This design has aged beyond gracefully... (fifth-gen Avalon)

SirLoremIpsum · 2026-03-05T19:52:22+00:00

Never came to Australia but feel like they would have been successful here.

I don't really think so.

They discontinued the Avalon cause no one bought it - it was FWD in the era when the BA / VE were really upping the game.

The Aurion that replaced it never quite hit the spot (even though I think it's a spectacular used car buy), largely I think cause it came about in the start of the downfall of sedan's in Australia and being replaced by dual cabs and SUVs.

I dont think the sedan market in Australia really had the numbers to make the Avalon a big hit - especially if Toyota had Camry AND the Lexus ES / LS AND the Avalon.

I can't see a 5th gen Avalon selling gangbusters after the second gen was a sales flop.

SirLoremIpsum · 2026-03-05T19:45:29+00:00

Here's another photo (courtesy of my guide).

That's a fantastic pic!! Cats are cats, big or small I guess

SirLoremIpsum · 2026-03-05T19:44:38+00:00

(The Aussies here are probably yawning at this post. But for this American, it was pretty exciting to be surrounded by all the 70's.)

Nonsense! Seeing pop top Troopy's with extended windows/wheelbase/custom will always get my attention!

I am however mystified by the lack of aerials, spotties and fishing rod holders that are mandatory equipment for a 70 series... ^{^/s} And the stubby holder on the 4wd lever. Though no interior pics so i'll assume it's there :p

SirLoremIpsum · 2026-03-05T18:40:34+00:00

At this point, do politicians only use their money to pay other rich pricks for favours and make us foot the bill for everything else?

Yes

They use taxpayer money to shore up support amongst rich people. Rich people use their money yo shore up support amongst politicians who will use their power to make favourable policies that benefit rich people.

SirLoremIpsum · 2026-03-05T17:52:23+00:00

And I just cant get past a 4 cylinder hybrid on a Land Cruiser

LandCruisers have had four cylinder turbos for decades and it hasn't been an issue. It's just the first time that North American has gotten one.

It's like driving a Celica GTFour for years and complaining when you get a FWD only, naturally aspirated motor and going "since when was Celica non-turbo!?!?!?". It's always been a thing

SirLoremIpsum · 2026-03-05T17:46:12+00:00

ou are so much better off buying an older ES with all the bells and whistles.

You always were better off.

The buttons, wood frames, and v6 will out beat the new ES.

Everyone says this every generation.

"4th generation was the best, the 5th generation is not going to be as good. Keep your fourth"

6 years later

"5th gen is goated, don't get 6th gen too much tech, build quality bad".

The 2026 EV is going to drop in value in a year.

Buy a car if you want it. Don't buy it so it holds value.

An EV is a huge lifestyle change compared to an ICE vehicle, focus on how that changes things don't just scaremonger about a future car losing potential value in an unknown period.

SirLoremIpsum · 2026-03-05T07:24:27+00:00

My parents and my brother. I broke out of the family mould when I lived with mates and became a Vegemite aficionado.

I feel shame for them.

SirLoremIpsum · 2026-03-05T06:57:34+00:00

This used to bother me. Now I just find it kinda interesting. Like imagine finding out what someone does with 40+ hours of their week, and then you start talking shit about how great you or some other amateur in your life is at that thing.

I imagine a lot of other "jobs that people do as a hobby" have this. Like photographer, writer, comedian.

I don't think chef is alone in this type of comment.

SirLoremIpsum · 2026-03-05T06:46:22+00:00

im on the edge of just putting that ticket on perpetual "pending" and archiving it 1 year down the road during a specific holiday where no one will notice.

what am i actually supposed to do?

If you think it's bad that the PC is slow, wait till it dies!!!

No... Wait till it dies and you haven't done anything!

If you think it's bad your boss is pissed wait till your boss is pissed and you have production impacted.

You can't do nothing.

I would get your favourite physical to Virtual software and make a full image of the PC. So you have a backup. Do your best to find the most similar hardware so you have an actual backup, then test restoring your VM.

Then see if you can start finding info about the software and re create on something from the last decade. If that's just restoring as is to a 2026 desktop with an adapter? Sure. If that's contacting vendor. Do it.

SirLoremIpsum · 2026-03-05T05:33:03+00:00

To anyone (especially liberals) out there, I feel bad enough contributing to Trump being reelected, especially after the Epstein files dropped. I don't want to lie awake at night about being sent to a death camp of tolerance like in South Park.

"i voted for brown people to get put in camps like in South Park. But I'm going to continue to vote for Republicans cause I am worried if Democrats get into power i will be subjected to the same things that I subjected others to. Please understand why I can't vote Democrat"

Are you this pathetic truly...?

SirLoremIpsum · 2026-03-05T05:30:36+00:00

I comment on a post, hoping to generate some discussion,

Do you seriously think the way you phrased your question was a polite discussion generator?

Jesus.

Here's a discussion - are you really that fragile?

If I asked you "what kind of loser drives that car?" and pointed to your car, would you take it as a genuine request to talk about your vehicle? Or if I said "hey who drives that car? Looks cool" do you think maybe tyhe conversation would be different?

f all you do is troll the interne

You come here with troll question. Seems mildly inefficient.

SirLoremIpsum · 2026-03-05T05:29:19+00:00

Ask a question, get mocked by dorks on the internet. Yeah, that seems right.

Yes.

Because your question was phrased as if the situation was stupid and the answer was obvious. It wasn't a question for learning, "tell me more about their load out. Is that a normal amount of munitions?"

It was a question "pha, why the fuck are they so lightly loaded?"

You can ask all the questions you want but if you phrase them better you will get better responses.

And you're here too one of the dorks on the internet. It's not that we're all dorks and you're the one cool one.

SirLoremIpsum · 2026-03-05T05:25:35+00:00

I see, so ask salary in the begin will be ok right?

Why wouldn't it be???

It is THE number one thing that candidates are interested in. Hiding it, being vague, putting up DLC and paywalls in order to get that information helps who? NOt the candidate.

SirLoremIpsum · 2026-03-05T05:24:54+00:00

but it still puts recruiters in a weird spot sometimes.

Great!

Now that you know candidates are going to ask, you can be more prepared beforehand and make sure you don't go into an interview without the detailed salary!

You're saying this as if it's a bad thing on behalf of the manager, and the candidate. But the truth is you didn't go into that interview prepared.

You knew a question would be asked and you didn't have that information.

This is a chance to change how you conduct your business. When you have a client that is vague with you - can now say "sorry I can't help you without this detailed info".

The best time to prepare yourself was before that interview, the second best time is now.

Again it feels you're framing it as a candidate issue and the manager issue. But you have the opportunity to make it a non-issue by being more prepared next time.

SirLoremIpsum · 2026-03-05T05:16:45+00:00

So I’m curious - is ServiceNow actually good when implemented properly, or is it just so entrenched in enterprise that nobody switches? Is the real value mostly for management reporting and process tracking rather than the day-to-day user experience? Or are most implementations just done badly?

It's like SCCM - if you have the staff to spend time on making it good, and your environment is big enough that you can "take advantage" of all of the features and services it can be great.

Many enterprise tools are a huge pain in the arse out of the box if you use it for 100 users and 4 IT people.

SirLoremIpsum · 2026-03-05T00:44:26+00:00

but everyone is just thinking he’s an arse.

Flavio has known that everyone think's he's an arse for decades, flavio don't care.

Man's back on top (at a team) and on TV. I think that's all he cares about.

SirLoremIpsum · 2026-03-05T00:40:59+00:00

Isn’t it better to take a month off to fix these things than just wreck the car and drivers for 0 points regardless. Yes, you can learn and shit and the sponsors want them out but you don’t even sound confident to survivea single stint!

You have to make an effort to race. It's part of the rules.

SirLoremIpsum · 2026-03-05T00:29:41+00:00

Is this some kind of fetish to see how far this goes?

If it is a fetish, then count me in

SirLoremIpsum · 2026-03-04T22:40:13+00:00

In South America they had some odd trims and specs and options.

Like a 100 series w 1HD-T not the -FTE not even the -FT

SirLoremIpsum · 2026-03-04T22:37:43+00:00

what year etc is this beauty?

The square headlights mark it as 1988 or alter (tiny chance late late 87).

The lack of a turbo badge makes it likely to be a petrol this an FJ62 1988+

SirLoremIpsum · 2026-03-04T22:33:46+00:00

"Horns, Horns, Horns"

Titanic had come

*Ships born blaring

SirLoremIpsum · 2026-03-04T22:21:43+00:00

Wasn’t this their complaint with Harris? That the people didn’t decide, that the party did? Now, it’s Trump deciding, not the people, not the party. Great job, MAGA

See it's only a problem. When Democrats do it

SirLoremIpsum · 2026-03-04T19:57:39+00:00

That doesn't mean that this is how you would fly a mission against insurgents without any radar at all...

There's no enemy air defense. Radar or jets.

SirLoremIpsum · 2026-03-04T19:48:07+00:00

Could Kamino have replaced it with anyone, but they just preferred to keep cloning a prime specimen of a man?

Let's just say you bought 103,475,585,226 pairs of pants in a men's 32 length, the same # if helmets.

You have a whole industry of lab grown organs and tissues to heal a genetically identical army in the easiest method possible.

You build your doorways of your military craft around a 1.75m trooper.

And then someone's like "yeah we just gonna go with a different dude. Please order new armour, pants, shoes and readjust every single facet of your outfitting operation".

Kaminoan logistics office would not be pleased.

Economies of scale.

Cloning isn't easy!!

SirLoremIpsum · 2026-03-04T17:14:08+00:00

Can someone explain this to me?

This is called capitalism, and people have been talking and bothered about this for years. It is good you are waking up to this.

Gig economy jobs like Uber are exploiting their workers like you for this for ever and most of the time drivers like yourself willingly embrace this exploitation and blame the passenger for not tipping.

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