.
re: What Philosopher Today Will Be Studied in 100 Years?
Posted by Obtuse1 on 12/17/25 at 3:47 pm to Don Quixote
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Thomas Sowell
William F Buckley
Jordan Peterson
Walter Williams
P.J. O'Roarke
While, like most people, they have a philosophical side, I don't consider any of them philosophers, and I doubt they see/saw themselves as such. Their words were more in the area of applied philosophy, if that is a term.
It is hard to predict whose thoughts will be considered interesting enough to be considered a century from now, but a few that might be representative of this time period would be:
Noam Chomsky
Peter Singer
Tim Morton
David Chalmers
Martha Nussbaum
re: Door dash and Uber Eats...
Posted by Obtuse1 on 12/17/25 at 3:47 am to theliontamer
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What's the draw? And do you just not mind spending 30% more on your food?
This is how the service industry works:
You pay people to provide a service because you either can't do it or would rather spend your time doing something else. For most people picking up food is something they can do, but don't derive any joy/profit from it, they would rather spend that time doing something else.
I started using it at work. Going out to pick up food takes a minimum of 18 mins from leaving my desk to getting back. Billing that 3/10ths of an hour just one day pays for my food for more than a month. While I do like to get out of the office for an hour and eat paying someone to bring me food is actually profitable for me.
We do it at home more often now simply because we would rather continue doing what we are doing whether it is some for of work or fun.
While it is a cliché, how many people will be on their deathbeds bemoaning the fact that they didn't spend more time picking up takeout and less time hanging out with their wife and kids.
re: Is Walmart+ the best subscription service?
Posted by Obtuse1 on 12/14/25 at 5:18 pm to BestBanker
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I've got the premium account with Walmarks++. It's better.
A joke, but also true. The Walmart InHome is worth the extra $40 a year. They use Walmart employees vs randos and the whole delivery is on video. We don't have them bring it inside but we have an extra single-car garage with its own exterior door and a lockable door to the rest of the garage. We have them deliver it to that garage which has a fridge in it. There is also no tipping which alone saves the money back quickly.
re: Tell me again how everyone is struggling in this economy?
Posted by Obtuse1 on 12/14/25 at 12:19 am to jennyjones
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The people waiting in line to buy J’s aren’t typically the most financially savvy
The funny thing is, probably half the line waiting for Gamma Blue 11s were planning to resell them. Capitalism at the grassroots level. They will likely be hot, even though the sneaker market has cooled, because they are the first retro of the 2013 release that has always had a following.
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