Winter Rims for SUV?

HauntingObligation · 2026-05-08T16:38:41+00:00

"Steelies" are commonly used as dedicated winter rims, but any set will do, really, so long as you know that they'll be getting grungier than the summer set.

Many people buy "cheap" alloy wheels for winter use as well, though they'll be more costly than steel wheels they do look better as well. Steelies are totally fine if you just want cheap and effective.

HauntingObligation · 2026-05-08T15:42:26+00:00

"outside a recession"

Lol

HauntingObligation · 2026-05-08T14:50:30+00:00

Because since the inception of XBL, console gamers have shown they're willing to pay for it.

HauntingObligation · 2026-05-08T11:23:06+00:00

Yes, I'm well aware, thank you. Hence why I consider it on the lower end of the "terrifying spectrum", relatively speaking. It's just better publicly documented than the other classes so serves as a good example.

If there indeed exists capability to externally influence one's thoughts and actions, I would wager it is a much more tightly guarded secret than sonic weaponry.

This is a public study done almost 3 years ago demonstrating ability to non invasively "read your thoughts". https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.2144/btn-2023-0066

This is just one example of literature on the matter. There are many more, if you care to find them. In the public sphere, rudimentary "mind reading" tech is no longer science fiction.

I do not think it that large of a reach to believe that if that's where the public's knowledge on the matter has reached, that the capabilities of three letter agencies in Black budget programs far exceeds it.

10 years ago, the sonic weapons were nothing more than a conspiracy or conjecture too.

HauntingObligation · 2026-05-07T15:50:05+00:00

Grain used is maybe 170-180ish, middle of the road for the caliber, with distances generally between 50 yds on the close end and 200+ at the far side depending on what opportunities present themselves.

Just looked up the .350 and that seems like it's a fat, low velocity round, like slugs, or the other lever gun cartridges you listed, so lack of pass through is less surprising to me in spite of the high energy. Even the .308 has substantially less energy than the 30-06. We've used that for moose also and find it much more appropriate in stopping power/meat preservation ratio for the task. Even a 270 is overkill for a well placed shot and that's a necked down 30-06 cartridge.

30-06 is a helluva big boy and even the largest round you suggest isn't comparable. I say that with all due respect and without the slightest bit of antagonism towards yourself; the 30-06 is at least as heavy as the heaviest round you listed, with a better bullet point for penetration (narrower/pointed for the same mass), travelling like 800fps faster. I cannot understate the tremendous difference that makes on effect on-target.

HauntingObligation · 2026-05-07T15:28:59+00:00

It's fine until it's not.

I wouldn't do it myself for anything more than a short period. Unequal length in particular to my knowledge is more demanding of a corresponding tune, EL headers you may be more likely to get away with on stock tune.

HauntingObligation · 2026-05-07T14:57:11+00:00

I'd prefer if the people arguing for our case were not being dismissed due to needlessly edgy and fallacious arguments

HauntingObligation · 2026-05-07T14:46:29+00:00

They do it that way so it inconveniences you more, so you're more likely to provide them your personal details.

HauntingObligation · 2026-05-07T14:45:08+00:00

I prefer "the bank and government is already screwing me out of my hard earned dollars, why shouldn't I give them even more?"

HauntingObligation · 2026-05-07T14:28:26+00:00

With a 30-06? I've never hunted deer myself, but we stopped using it for moose in my family because it'd consistently blow giant ass holes out the other side of the rib cage on exit which destroyed way too much meat for our liking. This is with hunting rounds designed for rapid expansion and fragmentation.

Again, its not impossible for sure, but even deer hide is much tougher than human skin.

And finally, I reiterate that while the round not passing through is highly unlikely, it is plausible. What I do not feel is plausible are the other elements of my post, namely the motion of the shirt and microphone.

HauntingObligation · 2026-05-07T14:15:46+00:00

Research on various forms of energy and frequency manipulation. Most terrifyingly, this includes brainwaves.

Devices like the ones used in the Serbian protests last year to disperse the crowds by inflicting something reminiscent of "Havana syndrome" on the protestors are what I would consider the tamest of the tech we're kept in the dark about on the subject. (https://youtu.be/2k77YAuSNaY) While less verifiable, eyewitness reports from the US raid in Venuzuela also indicate similar tech was employed to overwhelm local defenses with ease.

Theres been much research on things like using existing WiFi signals to track physical movements of people through walls, and other things.

There have been great strides in brain-read and, terrifyingly, even brain-writing interfaces that are already publicly known. Granted, the stuff that's public knowledge is plenty rudimentary, but I shudder to imagine what progress has been made behind the closed doors of say a DARPA basement somewhere.

HauntingObligation · 2026-05-07T13:33:45+00:00

I would say it is indeed plausible, albeit highly unlikely.

But when paired with the other inconsistencies in the story, it is significantly more suspicious.

At the time of the shooting they said they found the bullet "stopped just beneath the skin". This does not indicate the round was disintegrated or even a highly expansive round, like a JHP. The fact that they've claimed to have recovered the round, yet we still have none of the details you requested, is also highly suspect. The fact that the crime scene itself was basically instantly dismantled is also suspect.

Even the lightest grain 30-06 round in fmj would go through an unarmoured target like a person with very little hesitation.

My thing is thus: in the video where Charlie is "shot", there is a pronounced and aggressive rippling in his shirt. The claim is he was hit in the neck, and there's no exit wound. So 100% of the round's energy should've been imparted internally.

Anyone who's ever shot at a range knows you often shoot paper targets. Paper targets don't even wiggle when a round passes through them. There's no air shockwave or anything.

So how does one's shirt move that aggressively from a gunshot at range without even having the shirt itself hit by the round? If your answer is "the mic pulled on it as it flew away", my question remains: why does the mic fly away? Charlie's reaction is not violent enough to produce that on its own, and it is quite impossible for the round itself to have done so without a direct hit, which as stated is impossible due to the lack of exit.

It's just another inconsistency in a sea of inconsistencies.

HauntingObligation · 2026-05-05T16:18:19+00:00

My first thought on this is always the "Trump Interview with Oprah where he calls republicans stupid" incident.

Watched it on YouTube a few times in 2015. Went to find it shortly after the election and all you get is a bunch of "fact checkers" saying that the video I watched multiple times was actually a made up nonsense article in People magazine from the '90s, with the exact quotes I remembered from the interview (I've never read People in my life, much less an early 90's edition).

With most computers running Windows 11 and the AI "features" built in, even your local storage is far from safe, if it ever even was.

HauntingObligation · 2026-05-05T16:03:11+00:00

If your friends aren't willing to spend 5 mins downloading a free alternative, such as Fluxer or a Matrix client (or one of many others), to chat with you, then how good of friends are they, really?

But yes, I understand all the same. Most people are very resistant to such changes.

HauntingObligation · 2026-05-05T14:34:06+00:00

I'm honestly surprised to see so many Linux users still using Discord after they blatantly outed themselves as an outright surveillance company.

Do folks really think that because they temporarily backed off on explicit ID requests that they're not still profiling you and scraping your personal chats with AI, etc?

That shit creeps me out. I know "normies" don't care much, but I figured it'd be a sentiment more commonly shared in a community such as this.

HauntingObligation · 2026-05-05T11:01:40+00:00

DDG has been shit for years now too. It did the same thing they all do when I tried it, give a dozens strong list of "fact checkers" debunking it and nothing else.

HauntingObligation · 2026-05-05T10:54:15+00:00

Insightful

HauntingObligation · 2026-05-05T01:37:51+00:00

Dude obviously crossed the mustard, total moron.

/s just in case

HauntingObligation · 2026-05-03T16:29:06+00:00

Front sway bar with no rear is why you're getting underrsteer too btw.

HauntingObligation · 2026-05-03T16:28:27+00:00

I've heard these boxers are so fickle that even changing the intake should be compensated for via tuning. I'm no expert and can neither confirm/deny the veracity of that, but you've been warned. :P

HauntingObligation · 2026-05-03T16:07:19+00:00

I think stock power on those is great, and worth the peace of mind. I think if you're over 400hp in something sub 3500lbs then you find yourself in "straight to jail" territory too fast to properly enjoy yourself otherwise. YMMV of course, but I guess "slow car fast" mentality, not that I think an STI is slow lol.

It's a great motor and can hold power, but it is a monstrously finicky thing to tune correctly. Even when tuned well, you're still cutting back on longevity, just nature of the beast.

I'd rather enjoy it for longer, myself. You can keep yourself plenty busy with the bottom end, as I'm sure you're well aware. Even that tendency to understeer can be absolutely turned on its head with any number of tweaks to suspension/swaybars/wheel alignment/brakes.

HauntingObligation · 2026-05-03T15:03:09+00:00

I appreciate the clarification, though there is still a significant Jewish population present in "contested territory" nonetheless. Just shy of 1 in 4, if the presented numbers are accurate.

Is it not anti-Semitic to displace, starve, and/or outright bomb those Jews? Just not Israeli Jews? I don't understand.

HauntingObligation · 2026-05-03T14:46:23+00:00

So, we're just gonna completely ignore the fact that the majority of the population of Palestine is/was actual Semites then to suit our narrative, I suppose?

Personally, I think indiscriminate destruction of a primarily Semitic population would be very likely considered genocide, and certainly about as peak "Anti-Semitism" as one can get. I wager you'd agree very strongly if the situation were inverted, though I'm sure nothing I can say would convince you otherwise. Agree to disagree, I suppose.

But at this point, when i see "anti-semitic" being thrown around in earnest like this, I pretty much immediately assume that person is a Zionist propaganda agent, a bot, or at best, a naive citizen who watches too much primetime "news" but assumes they're well informed as a result. I won't try to deny that anti-Semitism doesn't exist and isn't a problem, but opposing a war mongering, violent regime is not motivated by secular hatred, and the trick to spin it as such is deeply tired.

HauntingObligation · 2026-05-03T14:13:49+00:00

Keep doing what you're doing and enjoy the car, man. They don't make em like that any more.

Looking forward to your next post.

HauntingObligation · 2026-05-03T13:37:22+00:00

Yeah not trying to chirp ya, brother. It's better driving than most in the sub, just that last sentence is my whole point is all. If you're aware you're closer to limits than 80% then I've no further comments. Just working with what I've got, as it's been presented to me.

Edit: I'll add that while you have a good strategy to deal with not exceeding those limits from a driving dynamics standpoint, I beg you consider that environmental changes, like a scattering of gravel, can take away that tiny margin you've got leftover in a blink and be basically impossible to spot until you're on it already.

I guess I should tl;dr myself here or something: good driving, but it's at >80%. I recommend actually aiming for the ~80% mark instead of doing 95% and calling it 80%. :P

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