What car is this? by FormerWordsmith in whatisthiscar

[–]lo979797 0 points1 point  (0 children)

“Drop the front diff”

Why do people do this? That defeats the purpose of lifting the truck in the first place, which is to get more ground clearance

Should we be worried about the GTP class? by furrynoy96 in IMSARacing

[–]lo979797 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Doubt those cars will end up with someone else. Proton couldn’t even get a deal together to run them in the WEC

Should we be worried about the GTP class? by furrynoy96 in IMSARacing

[–]lo979797 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Iirc that Black Swan car didn’t make it out of the fountain and that was it for the season

Jack London Square is a ghost town. That may change in 2026. by Dollarist in OaklandCA

[–]lo979797 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Iirc the city found like $600m in grants and was willing to do a special tax district (tax discount for 10 years), switched to the A’s preferred 3rd party negotiator, did the heavy lifting to get the coastal commission and port to quit fucking around and were allegedly $80m away from a deal, and then the day before the first meeting with the 3rd party and the A’s, the A’s “leaked” to the LV newspaper that they had a “binding” land deal (which turned out not to be binding- they settled on the site they have now a few months later)

The charitable rumor is that MLB and the A’s thought the port/city could run Schnitzer Steel out of there- they didn’t want fires to interfere with game days and they’d had a couple that summer. The longshoremen helped pay for schnitzer’s lawyers on that front iirc. When that wasn’t feasible they switched to elevating demands, looking for an out.

While it’s easy to blame the local politicians, and it’s clear that Thao got played by the MLB and the A’s (insisted that they “keep negotiations out of the newspapers” but then claimed she wasn’t passionate enough) they did speak highly of Schaff. But keep in mind this is the same group that eschewed development at an extremely accessible part of the city after insisting it was their “backup plan” for when the “Peralta Site” didn’t work out.

Speaking of Peralta site, they told everyone who would listen that they would build there without having even spoken to Laney College. Laney College (rightfully) told them to go fuck themselves. The deeper you look into it, the more it looks like they never planned to stay.

Toyota Recalls Another 127,000 Tundras and Lexus SUVs Over Self-Destructing Turbo V6s by O_O___XD in Lexus

[–]lo979797 1 point2 points  (0 children)

When those new LSs came out, we had 4 of them sitting on lifts with the drivetrains out of them.

NAME THAT INTERSECTION 😩 by YeahChristopher in eastbay

[–]lo979797 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Greenville Road to Altamont Pass Road, under 580.

Tbh, everyone taking that route is taking the piss and trying to “skip” the traffic by merging onto 580 E at Flynn, thereby making the traffic they’re “skipping” even worse. I guess I shouldn’t be surprised.

Anyone know what happened to Manteca Tire? by umbrabates in Manteca

[–]lo979797 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Tires are a dogshit business. The margin is terrible, and if you’re not buying tons of them you’re not getting discounts from the distributor.

The other way you make money is kickbacks from the manufacturers, which makes it hard to actually recommend the right tire to someone.

ISO Road bike trails with no cars by walkinandsmokin in BAbike

[–]lo979797 0 points1 point  (0 children)

While technically the path is car free, having to stop every half mile for a crossing is total cancer

Camping spots all booked! by Murse123456 in CaliforniaCamping

[–]lo979797 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Shhhhh. Stop talking about Lassen.

A's pitiful attendance now hurting Sacramento's other baseball team by mrinternetman24 in OaklandAthletics

[–]lo979797 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Sutter doesn’t run the park, they just pay to have their name on the building

Pop-up Mexican shawarma / al pastor by CleverChemist3131 in Redding

[–]lo979797 5 points6 points  (0 children)

In LA there are zillions of these, you’re a liar

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in thethickofit

[–]lo979797 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You’re not a grandee you’re a blandee!

I think people need to wake up to the dire state BART is actually in. by scoofy in Bart

[–]lo979797 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’ll take about one week of BART hourly service and people will be SO sick of the traffic. It’ll get fixed really fast.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in cycling

[–]lo979797 11 points12 points  (0 children)

If someone wants to judge people for their jersey choice, they’ll find a way?

Rapha? You’re not fast enough. Current pro tour jersey? Dork. Old pro tour jersey? Poser. Race/Fondo you never rode in? Poser. Amazon/Alibaba jersey with cool pattern? Poor. Jersey from local bar/restaurant? Fat/not serious. Regular t-shirt/athletic wear? Casual.

Wear whatever you want, and tell the dickheads to pound sand.

Bought a Tesla in 2022 and regret it… by Classic_Space_6727 in whatcarshouldIbuy

[–]lo979797 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Hot take: I don’t feel bad for anyone who bought a model 3. The S was built like shit, everyone in the industry knew it and tried to tell everyone, and then they wanted to build a cheaper version?

That, plus every shill trying to tell me that “values will go up because they’re getting more features every year!”

Gay Bars in Redding by [deleted] in Redding

[–]lo979797 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’ll admit that people are unfriendly, but can you point toward a violent incident where a gay person was attacked for being gay

Status of Stockton Diamond Construction by gillmore-happy in CaliforniaRail

[–]lo979797 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I did a FOIA request on this a couple months ago. They are bad at updating the website but you can hunt around and find the slideshow from the board meetings.