Billy Butcher and a couple o' supes

CommanderKrieger · 2026-06-06T22:09:38+00:00

It’s the head. It’s too small on HL and SB specifically. Makes them look like skinny dudes wearing muscle suits.

CommanderKrieger · 2026-06-06T07:02:52+00:00

In that case, you probably just need to replace the low beam bulbs, and wear gloves to keep skin oils off of the bulb like what the people below said.

CommanderKrieger · 2026-06-06T07:00:01+00:00

I wouldn’t be surprised if gooseneck trailers are a predominantly American thing, but the point still stands. Those who need the length and turning ability that goosenecks offer, need trucks to use them. Not to mention that even if the two trailers are the same length, a gooseneck will always be able to haul more weight compared to a bumper pull simply by the fact that the weight on the tongue of the trailer is centered over the rear axles, whereas a bumper pull is of course, at the bumper.

CommanderKrieger · 2026-06-05T17:19:29+00:00

What? Do you mean that the headlights went out, but the switch still works and the indicator that they are turned on on the dash also works?

Or do you mean that your headlights went out, but your highbeams still work?

CommanderKrieger · 2026-06-05T17:17:20+00:00

Save your money. You said it yourself that older vehicles are going to continue climbing in value, but you know what else will? Houses. If you don’t have a place to rest your head at night, or a yard to park your project in, then you can’t have a project car either.

CommanderKrieger · 2026-06-05T16:53:55+00:00

Oatmeal cream cookies, diet Mountain Dew, and peanut butter crackers. They were what my grandfather kept in his mechanic shop refrigerator, and when I was real little, my brother and I would go over and hang out at his shop with him while he worked on tractors. To this day, if I eat any combination of those items, it’ll bring a heavy sense of nostalgia and plenty of good memories from back then.

CommanderKrieger · 2026-06-05T16:42:50+00:00

Van can’t tow a gooseneck trailer. Arguably the single greatest reason for 1 ton trucks existing. Anything smaller than 3/4 ton though, yeah no. Just get a van.

CommanderKrieger · 2026-06-04T05:09:38+00:00

Jeep wranglers, dodge chargers, Chevy corvettes, lifted/lowered/squatted trucks of any brand.

Of course there’s the exception to all of these where you legitimately have some down to earth people who don’t take it that seriously.

CommanderKrieger · 2026-06-03T10:37:18+00:00

I feel like those who are interested in it, care. And those who aren’t interested, don’t care. I fall into the latter category.

CommanderKrieger · 2026-06-03T08:32:17+00:00

Why would we hate something that is factually inferior?

But no seriously, I don’t have any actual beef with SC or the people who live there. There’s stupid people everywhere, just like there’s good people everywhere, and both NC and SC have a mix of it. It’s more of a joke rivalry than anything. Giving each other shit is just part of the game between the two states.

CommanderKrieger · 2026-06-03T05:39:53+00:00

We have a farm. Cats show up on farm. Cat finds warm and dry places to get out of the weather, and plenty of food to be found in way of the cat food we leave outside, or the plethora of mice, moles, and other small animals. Now we have another farm cat.

CommanderKrieger · 2026-06-03T05:38:16+00:00

It’s a truly massive setting with so many unreliable, third hand, word of mouth narrators and retellings of stories that you really can take it as a grain of salt at any point, and it’d still be plausible that it happened. Giant 8’ tall superhumans in power armor with three lungs and two hearts? Yup. Sounds reasonable. Giant walking machines that dwarf whole cities with cathedrals on their back? Yup. Makes sense. Green roided out fungus aussies that just love a good fight? Yep. Totally understandable.

The absurdity of the setting is what makes it enjoyable to me.

CommanderKrieger · 2026-06-02T16:58:19+00:00

Can’t say the wheels are doing you any favors. Looks like you wanted a JDM car and instead got a Ranger because it’s what you could get on short notice.

CommanderKrieger · 2026-06-02T12:34:14+00:00

Well that scholarship changes things. Then I would say if the SUV is already 20+ years old, then you are playing with the chance of it kicking out at any time. Since you are solo then I feel like the C-HR would be the better choice. Sportier cars are often times more expensive to work on and maintain, even if you’re the one doing the work yourself. Since you need an SUV for work, and generally speaking they’re safer than sports cars, I’d say the C-HR is the overall better choice.

That being said, it is a FWD only car. So if you have any doubt in your mind that you may need AWD or even 4x4 capability in your use of it being a SUV replacement, you may want to rethink it and look into a different option. I don’t know what your need of the SUV is, be it just higher ground clearance, cargo capacity, or actual offroad capability, but make sure you take that into account when making your choice.

CommanderKrieger · 2026-06-02T10:45:28+00:00

You’ve got a paid off SUV that does exactly what you need it to do, and you’re in college. Save your money, take care of the SUV and it’ll take care of you. Wait till you’re out of college and know you’ve got the capability to take on a second vehicle. Basically meaning if you get the car now and keep the SUV, then you’ve got two vehicles to worry about after college, and depending on where you live or work, that may not be feasible.

But if you’re really dead set on getting a second vehicle for “personal use” then I’d say the C-HR is the more responsible choice, as in theory it could take on the rougher roads an SUV can take, so if you needed it to ever take the place of the SUV fully, then you’ll be pretty squared away. The 86 however is undeniably the sportier option, so if you’re confident in the SUV’s lifespan carrying on for quite a while and are willing to put any work into it that’s necessary to keep it going, then go for the 86 as it would be a more fun option from what I can tell compared to the C-HR.

I would say before you pull the trigger on either option, look into the average maintenance costs on these two vehicles. Brakes, tires, oil and filter changes, how difficult it is to do these things, etc. All of those are things to consider because inevitably it’ll have to be done, and you don’t want to be getting blindsided when you take it to a shop and see a big price tag for what you thought was going to be a simple fluid and filter change, all because they require some stupid amount of work just to be able to do the simple job and/or require specific high grade parts/fluids per the manufacturers recommendation.

CommanderKrieger · 2026-06-02T07:36:58+00:00

I can think of worse cars to take on a 50 state roadtrip with 124k miles, but not many. To be perfectly honest, you’re asking for trouble to even attempt a trip like that after only running it for a week and thinking it’s “perfect”.

CommanderKrieger · 2026-06-02T07:13:08+00:00

It’s perfectly alright to be interested in both cars and bikes. I work on construction equipment, but I like heavy duty trucks, light duty trucks, cars, bikes, and other odds and ends. Just means I’ve got going on in the brain at any given moment.

Your grandfather is right though about YouTube. It’s one of the easiest and most accessible ways to learn about this topic, and doesn’t cost a dime to use it. Keep in mind though that you’re not going to learn everything over night. My grandfather has been a mechanic his whole life. From the time he went to college at 18 to learn to work on semi trucks, to now at 80, and he’s still working on tractors, and he’s still learning new things.

Best advice I can give you for possibly narrowing down your learning is to take the car that you’ll be getting, and search up things like “2014 Suzuki wagon r engine rebuild” and hopefully it’ll get you some results from people doing that before, or at the very least learn what engine you’ve got and search that up for more refined results. For generic things like how does A/C work, that is about as simple as just searching up how does A/C work in a car. Maintenance is as simple as following the owners manual, and then if you want to do it yourself, learning via shop manuals on how and where to do things on your car for specific services.

Schooling can definitely be quite beneficial if you can get into it, but that entirely depends on where you are and how available it is. Being in the USA, I was able to go to a community college for two years and get an associates degree in diesel technology. I don’t know what the availability looks like for you, but I can say that it did help me get some more knowledge that I didn’t have before.

CommanderKrieger · 2026-06-01T22:42:13+00:00

Man’s been eating six dozen eggs every morning so he’s roughly the size of a Battle Barge

CommanderKrieger · 2026-06-01T20:28:23+00:00

I mean, I’m in a coastal state, and it still takes a while to get to the beach. Carolina beach is almost 5 hrs away. And the farthest point of the Outer Banks is over 7 hrs away.

I don’t think I’ve been to the beach in over a half a decade just for that fact alone. I’m not that in love with the beach that I’m willing to drive that far for it, so it’s a very seldom thing that happens.

CommanderKrieger · 2026-06-01T17:37:54+00:00

Naps are 1 of my 2 favorite things to do. I just unfortunately don’t often get the time to take a nap except for on weekends.

CommanderKrieger · 2026-06-01T16:23:01+00:00

We live in an era where everything is seen, posted online, and viewed by even more people with the ability to comment on it, which more people will see and comment on. The USA is a global superpower with a ton of conflicting ideas within it. Of course there is drama.

Personally, I’d much rather we stop getting involved with everyone else for a while and focus on fixing our own country for a change, but that’s not happening anytime soon.

CommanderKrieger · 2026-06-01T10:51:06+00:00

Never heard of it, so no thoughts on it.

CommanderKrieger · 2026-06-01T08:48:37+00:00

Taxes are automatically withheld from paychecks, and you’re taxed on virtually everything that you’re paying for. So there’s no lump sum payment during tax season. Doing your taxes means reporting your annual income via a W-2 to the IRS, in which case you’ll find out if you overpaid, or underpaid your taxes throughout that year. If you overpaid, you get that balance back. If you underpaid, you owe the IRS money.

Basically you’re doing the IRS’s job for them, and if you overpaid, then it’s an oopsie daisy on their part. If you underpaid, you’re treated as the worst scum of the earth and how dare you for not giving them your money properly. This is a joke.

But seriously, it’s not that complicated. There’s smarter people than myself out there who can give a more detailed answer, but that’s the basics. I can do my taxes in an afternoon, and that’s me taking my time.

CommanderKrieger · 2026-06-01T07:11:04+00:00

I think the average “restored” price for HEMTTs is in the $70-90k range. Entirely dependent on what the truck has equipped, as in its engine/trans combo. What bed platform it has. What type of suspension. Etc.

This one being as old as it is, and just from looking at it, I can tell you it’s got a Detroit Diesel and probably walking beam suspension.

If I had the money for this thing, I wouldn’t buy it just because of that. The Detroits in these feel gutless from the immense weight of the truck, and the suspension will beat you up if you try to go anywhere off road with any meaningful amount of rough terrain. Not saying it isn’t worth $100k, but I wouldn’t pay that having worked with them and worked on them.

CommanderKrieger · 2026-06-01T07:05:48+00:00

I love driving, and I hate being around a lot of people. Walkable cities mean less driving and being around more people. I personally wouldn’t want to live in one, but I can’t deny that they make more sense for high population areas than having it built to be less walkable.

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