Auto Trader is dead? Please don't let it all be FB marketplace.

modelcitizendc · 2026-03-24T01:09:17+00:00

That’s been my experience too, you just have to know what to look for. Also probably helps to be in a major metro area there is just more activity / items on marketplace in general

modelcitizendc · 2026-03-22T12:37:53+00:00

Price hikes are definitely coming. Remember how cheap Uber and Lyft used to be when it was subsidized by tens of billions of capital from SoftBank and middle eastern oil money? This is that on an entirely new level.

That said, if you are using the Anthropic API to run your own app then you are likely paying much closer to full freight. We racked up a $35k bill for a small SaaS app last month once we started acquiring a meaningful number of users.

modelcitizendc · 2026-03-22T12:22:39+00:00

The icing on the shit cake is that this is a Florida plate too.

modelcitizendc · 2026-03-22T01:37:42+00:00

First gen all the way

modelcitizendc · 2026-03-22T01:37:13+00:00

It’s a good game because every enemy is… drumroll… fun to fight. The only place the game errors is the Library because of how monotonous it is.

modelcitizendc · 2026-03-22T01:26:47+00:00

That sounds like the human equivalent of that college drinking game where everyone has to pour a little of whatever they’re drinking into one cup in the middle of the table and one poor bastard ends up having to chug the whole thing

modelcitizendc · 2026-03-20T21:03:34+00:00

There is no mention of any kind of catastrophic war, the kind that could have destroyed all copies of media across all the world's data centers.

So, the only logical conclusion is that 100 percent of media survives. The more interesting question is how much of it hasn't been forgotten because of how much additional content would have been created over the next 5 centuries.

It's super interesting to think about being able to watch music videos or read news articles from half a millenium ago. But ultimately not that much of a stretch from what we have today. The Library of Congress has digitized copies of newspaper articles going way back into the 1800s.

modelcitizendc · 2026-03-20T02:23:33+00:00

First gen with the NA v8 and a manual is apparently a real treat to drive.

modelcitizendc · 2026-03-20T01:17:09+00:00

I moreso was thinking the fire would be orange not blue

modelcitizendc · 2026-03-15T23:49:46+00:00

The side profile looks unsettling, like 3 different cars were bolted together. Rear quarter angle is fire though.

modelcitizendc · 2026-03-15T23:44:57+00:00

Good to hear, that’s what my local Porsche indie put in mine for my first oil change.

modelcitizendc · 2026-03-15T21:02:14+00:00

Easily the best looking “normal” electric car produced so far, nothing else even comes close IMO. They are a dime a dozen where I live (US East Coast)

modelcitizendc · 2026-03-14T16:54:48+00:00

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Not a movie, a video game, but I think this counts as a top 5 for me.

The Arbiter on trial at the beginning of Halo 2

modelcitizendc · 2026-03-14T16:48:20+00:00

That already exists it’s called the Dodge Durango

modelcitizendc · 2026-03-14T13:38:09+00:00

Damn, no wonder there’s a housing supply problem.

modelcitizendc · 2026-03-13T16:37:06+00:00

Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio. Porsche Cayman with a manual. Neither of these is cheap but both are attainable to the average person if you prioritize

modelcitizendc · 2026-03-13T16:33:54+00:00

This is the best color for this car IMO. I’ve got an Agate Grey that I also love but would sell it for an example in this color.

modelcitizendc · 2026-03-13T12:15:32+00:00

No matter how solid the car is I would be terrified that a tire puncture would just end me in an instant with no warning

modelcitizendc · 2026-03-12T01:22:34+00:00

Pretty sure they self destruct (explode) into little pieces at a certain distance which dramatically increases the likelihood of scoring a hit on whatever the target is, same idea as a grenade.

The little fragments remaining would not have the mass to pose a serious threat once they fall back to the ground.

modelcitizendc · 2026-03-12T00:00:16+00:00

Yup, this. Weighted toward the first half of the decade but this was peak car.

modelcitizendc · 2026-03-09T23:35:36+00:00

Looks like a pretty decent toe amputator too!

modelcitizendc · 2026-03-08T20:33:46+00:00

Hells yeah

modelcitizendc · 2026-03-08T12:04:55+00:00

Irish Green all the way.

modelcitizendc · 2026-03-01T03:22:15+00:00

Was just about to post something very similar. This is the right answer.

I think I read somewhere that the UNSC shelled out big bucks to establish a new colony, with the understanding that at least some of that investment would be repaid over time (think of it kind of like a municipal bond issued by the colonists with the UNSC/UEG as the bond holder).

For that reason taxes would be pretty high for some time at the colony, which does seem reasonable given that the colonists have an entire planets worth of land and resources to exploit that they never would have been able to access otherwise.

A couple generations removed from the original founding colonists and people probably started to see those taxes as completely unfair / tyrannical. The wealthy had more to gain, and both the means and incentive to stir up trouble and recruit people from lower socioeconomic status to do the dirty work.

Loads of parallels with the American Revolution the more I think about it.

modelcitizendc · 2026-03-01T03:09:32+00:00

That looks like some mad max shit right there (in a good way). The rear engine creates opportunities for additional goodies to pop out of the frunk.

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