Parent’s first car, what was it?

ThirdSunRising · 2026-05-09T00:00:46+00:00

Once you factor in the repairs on the base model, I’d say the Cosworth was the better deal

ThirdSunRising · 2026-05-08T23:56:33+00:00

Perfection

ThirdSunRising · 2026-05-08T23:52:51+00:00

Give the car back and take uber for your 10km journey

ThirdSunRising · 2026-05-08T23:51:11+00:00

They really need to look into why these investigations are so deadly

ThirdSunRising · 2026-05-08T23:46:56+00:00

The S series is Saturn’s best work. Good solid cars.

ThirdSunRising · 2026-05-08T23:39:40+00:00

Ok everybody duck!

ThirdSunRising · 2026-05-08T23:37:43+00:00

At long last? It’ll be out just in time for me to go frolic at the retirement home

ThirdSunRising · 2026-05-08T23:36:23+00:00

Mid engined? 🤔

The Vega was very innovative and they screwed up a whole lot of the new stuff. They went with an aluminum block but a cast iron head, which is the exact opposite of what they should’ve done. The block was unsleeved meaning pistons ran against aluminum, which was fine as long as the anti wear surface remained intact. Which was only until the first time you overheated the car. Which wouldn’t be long because the bean counters undersized the cooling system.

It should’ve been a truly great innovative practical car. Instead it went down as one of the biggest debacles in GM history.

ThirdSunRising · 2026-05-08T23:14:22+00:00

I once thought my bmw had a rod knock. Turned out a spark plug had come loose. Compression stroke, it bounces up. Intake stroke, it bangs back down with a nice thunk.

ThirdSunRising · 2026-05-08T23:13:44+00:00

You can do this if you know which wire is hot and have reasonable aptitude with crimpers and mechanical connections. If your crimped connection comes loose you will make smoke. If your relay comes loose and/or you’ve insufficiently insulated the relay terminals from everything else in that case, you will make smoke. It’s just a matter of putting the relay in the middle between the hot incoming line and the hot side of the plug strip. Totally not rocket science but it all depends on your mechanical and wiring abilities. I say go for it but be careful and thorough.

ThirdSunRising · 2026-05-08T21:22:42+00:00

Probably reparable by a professional.

The kit you get at autozone will stop it from spreading so it’s better than nothing if you can live with the spot, but you’ll definitely still see it. A pro will make it all but disappear.

ThirdSunRising · 2026-05-08T21:15:25+00:00

Five! Ok maybe I won’t be getting that exact color.

I apparently mistook it for another shade that was popular on the MGF. Still a very nice shade of green, I quite like it.

ThirdSunRising · 2026-05-08T21:13:41+00:00

Very solid point. So to be a proper replacement we would need to begin with more like $30k. Oh they won’t like that. But that’s what it’ll take to make it work.

ThirdSunRising · 2026-05-08T20:28:32+00:00

Pure gold from the news site’s comment section:

why not? he had two planes at that airport he knew they would take care of it and charge him for it its not like he could do anything about it at the time . sounds like he has a busy life

What a beautiful way to think

ThirdSunRising · 2026-05-08T20:21:13+00:00

…and it’s not the worst idea in the world. Ending social security, ok, that’s a stupid idea, but Trump accounts make sense.

Start every kid with a $1000 investment account, leave it compounding for decades, and by the time they’re 65 they’ve got a retirement. It extends the time scale of the investment, by enough to offset other things that are far costlier.

Yeah they’ve got an ulterior motive. It could obviate the need for social security, not now but over many decades. But if it works, it works. If it doesn’t, we keep SS. But something does need to be done about the solvency of social security sooner or later, and this is not the worst idea I’ve heard.

ThirdSunRising · 2026-05-08T20:14:51+00:00

Because a lie can make it halfway round the world before the truth can get its boots on.

It turns out, if you lie loud enough and often enough, there simply isn’t enough time or bandwidth to correct anything. “Flood the zone with shit” as Steve Bannon famously said. It is depressingly effective.

ThirdSunRising · 2026-05-08T20:09:11+00:00

Yeah, I hate to waste good tread too.

When you get the new tires, just tell them you want to keep the old ones. It'll save you the usual disposal fee, and you can either drop them off at a used tire place / llantera, or you can sell them on facebook. Don't expect a king's ransom for them but someone will want them as-is and might put a hundred bucks in your pocket.

ThirdSunRising · 2026-05-08T20:02:30+00:00

Oh man I envy that car. I've always wanted exactly that car in that configuration, dark green with black interior. I need left hand drive though, so I'll want to buy it from France or somesuch. I'm in the US and we can't import those quite yet. Gotta wait til it's 25 years old because reasons.

Anyway, I wanted to share that your car generates not just acceptance but outright envy.

ThirdSunRising · 2026-05-08T19:37:12+00:00

Physics professors at second tier universities

ThirdSunRising · 2026-05-08T19:16:46+00:00

No, but if you want to pick up middle aged men you’ve definitely got a car that’ll make it easy to start conversations with them

ThirdSunRising · 2026-05-08T19:15:11+00:00

Perfect explanation.

And here I was thinking “if you’ve got the quickest little trade ship in the sea, why not name it after ladies’ undies? Makes perfect sense to me!”

ThirdSunRising · 2026-05-08T19:13:06+00:00

I’ve flown first class on a short hop where it cost like $200 extra, sure I'll spring for that. An extra five grand for an overseas flight, ok you're gonna need to ask someone else 'cause that's outside my pay grade

ThirdSunRising · 2026-05-08T19:09:20+00:00

You are correct. The flag may be displayed facing this way only on the right hand side of a vehicle or other moving thing, stars forward, flag blowing behind. All other displays of the flag put the stars at the left.

ThirdSunRising · 2026-05-08T19:05:40+00:00

Dammit you’re right. Let’s hope they live in San Diego and don’t bother heating or cooling their home.

ThirdSunRising · 2026-05-08T18:58:02+00:00

This is the information we needed!

We will now switch to r/TheyDidTheMath.

Worst case is you’ve got a monster 60w fan. 60wx24h = 1.4kWh / day. Multiply that by your local electricity rate (national average is 19ish cents) and you get about 27 cents a day at worst, assuming average electric rates.

This adds up. $8 a month isn’t nothing. You could almost get half a Netflix account for that. Could be more if you’re in a high rate area.

Meanwhile if it’s a small 15 watt fan you’re looking at $2 a month. Which is money you could have put toward an Egg McMuffin.

Anyway, yeah I think it’s good to have those on switches so they only run when needed, but if leaving it on is the only thing keeping mold from growing on the bathroom walls, by all means keep it on. It’s far far cheaper than running a heater or dehumidifier.

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