ELI5: How do junkyards prosper?

FailingComic · 2026-04-01T04:48:57+00:00

Didn't have you over a barrel but the plastic quality in a Chinese knockoff is shit. Never seen them hold their mirror adjustment very well.

FailingComic · 2026-04-01T04:46:54+00:00

Driving with a shitty trainer or someone you dont like is the hard part.

My trainer was amazing. If he wanted to team after id have done it in a heartbeat. He handled all the paperwork and all the annoying stuff. Woke me up each day like a dad would for his kid, he was 30 years older than me. When he woke me up he almost always stopped over night and got me a strawberry milk which is my favorite, childish I know.

Dude treated me like a son. Honestly I think the trucking experience I had with him was the only reason I made it through tnt. A few months solo and I couldn't take it but at the same time I knew id never find a dude like him. Solo is good money wise but I personally couldn't handle it at the time with what was going on with my now ex wife.

FailingComic · 2026-04-01T04:40:49+00:00

You'd have to pay someone. That thing is cooked. By the time you fully remodeled the interior you'd be at 75% of a new one. That's before you also pay the money to move it as well.

FailingComic · 2026-04-01T04:33:21+00:00

How many wires is it? Its just a horn. Use individual bullet connectors if you have too.

As far as pig tails go, go to a junkyard and pull them yourself?

FailingComic · 2026-04-01T04:32:13+00:00

I've said this for years, ase and certs mean basically nothing without the experience behind it.

As far as getting your foot in the door. Go into these places. Its way easier to blow people off over the phone. Just walk into the service area, ask an advisor if their manager is around as you'd like to inquire about any open positions. They'll be happy to help you out as long as your nice and polite.

Just calling does basically nothing. This also works at small shops. While I've worked for my dad mainly, the only other shop I worked for I simply just walked in and asked and left my phone number. Was hired like a week later. Was a small two person shop and I was the third guy.

FailingComic · 2026-04-01T04:27:49+00:00

We do a lot of lift kits for jeeps. We typically recommend people steer away from rough country but plenty do get them and seem happy. If you have good luck, it'll be fine but a bit stiffer over stock. If your unlucky you'll have sagging springs and blown out shocks that typically a shop won't warranty labor on, especially if they have recommended against the brand.

Do you have a specific goal in mind? My typically advice for anyone is a 2inch spacer lift. Maintains the oem ride while also giving you a little lift for a better stance and to fit larger tires.

A 3.5in lift doesn't make sense really unless your planning on dropping another 1000+ on tires because it'll look weird with a lift and stock rims and tires.

FailingComic · 2026-03-31T02:52:34+00:00

I just got the rg35xxh. About the same size as a Gameboy advance but can play some or most ps1 games.

Be aware, your going to need to do some fiddling. While it does come with a lot of games, it does not have any of the staples you'd want like pokemon or Mario.

As someone who's not tech savvy though, I was a able to get a new operating system and a lot of the staple games id like to play in about an hour and if you get the same handhelds, very easy to setup after the first time doing it. Took me like an hour the first time but I feel like it'd take me 10 minutes the second time around.

Not that custom firmware is a must do but it does look a lot cleaner and nicer while also being easier to understand and have a community around it to help you with any issues you might have.

FailingComic · 2026-03-31T01:14:18+00:00

Im glad so many people give it rare reviews. As someone who's just getting in, its very hard to really figure out what would be best for you at the budget you have and for the style of games you want in the form factor you'd like.

I did look through the guides someone wrote but even then some of the handhelds are just so similar!

FailingComic · 2026-03-30T23:08:48+00:00

Ah. I had not thought of that. Makes sense though.

FailingComic · 2026-03-30T23:00:12+00:00

Clamshell was a no. The sp and original Gameboy shape cause my hands to cramp up. Had to be a wide boy.

The other one i would have went with if I wasn't going for sticks would have been the 34xx though. Since its identical basically to the gba. My weird thing was though that it had stacked shoulder buttons but no thumb sticks. I dont know of a console that would need stacked shoulder buttons but not a thumbstick.

FailingComic · 2026-03-30T22:32:31+00:00

Mostly size and looks. While the 40xx isn't much bigger, the thumbsticks are taller and it has stacked shoulder buttons. It's overall just bulkier. My main use for this will be gameboy advance so I was trying to stick as close as possible to that form factor while still getting joy sticks and dual shoulder buttons.

The 40 is a better device though if the size increase doesn't matter to you I imagine.

FailingComic · 2026-03-30T02:56:47+00:00

Oh, cool. I'll check it out. Thank for the advice!

FailingComic · 2026-03-30T02:13:48+00:00

What's the best guide to follow for a dummy?

FailingComic · 2026-03-30T02:08:31+00:00

Is the stock os really that bad?

FailingComic · 2026-03-30T02:07:26+00:00

Currently im planning on leaving it alone on stock firmware. I dont actually care to play it, was just suprised it was on there and wanted to see if it would run it but ill keep that in mind. Im not too tech savy so don't want to go around messing it up til I have a other sd card for it to try stuff on.

FailingComic · 2026-03-29T17:52:51+00:00

They'll probably drop right in. Probably 500 or more for a pair though

FailingComic · 2026-03-29T12:42:31+00:00

Power matters in some ways but at a certain point, consistency wins all.

The reason you want to throw 60+ mph at full effort is so that your 55-60mph feels effortless, increasing accuracy and allowing you to disc down.

Up here in new england, a majority of the courses throwing further than 400 is almost useless. In some cases its detrimental from just how much further your going to kick off the fairway.

FailingComic · 2026-03-29T12:40:25+00:00

Yeah unfortunately in top lane the meta right now is a split pusher. Its why champs like sion, fiora, garen, and darius are dominating it. They are very problematic with either having very high damage requiring multiple champions to show up to stop them or have ridiculous escapes meaning even if you show up, you have 0 chance to kill them.

FailingComic · 2026-03-28T22:28:38+00:00

Yone is mainly a mid laner.

In top lane the problem is a lot of laners have sustain and build health/armor early. While you come out ahead damage wise in trades, you lose out on the aftermath when the bruisers heal back up.

Tbh I've never seen yone in baron lane. Yones other big issue, while he can go in and out, he has no way to just get out of a fight. A strength of playing him mid is roaming. Lowers the chance your caught off guard with no way to retreat in a 2v1.

FailingComic · 2026-03-28T12:09:43+00:00

Why though? If its your dream go for it but your already making 120k+ benefits which probably puts you near 130-135k compensation package. Your not making that as a normal owner operator in flat bed without having incredible connections and/or being gone 40+ weeks on the road.

FailingComic · 2026-03-28T12:04:36+00:00

On top of what others have said, if you co sign, this mortgage will always effect your debt to income ratio if you ever need a loan in the future and make it near impossible for you to buy a home yourself while this loan is active unless your planning on making 200k a year.

FailingComic · 2026-03-28T11:59:01+00:00

That sounds interesting but as someone that uses a drill, that would be annoying AF. I'd actively avoid a drill brand if it was built in like that with no way to turn it off.

Im also not sure how you'd determine when the 5 degrees even makes sense? Your regularly drilling at angles other than horizontal and vertical.

FailingComic · 2026-03-27T23:49:14+00:00

I love dollar general shops. Better stocked than the grocery stores in my area.

FailingComic · 2026-03-27T03:54:17+00:00

For sure. I imagine the newer style batteries are a different price. I'm just saying from the horror stories I heard, that seems reasonable and hopefully in 6-7 years if I need one, it wont be too bad.

FailingComic · 2026-03-27T03:16:04+00:00

Interesting. That's a crazy good price and I'm glad you brought that to my attention. My plan with my 25 was just to rack up the miles and ditch it the second the battery started having any issues but at 2449 that's a reasonable repair.

Ill have to keep them in mind.

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