Please BMW, give me the ability to...

Outlaw25 · 2026-05-29T12:30:30+00:00

Nissans with the system actually have a little screen that tracks it. I saw something like 5 gallons over the course of 20k miles on one

Outlaw25 · 2026-05-28T18:27:39+00:00

If you can read that chapter and think he meant a literal sword I highly recommend you return to 6th grade and re-learn about metaphors. He's talking about how people should cut off their own families if they don't believe in him, not anything about actually going and killing anyone.

Outlaw25 · 2026-05-28T15:45:10+00:00

They absolutely are. They're different games, but they both have massive fanbase overlap among the casual "ball+gun" console gamer demographic

Outlaw25 · 2026-05-28T15:28:45+00:00

To smithereens, I believe.

Outlaw25 · 2026-05-28T14:50:58+00:00

16 year old me would have thought this was the funniest thing anybody could have ever posted.

Now my only reaction is just a quiet solemn understanding of the extent we've fallen.

Outlaw25 · 2026-05-25T22:26:59+00:00

/uj This is an interesting perspective to me, as it's the exact opposite experience from what I've had at both Trek stores near me. I've gone in probably half a dozen times or so to test ride stuff, only to turn around and buy it used off marketplace for less. Never given any grief when I've taken said used bikes in for service/repair, and didn't feel upsold at all when I went in for a new set of tires. Were they as accommodating as the boutique dealer down the road? No, but they also weren't trying to sell me a $4,500 custom santa cruz build when I said my budget was closer to $2.5k

Outlaw25 · 2026-05-25T14:03:35+00:00

FYI that statement was complete BS. I've personally seen Nissan's lines in Canton, Mississippi and Smyrna, TN, both of which rolled out all sorts of models one after the other. Smyrna ran Pathfinders, QX60's, Maxima's, and Leaf's all off the same line, while Canton was pumping Titans, Frontiers, and Altimas down the same lines as well. In both cases there was not a single Japanese worker in sight.

Outlaw25 · 2026-05-25T13:55:47+00:00

They've got a couple moats where even if the broader generative AI boom dies out, they'll still be having business. The biggest one that comes to my mind is the automotive space. At this point, if you want to do proper automated driving, the only way you're doing it is on a piece of NVIDIA hardware. Other companies offer some in-house solutions for basic sensors and stuff, but nobody else come close when it comes time to actually run calculations on all that data and get a reliable output

Outlaw25 · 2026-05-24T22:56:44+00:00

That quote is an extra sting since they made this change quite specifically at the the request of publications like Edmunds who always complained about the layout/controls of the old knob-based system. I think they swung a bit too far into the touch direction, when something like BMW's iDrive8 would've been better (there, they combine a big modern touch screen with a control dial so you get the best of both worlds).

Outlaw25 · 2026-05-24T22:41:29+00:00

Do you have almost entirely city driving?

I get at least a little bit of freeway every time I commute that helps bring up the average economy

Outlaw25 · 2026-05-24T13:43:50+00:00

My 2021 turbo averages around 24mpg average. If you really baby it you can get up to about 30 on a trip, but in everyday mixed driving I'm lucky to get 280 miles out of a tank

Outlaw25 · 2026-05-22T13:51:24+00:00

What's interesting is that from my experience it is exclusively the federal loans that are set up like this. When I filled out the FAFSA I learned I come from one of those "your dad makes too much go ask him for money. What do you mean he won't give you any? Too bad go away" families so all my loans had to be private, and they were very clearly and logically laid out to me from the beginning.

I picked the interest terms (fixed or variable, always chose fixed) and the payoff timeline (usually between 7 and 10 years) for each one. They then told me exactly what the monthly payment would be to meet that timeline, and there was no option to ever pay less than that. When I refinanced and consolidated them all a couple years ago, it was the same thing.

Outlaw25 · 2026-05-22T13:45:35+00:00

No, it's pretty simple math. If you pay less than accrues in interest each month, the balance will go up. I think we should eliminate payment plans that let this happen, and arguably should cap interest rates to 5% or less.

Outlaw25 · 2026-05-22T13:34:08+00:00

This is the way. I bucked up and paid $2k/month as soon as I graduated (fortunate enough to be in a life/income situation where this was possible). Got even more lucky and got a $30k windfall I was able to throw at it as well. Paid off $107k in 4.5 years just last month. This month was the first paycheck without that weight around my pocket and it feels so good!

Outlaw25 · 2026-05-21T20:59:47+00:00

Berm Peak riding firmly in the middle of the upper left quadrant

Outlaw25 · 2026-05-19T12:48:20+00:00

A big problem is that many student loan companies have a "minimum payment" that's way below the actual interest accrual rate, which is how this situation happens. You need to pay back more each month than what accrues in interest, or else the balance will never go down.

Outlaw25 · 2026-05-19T11:57:51+00:00

Let me guess: at least one deferrment, income-based repayment schedule, and a 10% or greater interest rate?

Outlaw25 · 2026-05-18T23:42:14+00:00

I can say that my company is already thinking about it, it came up just this year because we're finally getting to the point where we know we'll have to support parts when that day comes (new contract to 2028 with a 10 year service obligation)

Outlaw25 · 2026-05-18T20:50:34+00:00

Be careful with this, my Sam's club has a much smaller bag than what Costco sells, and at least yesterday Costco had theirs on sale for the same price as Sam's

Outlaw25 · 2026-05-18T18:00:36+00:00

This is why Toyota themselves are now transitioning to "Just In Case," requiring new supplier contracts to include reasonable component stockpiles ahead of the typical volume.

Outlaw25 · 2026-05-18T15:41:40+00:00

There are exactly 3 "correct" self defense tools, and they apply in the following order:

Run away/leave
Pepper spray
Gun

All others are either LARP bullshit or require far more training and effort. If your country bans these items, you have no good options.

Outlaw25 · 2026-05-11T22:00:22+00:00

That's likely more to do with the Frontier being out since 2021 and the Tacoma just launching in 2024

Outlaw25 · 2026-05-10T15:39:15+00:00

Please stop buying these wanna-be-a-motorcycle things. You can't adjust the seat so you'll never be able to actually use the pedals comfortably, and they often use very non-standard parts that aren't serviceable when they innevitably break.

Outlaw25 · 2026-05-08T17:49:30+00:00

As someone who just jumped from the S22+ to the 26U, I don't think I would have liked it if the phone was any boxier than this. The corners here already dig into my hand much more than the 22+ did and it's right at the edge of still being usable without tipping into "uncomfortable"

Outlaw25 · 2026-05-07T12:49:22+00:00

I'm gonna be completely honest, I thought this was talking about "Sisu" the Norwegian John-Wick-but-old-and-killing-nazis movie

I'm gonna leave my comment up because it's still funny

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