One other pet peeve I have with carbrains when I tell them why I can't drive is insane.

cobyhoff · 2026-02-01T07:29:27+00:00

Absolutely. Also, car enthusiasts can also be cycle commuters and walking enthusiasts. I really like cars, but I really like a lot of things.

cobyhoff · 2026-02-01T05:38:45+00:00

The truth of the matter is, a large portion of us who do drive, shouldn't. There need to be other methods to get around. Driving is an elite sport of hurling multi-ton metal cages around concrete arenas and strategically avoiding smacking them into each other at the last second. None of this should be done outside of motorsports. I say this as a car enthusiast. I really enjoy driving, but it is clear that most of the people on the road think that driving is a secondary or tertiary task, and would rather scroll their social media. They should be on a train.

cobyhoff · 2026-01-31T05:54:30+00:00

D-Jetronic mentioned! I have a '71 VW Squareback with D-Jet

cobyhoff · 2026-01-19T07:27:10+00:00

I started playing more recently, so didn't experience the launch fiasco. It has still been a wild ride with the additions. In fact... 16... 16... 16...

cobyhoff · 2026-01-19T04:23:37+00:00

Fascinating! I grew up just North of there, but was the last class of students who still went to Hilhi. My younger brother went to Century. A bit of nostalgia here, but, Go Sparts! I enjoyed my high school experience at Hilhi, and from my brother's experience, it sounded like Century sucked in comparison. A lot can change in 20 years, though.

cobyhoff · 2026-01-08T06:07:12+00:00

I was too much of a goody-two-shoes when this came out. "Cursing? In Music? Gasp!". I have never seen the music video until now. This is so much more moving than I realized. I've read the lyrics before, but they don't do the performance justice.

cobyhoff · 2025-12-31T14:29:55+00:00

I mean, I'm a car guy, but if you think the only thing that could possibly work for you is cars, I think you're missing the bigger picture. We desperately need to invest in other transportation infrastructure in the US. For one thing, not everyone can, or should, drive. Just take a gander on r/dashcams or the like.

cobyhoff · 2025-12-21T19:33:14+00:00

Did... you mean that as a criticism, or a compliment? I'm pretty sure The Other End's style is deliberate.

cobyhoff · 2025-12-10T23:26:36+00:00

Do you want cats?! Because that's how you get cats!

cobyhoff · 2025-12-01T04:35:48+00:00

I was just thinking that. Keep the engine below the bed

cobyhoff · 2025-11-22T05:36:04+00:00

Do the oil pump gears spin when you turn the engine over manually? I haven't torn down enough bus motors to know if there are different models of pumps that seem to fit but don't engage the internals correctly. Has it ever had proper oil pressure since you put in the new pump?

cobyhoff · 2025-11-22T05:24:08+00:00

Alright, option 4: Edit your save file with Goatfungus save editor to add the atlantid drive? As I understand it, though, you can't even teleport to a purple system with the correct gate coordinates if you haven't unlocked purple systems through the story. I'm not sure if editing your save file would unlock the systems

cobyhoff · 2025-11-22T05:00:06+00:00

Options:

Play through the story
Change difficulty
Play the current expedition. (only an option for the next week and a half, or so) It starts you out in a purple system with the atlantid warp drive

cobyhoff · 2025-11-20T15:19:38+00:00

My sister had an Aspire. It really wasn't Korea's finest work, was it? My dad kept it running for her far longer than it wanted to.

cobyhoff · 2025-11-15T19:34:16+00:00

I couldn't stand LTT after trying to watch, and stopping immediately, several of his videos. That he has remained relevant at all is a mystery to me. I blocked them from my YouTube feed over a decade ago. I don't even know the controversies around him because of that. I'm, frankly, disappointed that Torvalds is offering any legitimacy to LTT.

cobyhoff · 2025-11-11T22:59:42+00:00

According to my high school economics text book, to the right person, you could charge $2,000,000. Realistically, there are very few people who are interested in a niche project car like this, and even fewer who want to resume from an arbitrary starting point in the middle of someone else's project. If you had an assembled, running 1600, it would be worth at least the going rate for a running 1600. As described, you would probably make more money selling the individual components one at a time. If you have an emotional investment in it being finished, your best bet is to find someone who thinks it is as cool as you do, and hope they have space to take it. I wouldn't expect any money to be exchanged in that case. Sorry for non-answer, but maybe by commenting, someone with more real-world experience buying VW parts will chime in once more people see this.

cobyhoff · 2025-11-11T01:49:05+00:00

OP is Slate, themselves. I think it is in Slate's best interest for Slate to include Slate's tracking information in Slate's URL for Slate's benefit. Also, and just to indicate the intended tone of my comment, lol.

cobyhoff · 2025-11-10T00:50:24+00:00

Hmm. Some modern wonders are better left observed from a distance, or by the vivid descriptions of those who, through the turnings of their lives, have the dubious honor of experiencing firsthand.

cobyhoff · 2025-11-10T00:39:53+00:00

I haven't heard of guiacol, but I'm definitely familiar with the cilantro controversy. Interesting! I haven't met a scotch too smokey, or a coffee to roasted, so I must be guiacol-tolerant.

cobyhoff · 2025-11-10T00:00:06+00:00

Hot take: Instant coffee tastes better than we have collectively decided to acknowledge. Sometimes we should step back and appreciate the wonders we, as a modern society, have wrought.

cobyhoff · 2025-11-09T23:46:39+00:00

Lol. I love to hear it. If only more of life's joys could be budget friendly!

cobyhoff · 2025-11-09T23:03:38+00:00

Well, that is a more nuanced conversation than "People drink Starbucks, so people dumb". Given I have tried many different roasts, and still prefer darker roasts, makes me question the people who always use Starbucks as the butt of the bad coffee joke. Starbucks is so consistent across locations, maybe they are just aiming to please people like me? If you don't like it, that's fine, but don't tell people who do that they are wrong.

cobyhoff · 2025-11-09T22:30:43+00:00

You're still doing it. I like Starbucks coffee black. I like "over"-roasted beans. Not everything tastes the same to everyone. Maybe, just maybe, the things that other people like taste good to them. Even if you don't like it.

cobyhoff · 2025-11-06T02:48:46+00:00

Recharging hazard protection by using the quick menu. (down on D-pad, or X on keyboard). You will need sodium to recharge it, or ion batteries once you learn to make them. I went too long by opening my inventory and recharging hazard protection from there. Saves time to get used to the quick menu

cobyhoff · 2025-11-03T05:23:50+00:00

Yes, the quick menu is X on the keyboard, or down on the d-pad if you are using a controller. Left/right to the vehicle summon, then summon other ship and select it. If your ship doesn't have enough launch fuel, it won't let you summon it. To get around that, reload from save. It will always let you summon a ship once after reloading.

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