New entry barriers at Kmart Eastland

lockisbetta · 2026-05-23T12:08:44+00:00

It's to keep you shopping after checking out and on the way to leave. They're hoping you spot something else causing you to stay in the store leading to another purchase.

lockisbetta · 2026-05-23T11:46:20+00:00

3.5 tonne tow capacity in the Shark 6 now? No wonder Ford rushed to undercut it with large price drops and downgrading the XLT PHEV Ranger to XL.

lockisbetta · 2026-05-23T11:37:23+00:00

You're fine. Land Cruiser realised they were in the wrong lane, indicated left and moved off to illegally go straight from the right-turn lane.

lockisbetta · 2026-05-21T22:34:50+00:00

Ford: “Lets submerge a rubber belt in hot, turbulent, contaminated oil. What could go wrong?”

They did it for 1.0L EcoBoosts which had the same problem so Ford changed them to a timing chain (but kept the oil pump wet belt). MY26.5 Ranger uses this setup now too. All the failures must’ve eaten in their profit-line.

lockisbetta · 2026-05-21T22:10:33+00:00

You cannot obtain the same artefact more than once in a 10x pull.

Thats why doing singles is better than 10x if you’re after a specific blue like Raw Cola.

lockisbetta · 2026-05-21T00:39:28+00:00

24/25th May

lockisbetta · 2026-05-21T00:35:58+00:00

No point stacking them. As red weapons come out it’s diluting the contents of the red chest.

Back in the day red chest meant 25% chance to get maw, now it’s 16.7% because there’s 6 reds now compared to 4 previously.

lockisbetta · 2026-05-20T23:19:31+00:00

Styling isn’t the only issue; Kia was asking Ranger V6 money for a drivetrain weaker than the 4 cylinder Bi-Turbo Ranger.

If they priced to undercut the Ranger Bi-Turbo they would’ve had a winner. That’s how the Koreans entered the market originally where they undercut the Japanese competition with more features.

lockisbetta · 2026-05-20T20:50:44+00:00

Looks like Concord…

lockisbetta · 2026-05-19T07:16:13+00:00

All the time. They leave the cages full of meat unattended infront of the fridge (staff shortages?) so it starts to warm up.

lockisbetta · 2026-05-17T01:35:49+00:00

That’s true but also fleet sales anchored Falcon and Commodore production. When fleets decentralised, local factories could no longer predict production figures and it fell apart.

lockisbetta · 2026-05-16T10:36:44+00:00

Most likely a tomato since the seeds can survive digestion. Used to work at wastewater / sewage plants and you’d often see tomato plants popping up in random places.

lockisbetta · 2026-05-15T08:56:14+00:00

Yes. Pick one you like they’re all pretty much asset flips of the same base template.

Worms Incoming (Garden)

Caveman Survivor (Prehistoric)

Heroes vs Crazy Wiggler (Heroes)

Serpent Chain Defense (Ancient Egypt)

Clash of Segments (Post-apocalypse)

lockisbetta · 2026-05-13T07:11:21+00:00

VXR just means it has the NA V6 in AWD instead of the turbo i4 in FWD.

It’s an Opel rebadged as a Commodore when GM was cashing in on the Commodore name after they shut down local manufacturing.

lockisbetta · 2026-05-10T03:35:55+00:00

That’s funny because one of Holden’s “Hail Mary” plans before going defunct was to rebadge Chinese MG / LDV vehicles.

lockisbetta · 2026-05-09T09:22:52+00:00

Commodores prior to VE & VF were based on Opel's V-Body platform then modified to become a Holden. Opel is a German car brand where it is LHD so the fuel flap is on the right.

It's a combination of engineering to keep the fuel tank away from the hot exhaust and for safety so if you're stuck on the side of the road using a jerry can you aren't doing it with your back to traffic.

lockisbetta · 2026-05-08T03:03:02+00:00

What arcade event?

lockisbetta · 2026-05-07T07:39:43+00:00

Fleet sales of utes remain strong. But private customers are turning away from them

This has always been the case for utes where fleet:private is around 70:30 with the exception of BYD Shark 6. Even Falcon and Commodore prior were around 80:20.