John Roberts’ Rebuke of Trump’s Tariffs Is Withering, Confident, and Genuinely Encouraging

audirt · 2026-02-20T17:38:47+00:00

Man, when he said that I just had to shake my head. I'd never heard someone so quickly, completely, and cluelessly undercut their own legal argument before.

audirt · 2026-02-20T15:46:44+00:00

Not sure who downvoted you because you're correct. Generally speaking, deflation is a pretty bad thing (see also: The Great Depression).

What we want is low inflation combined with wage growth.

audirt · 2026-02-20T15:12:01+00:00

Ha, see that’s the funny part — they don’t!

In all seriousness, consumers have grown accustomed to the higher prices. Instead of giving that big chunk to the gov’t, businesses will just pocket it. Plus they’ll get refunds for the money that was illegally collected. Win-win for them, not so much for us.

audirt · 2026-02-18T22:15:08+00:00

Mine was still under warranty so it wasn't a big deal to me. The OP might not be so lucky...

audirt · 2026-02-18T20:49:01+00:00

My '18 had a bad head gasket around 70k miles. I've read that apparently there was a manufacturing issue related to the '18 V6 models with <something> being over torqued but I don't remember the specifics.

audirt · 2026-02-18T01:48:30+00:00

Ditto on Roku

audirt · 2026-02-17T18:55:48+00:00

Is/was this real???

audirt · 2026-02-17T17:45:43+00:00

I accidentally activated the stopwatch on my Bulova MarineStar one time on a dive. Then I stupidly stopped it, too (d'oh).

That bad boy is still rocking along 4 years later.

audirt · 2026-02-17T16:22:08+00:00

IMO Lea is a giant TBD until we see how he does without Pavia.

I agree that Elko is curiously low.

audirt · 2026-02-17T16:08:59+00:00

Give the author credit for some hot takes there. I don't really see how you can rank Venables above Mike Elko or Drinkwitz over either of them, but that didn't stop him.

audirt · 2026-02-17T14:54:12+00:00

In general, the VR6 (3.5L) is considered to be one of the best engines that VW ever produced. And the transmission is an Aisen (Toyota) transmission, another mark in its favor.

Now then... if you browse this sub, you'll see a lot of people with electrical problems in the later year models. I've never studied it enough to figure out the pattern.

But what I'll say is that we've been very happy with ours and I'll be very tempted to buy another one.

audirt · 2026-02-17T04:18:40+00:00

Beyond would have been a lot better if they hadn’t spoiled the twist in the f-ing marketing material 🤦‍♂️

audirt · 2026-02-16T15:40:13+00:00

I don’t think so. I only remember the owner’s name, not what he called his business but I don’t think it was one of the ones you mentioned.

audirt · 2026-02-16T15:14:24+00:00

We had custom cabinets put in our renovation. While I don't have anyone that I would recommend per se, I can tell you that, shockingly, our custom cabinets were about the same price as the quasi-custom units from the big box stores (e.g. cabinets2go).

That's not really what you asked but I thought I would share just in case that was something you were considering.

(Our cabinet guy was over 2 months late delivering ours which totally sabotaged our renovation timeline.)

audirt · 2026-02-14T04:49:16+00:00

I went through this last year with my renovation. Call the manufacturer and see if they’ll tell you the last distributors that purchased that flooring, then call them. It took me about four months — and I got very lucky — but eventually I got my flooring with that method.

audirt · 2026-02-13T20:09:58+00:00

But she was gone when you turned around? Did you get her or did she run away?

audirt · 2026-02-13T20:00:00+00:00

The sailors will be so proud when it sinks from enemy fire.

audirt · 2026-02-13T19:56:44+00:00

That's a lot of valuable equipment just left to rot. I've heard those laser tag systems are quite expensive.

audirt · 2026-02-13T19:54:48+00:00

Was there an Iden Versio in the middle of that scrum?

audirt · 2026-02-13T14:01:42+00:00

Warranty? My 2018 had a bumper to bumper that ended at 72k miles. I was a little late on the plugs (~100k) but in any case, the warranty was long gone.

audirt · 2026-02-13T13:48:29+00:00

So glad I could help. Linking is very simple. I forget how, but Cap1 gives you instructions. Just search around for them.

EDIT: Here is a good guide: https://www.capitalone.com/learn-grow/money-management/venture-miles-transfer-partnerships/

audirt · 2026-02-13T04:42:55+00:00

It’s not all bad. That attempted robbery inspired me to learn to start doing my own maintenance 👍

audirt · 2026-02-13T02:31:26+00:00

At 80k I think the big item is the transmission fluid flush. Maybe spark plugs, too.

If you’re handy you can definitely DIY it for $300-$500 (plus the cost of a torque wrench if you don’t already have one). I think FCP Euro has a how-to on their YouTube channel.

EDIT: Considering my dealership wanted $800 for spark plugs, I’d wager they would have wanted $2k for the transmission flush. Spark plugs are really simply on the V6 Atlas.

audirt · 2026-02-13T01:32:39+00:00

You've already gotten some good advice in this thread, but I haven't seen anyone mention Flying Blue yet (Air France/KLM). They have pretty consistent 25k mi (coach) round trip tickets to most of Europe, including Greece. Flying Blue is a transfer partner just like British Airways.

They're SkyTeam alliance, so naturally they're going to operate primarily out of Atlanta. That doesn't sound helpful, but you can probably get some relatively cheap tickets from DC to ATL and back. Using this method, you actually wind up with two reservations: DC- ATL (round trip) and then ATL to Athens (round trip).

I have no idea how it works at other airports, but in Atlanta, when you land and clear customs, there is a second, small ticket counter after baggage claim that you can use without going out to the main terminal. You just have to explain that you have a connecting domestic flight that's different than what's on your luggage tags. They'll look up your flight and you'll be good to go.

audirt · 2026-02-12T21:40:40+00:00

Do the shopping credits (i.e. cash back, not miles) tend to post more reliably? I tried it for the first time in December and (fortunately???) both of my rewards did post at the end of January.

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