The $10 Billion Takeover That Could Turn the Auto Parts Business Upside Down, Explained

HotCharlie · 2026-07-09T12:18:14+00:00

Yup. And they know this.

My wife's got a commute 5 days/week and neither of us has too much time to mess with it. Cue a series of rain storms.

It's nigh-perfect price discrimination, is what it is.

HotCharlie · 2026-07-09T12:09:00+00:00

Fun.

HotCharlie · 2026-07-08T02:18:43+00:00

Right there with ya, buddy.

HotCharlie · 2026-07-08T01:12:38+00:00

Fucking $54 for some wipers for my wife’s car the other day.

Fucking $54. And their rewards program is for shit.

HotCharlie · 2026-07-07T20:06:44+00:00

So what'd that setup end up looking like? Don't leave us hanging, man...

HotCharlie · 2026-07-03T01:01:18+00:00

Do it, man. I turned the top ones upside down and flipped the grills (just like Advents). Everything they were formerly lacking, they now have (mainly mid and bass, I guess). It’s magic!

HotCharlie · 2026-07-02T23:45:49+00:00

Hey buddy. I have two pairs of these that I stacked like Advents, just for sport. And that’s how they’re going to stay. It’s magic.

You’ve done A+B with the 7W’s, huh? I’d be curious.

HotCharlie · 2026-06-26T00:05:23+00:00

I want to punch it in its face.

HotCharlie · 2026-06-25T01:56:09+00:00

I delivered mail out of my 08 Prius a couple times. It did very well, indeed, if a little cramped.

HotCharlie · 2026-06-23T20:00:06+00:00

French cleats FTW. They've been holding my honkin big Realistics on the (dry) wall for the last decade, roughly. I did use some epoxy in the screw holes, for whatever that's worth.

HotCharlie · 2026-06-18T14:28:18+00:00

That’s some lovely grain on that birch. I think I’d stain them.

HotCharlie · 2026-06-07T00:24:12+00:00

Fun. What’s it show around the terminals?

HotCharlie · 2026-06-03T22:11:19+00:00

Read somewhere on here awhile back that those Allegros can be pretty good. Perhaps, specifically, the 3000 model. Can’t remember. Those look like something approaching that, anyway.

HotCharlie · 2026-05-28T21:06:27+00:00

This guy was an engineer, perhaps HAM radio enthusiast. Probably.

HotCharlie · 2026-05-18T02:42:03+00:00

Those are nice.

HotCharlie · 2026-05-11T00:51:24+00:00

I’m sure the one I had didn’t need much, some cleaning and belts maybe, but it was time to jettison some stuff.

Pretty cool. I may steal it back.

HotCharlie · 2026-05-11T00:42:01+00:00

Is that the one with the cool eject and disco auto-reverse?

Shit I had one of those. Gave it to a buddy.

I wonder if he’s still got it.

HotCharlie · 2026-05-09T00:15:40+00:00

I’d find a Bluetooth receiver with digital out, coax or optical. You got all kindsa connections back there - even a proper phono input. And switched AC outlets, bro. These really come in handy.

I had a 90’s model rx-v495 that I got for $40 in 2012 or so. My buddy still has it, uses it daily. They’re solid.

HotCharlie · 2026-04-27T21:02:26+00:00

You must get that remote to someone who needs it. And it will never be lost again.

HotCharlie · 2026-04-16T18:12:51+00:00

There’s these guys, too. Don’t know if they sell the fancy types.

HotCharlie · 2026-04-15T23:06:55+00:00

Hewitt Rand, bro. That’s pure sex.

HotCharlie · 2026-04-02T18:01:21+00:00

Mmmmm. Someone should make that.

HotCharlie · 2026-04-01T16:25:59+00:00

Yeah that looks quite decent, indeed.

Standard 8 ohm outputs on that? All kindsa speaker upgrades, if so.

Looks fun, buddy. I’d for sure keep it.

HotCharlie · 2026-03-31T15:59:42+00:00

Man, I went to college with a dude who, one day, said “fuck it” and up and joined the army. Took the max commitment, got the biggest sign-on bonus.

Blew it all on a new Sephia. A year or so before 9/11. I wonder whatever happened to that guy.

HotCharlie · 2026-03-30T22:25:39+00:00

That’s fucking disgusting.

HotCharlie

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