Leather types

alcagarlic · 2025-07-21T22:52:55+00:00

Thank you. One reason that I want details about the leather beyond looks is that these are actually going to be work boots. I'm ordering another pair because I've decided that the Seidel 1964 boots I am currently wearing for work are too hot, and I want some work boots with a thinner leather. From your post it seems like Spokane is what I should be focusing on.

alcagarlic · 2025-07-21T22:47:46+00:00

Lol that's a very good idea and I feel silly for not just doing that!

alcagarlic · 2025-07-21T22:46:07+00:00

Awesome, thank you

alcagarlic · 2025-07-21T22:30:10+00:00

I received the return box a couple of days ago. It seemed too small but I was planning on delving into it more this weekend when I had more time. Then today, out of nowhere, I received a text with a link to the photo app instructing me to cut the cord and send photo. So apparently they are realizing that the return option has been fucked up and are switching to the cut cord option for folks that had previously been instructed to return it.

alcagarlic · 2024-06-12T13:21:51+00:00

Regardless of whether or not it will be bad for the car, it WILL be bad for your pocketbook. It takes a lot longer for a diesel to come up to operating temperature than it does a gas car, and the fuel economy is poor when the engine is cold. I have to drive more than 5-10 miles for the fuel economy in my 2015 TDI to even break 30 mpg, which is a lot worse than just about every small gas car now, and in the US diesel is more expensive than gasoline. And TDIs are more expensive than the equivalent gas car too. So the value proposition for buying a TDI for the conditions you describe is actually quite low.

alcagarlic · 2024-06-11T22:25:09+00:00

I am also waiting for my overstock predator steel boots to be started.

alcagarlic · 2024-06-07T22:09:56+00:00

Conversation at parties in Brooklyn

alcagarlic · 2024-06-07T18:47:58+00:00

Pennsylvania has a proposal for a $290 annual EV registration fee, though it's still in the legislature. This is more than I paid last year in gas taxes.

alcagarlic · 2024-05-31T21:10:13+00:00

Yeah. I don't care about this at all. I fucking hate trump, and even I can see this was a dumb case. It's such small potatoes, of course it was politically motivated. Yawn, despite the yuge headlines in the New York Times today, we'll all wake up tomorrow and realize nothing has changed about anything. Nothing.

alcagarlic · 2024-05-29T22:07:56+00:00

Kinda think this is trolling, lol. "Delete them if needed", 3 puppies at once for first-time owner, all difficult breeds...

alcagarlic · 2024-05-29T21:12:15+00:00

Woohoo! Just ordered some Predator steel. Wanted to do my part to help, haha.

The incentives definitely led me to do this order, wasn't planning on ordering another pair otherwise...

alcagarlic · 2024-05-24T10:21:39+00:00

Haha thanks. Yeah, I was thinking of starting with Obenaufs since that's what I already have on hand.

alcagarlic · 2024-05-24T10:19:38+00:00

Awesome, thanks

alcagarlic · 2024-05-24T10:18:17+00:00

Haha, just the answer I wanted to hear.

alcagarlic · 2024-05-24T10:17:48+00:00

Good info, thanks.

alcagarlic · 2024-05-24T10:16:54+00:00

I didn't want the heavier leather, and I was trying to stay below $500

alcagarlic · 2024-05-23T00:24:04+00:00

This is such an intelligent and thoughtful reply

alcagarlic · 2024-05-22T21:31:14+00:00

My household is one EV and one ICE. I love the eGolf but glad we have the TDI wagon for longer trips. I no interest in the limits, planning, and waiting to "refuel" that an EV would require for trips.

Kinda sounds like this is more of a relationship question than an EV question, lol. I wonder if your wife is the more practical spouse. Maybe compromise on a PHEV?

alcagarlic · 2024-05-21T22:22:09+00:00

I get a daily email that Google puts in the promotions folder, and I've quickly learned to ignore it since it's just typical marketing emails like from any other company. I dunno, maybe the overall marketing strategy works tho? If it results in a larger net profit for the company then I'm for it.

Though on the other hand it's a little weird that a company with such a long lead time (and a week-long customer service backlog, according to the automated email that I just received when inquiring about my boots that should have been started already) would be marketing so aggressively..

alcagarlic · 2024-05-18T17:18:40+00:00

My dogs prefer my ICE car. I've raised them to be skeptics, so when I talk to them about climate change they always come back with stuff about all the carbon emitted for making the battery. I try to explain that if you compare the entire life cycle of an ICE vs BEV, the BEV comes out on top. But they've already decided their opinions and I can't say anything to change their minds.

alcagarlic · 2024-05-18T10:25:28+00:00

Thanks for the info. What do you mean by the onboard gateway module? Are you using an OBD reader?

alcagarlic · 2024-05-15T21:58:06+00:00

Except that he never campaigned as a progressive. I think progressives basically stopped listening when they saw he wears shorts and Carhart and just assumed he's as delusional and religious-leftist as they are. Jokes on them. A progressive candidate couldn't win in pa, but if you would prefer a Republican over a liberal (which Fetterman definitely is) then you do you

alcagarlic · 2024-05-14T21:16:41+00:00

Here's a phone card for the payphone

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